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Old Jan 21, 2018, 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by wordshaker View Post
Simple actions of my body / limbs sometimes helps re-orient me... so I try to just get up and move, clean the bathroom, fold laundry... It's actually really hard to do those things, but I notice/attend-to my limbs moving and I think it helps some.

So it had me wondering whether others have effective responses for dissociative episodes. Like maybe jogging, or something. I think my new therapist said something about drinking a large glass of cold water... but maybe that was for anxiety.

Does anything help you?
when ever possible I row my canoe around the area lakes and bays, sometimes traveling to get to a lake. in the winter my wife and I get season passes to the skating rink. other things I do is light candles, or raid my spice cupboard, peal an orange or onion....

there are many threads around psych central where many people have contributed to what their, grounding, breathing exercises are. here's one that may help you (and others)

https://forums.psychcentral.com/post...echniques.html

Edit to add... the thread I supplied a link to has some non working links inside it that do not work but if you read through the whole thread in this above link you will find lists of what was under those non working links and others ideas for grounding too.

Last edited by amandalouise; Jan 21, 2018 at 01:22 PM. Reason: clarifying whats in the link.
Thanks for this!
wordshaker