grounding techniques, ok 5 things i can see. ugly man. shitty palm tree. clear evidence of air pollution. conservative bumper stickers. roadkill. why do i feel worse
I used to do the 5 things you see, 4 things you hear etc with my daughter when she was spiralling, but it had a low success rate. Just didn't engage her brain, was too easy to just list shit things that made her feel shit.
I had to get creative.
Now we do shit like:
5 things you can see that you could easily steal without being noticed
4 things you think might be sticky if you licked them
3 things that you could fit in your mouth at once
2 inanimate objects that in another dimension, might fall in love
1 thing you can see that isn't made of cheese, but would be better if was
Obviously not those ones every time, I gotta keep mixing things up, else she doesn't have to really focus. Your mileage may vary, but it mostly works for us.
