Hello!
I'm just wondering about some anxiety-relieving techniques you may use or have heard about. My therapist offered me a few. One is putting both arms crossed on the chest and tapping your hands them whilst breathing in and out in specific timed intervals and counting the timing out loud- I haven't tried this one. Another one I haven't tried but heard about is searching for five different colors in the room, four things you can hear, three things you can touch, two things you can smell, and one thing you can taste or, y'know, something like that.
I'm curious about some anxiety-relieving and grounding techniques because I'd like something I can easily remember to do when I need to be grounded during a stressful situation, preferably something that doesn't look weird if I'm around people. Techniques that look weird around to other people that don't know what I'm doing is helpful, as well, so share those, too.
Thank you~
I'm just wondering about some anxiety-relieving techniques you may use or have heard about. My therapist offered me a few. One is putting both arms crossed on the chest and tapping your hands them whilst breathing in and out in specific timed intervals and counting the timing out loud- I haven't tried this one. Another one I haven't tried but heard about is searching for five different colors in the room, four things you can hear, three things you can touch, two things you can smell, and one thing you can taste or, y'know, something like that.
I'm curious about some anxiety-relieving and grounding techniques because I'd like something I can easily remember to do when I need to be grounded during a stressful situation, preferably something that doesn't look weird if I'm around people. Techniques that look weird around to other people that don't know what I'm doing is helpful, as well, so share those, too.
Thank you~