Deadinside8 - Bloup

I repeatedly started “floating away” today, but I managed to keep myself on the ground, so I wanted to share some grounding tips for those in the same position, whether you’re floating away or sinking from dissociation, anxiety, PTSD, depression, etc.

- take a brisk walk around the block; feel the cold in your lungs, the heat on your skin - whatever weather there is, FEEL it, focus on it

- sit down, feet flat on the ground, palms flat on your thighs/knees, and take at least three slow, deep breaths, in your nose and out your mouth. Imagine your stress or bad thoughts floating off you like steam as you do this.

- take a shot of hot sauce. It will trigger an endorphin rush, and the burning sensation will bring you back to the surface.

- splash cold water over your eyes - this will trigger the mammalian diver effect and slow your heart rate. If you can’t do this, try pressing something cold - like your fingers or a soda - to your upper cheekbones.

- flap your hands like you’re trying to violently shake something gross off them. Sounds funny, but it helps me.

Feel free to reblog and add your own grounding tips. I just know I wouldn’t have made it through the day without these, so I’m hoping it helps someone else.

Book: The Pain of Healing by Samantha Camargo on amazon 💛

I’m not used to feel. So when I do, I feel things so deeply that I don’t know how to express it. It doesn’t matter if my feelings are “good or bad”, it’s so intense in my chest that I choke on it.