<font color="purple"> I excuse myself and call my husband... Hearing his voice calms me right down....

If I am not in a panic mode I will also just flat out tell the person that what they said has upset me and I am having difficultly handling the situation at that moment and that I need some time to process what they said and to let me have some alone time.... If what they said puts me into anxiety or panic I sometimes will tell that person exactly that and I will leave....

If I am already in that gotta run mode, I will do just that.... I will say I am leaving and go.....

Other ways for me to relax myself in a situation regardless if its public or not are:

*praying
*counting
*reciting a song
*I can also separate myself from myself (dissociate)
* Bite my nails
* visualize I am at the ocean
* hum

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