THE 54321 GROUNDING EXERCISE
When you are having a panic attack, your mind is either in the past or the future.
So let's ground ourselves back to the present moment.
A small exercise:
Look around and find
5 things you can see
4 things you can touch
3 things you can hear
2 things you can smell
1 thing you can taste
The goal here is to be so focused that your anxious feelings melts away!
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