I remembered something that actually works as a grounding tool for me. Unfortunately it's not going to be terribly helpful to other people necessarily but I realize working with patients is grounding for me. I am doing home care nursing now and driving to houses I will often get spacey and comepletely unfocused (sometimes rolling the window down and letting the cold air blast my face helps that) but as soon as I walk in the front door of the patient's house I am instantly grounded and able to focus for the most part. This isn't exactly what I tried to bring up in chat on Wednesday but my T brought it to my attention that seeing patients for me is grounding... it brings me from space back to reality. I realized that but needed her to point it out for me to really get it. So happy I remembered long enough to post it!! Again, not necessarily helpful for others but it's definitely one of my more healthy ways to ground.
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