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A Grounding Technique For Anxiety
Anxiety 5, 4, 3, 2,1 is a mindfulness exercise used to cope with, lessen, and manage anxiety. This grounding technique can help increase awareness and decrease intrusive thoughts in moments of heightened anxiety, worry, or panic attacks.
- Deep, slow, and long breaths are our first priority for achieving a calm state before proceeding to the following steps.
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5: Acknowledge FIVE things we see around us. It could be a pen, a spot on the ceiling, anything in our surroundings.
4: Acknowledge FOUR things we can touch around us. It could be our hair,...
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1: Acknowledge ONE thing we can taste. What does the inside of our mouth taste like—gum, coffee, or the sandwich from lunch?
- End this exercise with a long, deep breath.
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