Thanks Pegasus that's a great list to have and I'm thankful to you for giving it. Of course, my first reaction was to think that they all seemed impossible suggestions and not workable for various reasons so I wanted to run far and wide from the suggestions. Now I'm trying to see that while they may not all work just yet it would be better to choose one or two strategies that might be more possible to work on than others, rather than to put all of them in a too hard basket.

Thanks for this! I remember when I was doing some CBT related work this is one of the things that was suggested and that I practised for a time, and then gradually forgot about and went back to the reacting instead. Your reminder is helpful

Thanks Sabby I like that idea of practising and studying the grounding ideas at the times I'm not triggered; and also working out the easiest "go to's"