How Do You Stay Grounded?

It helps me to “isolate” myself. Only when I’m alone I feel more connected with myself and I can better understand what I’m feeling. My me time is extremely important to stay grounded.

I have to go be by myself and breathe. When my emotions are not in check, being around others make it worse and causes me to lose my shit even more.

Something I started doing as a kid, that I still do today is going into the bathroom and turning the shower on. The sound of the water soothes me. I turn the water on pretty warm so the bathroom steams up and when I’m ready, I’ll go into the shower and sit down. The shower that are also a tub. I turn on the shower part & I’ll sit & cry or do breathing techniques. For whatever reason the warmth, plus sound of the shower, and the feeling of the water falling on me has always been soothing & helps ground me anytime I’m feeling an intense emotion.

I breathe…it sounds super typical but when I went to therapy this was a game changer for me. (look up the box method breathing) It doesn’t remove the block feeling but it helps relieve some stress/anxiety to think about my emotions more clearly when I feel stuck planning. I also plan for ‘paralysis time’ If I know I have to get work done that week. I make sure to be extra extra realistic with how much time I will need then once it think its realistic enough I add a more time to that ‘paralysis time’ as i tend to underestimate the time I do need to recover my energy mentally. This way I dont feel guilty for taking extra time to do nothing 😂

I honestly don’t know … I’m just starting, but I often go and listen to music by myself to reset.

I have a yoga swing- and it calms me so much

Last week there was a time that i had this big anger that i haven’t had for a longgg time. But the previous week was very overwhelmed and frustrating for me so with a small trigger, it led me to have this big negative emotion. First i tried typing it out and it didn’t really help. I went for a walk and tried taking deep breath, eventually i needed to call my dad and cry. I knew that i just need somebody who will listen and calm me down.

Breathe and work or rest Talk it out

Essential oil necklace

I love writing, but when my brain is overloaded it feels very frustrating. I just thought of some ideas that might take trial and error. I love journaling but using talk-to-text for the thoughts. I find different expressions and activities help me through the big feels. (changing to handwriting-type font, printing the page, decorating with scrapbook ideas, mood coloring, hole/disc punch insert into binder) Maybe these can help with creative outlet, while venting helps release the pressure of the bottle-neck thoughts and emotions.

I love reading every post about how yall handle yourselves in specific ways. I hear “take a deep breath” or “walk it off” (while these are some ways that DO work) but I am beginning to realize that I may need a way to disrupt my moment. These specific and various ways are helpful in being able to become more aware.

I Figuered it depends on emotion. Sadness: get a hot waterbottle and blanket and cry. Anger: go walk it out, call a friend to vent or write or type it out to vent

Ich schreib Gedichte über meine langweilige Geschichte dass ich rede nur über mit KI weil ich denke niemand dass hören will

i lost my mum 2023 and i find it hard to let her go i need hellp on respecting the people i love

Separate myself from situation for 5 mins to cool down from frustration

When I realize I‘m not ok - mostly overwhelmed - the best thing is to get my thoughts out and order them. Ideally, I do that on my own by writing it down, but that‘s not the easiest way when I‘m overwhelmed or stressed. So usually I try talking to someone about it or I create a voice memo (or several), just because talking it out helps.

I find meditation and journalling helps combined with a long walk

Oh no. This is making me realize that maybe I don’t balance my emotions. I think I react on my emotions, then deal with the fall out later. Oof. I need to learn when to journal my thoughts and feelings vs. rant about them. I need to channel my negative emotions into action, maybe physical action such as exercise. Definitely something to be aware of and to make a change moving forward.

I started Jazzercise about half a year ago, and it has done wonders for balancing other parts of my life.

I’ve discovered also Bioenergetics exercises, and I’m studying them since the last year. They were developed within the psychological environment through 1900, and they are actually grounding exercises. It’s the most effective way to do grounding for me. Can do it also every morning and in every moment is needed, starting from breathing deeply

Sunlight has more impact on my balance most days than I’d care to admit. Getting enough sun shouldn’t be a big problem, but it’s dependent on routine and the weather, and when I fall out of routine or the weather gets bad it’s the first thing I forget about.

Prayer and meditation

I have become good at carching my negative, sabotaging thoughts and reframin (turning them around by 1st recognizing them. 2. Honor that feeling. 3. Rething the situation w an empowering thought. Ie. Why cant i just do my notes? (Name) you are making progress in just starting. (Name) I am confident in your ability to complete them. An affirmation with self compassion works for me.

The hardest thing I deal with is taking things personally. I need to start making positive affirmations.

For me it’s playing songs and change songs so I can keep my dopamine stable The other is deep breath

I nap, which is bad as I loose an hour a day sleeping.

These days trying not to sweat the small stuff.

I’ve now learned that I need to break things into micro tasks. If anxiety kicks in I just take a step back and decompress.

Hi all, I like to hang on tight to my Christian faith, speak only positivity to myself as recommended by my Therapist. Even if at first you don’t believe it. Stay active physically 3-5 out of the 7 days. Yoga, running and Basketball. To be clear, I was diagnosed at 40. I’m 41, and still learning but I couldn’t do it or continue to do it without my whole team! My sons and wife have been extremely supportive and we’re figuring things out together. My primary care Doctor, who recommended me to my Psychiatrist and the list goes on. Believe you can overcome anything and you will. God bless!

I always prefer to move, whether it's to talk

I funnel was aniexty/emotions into video games. My husband loves to watch it while we play video games haha.

This app is my to go to for all things adhd, if I have more than one thing then it’s hard but this app makes is simple

I use apps Iike this, or il use a planner that I actually physically write in or fill out on my phone and check in myself thru out the day.

I Journal 📓 my thoughts daily. Whether they are positive or negative. It’s my way of clearing my thoughts. I guess you could call it a brain dump.