I grab my bag of grounding exercises and ride it out. Breathing and tactile exercises are usually my most effective. The quickest way out is straight on through.

Sharing about it within my therapy network helps me make sense of it after it passes.

I grab my bag of grounding exercises and ride it out. Breathing and tactile exercises are usually my most effective. The quickest way out is straight on through.

Sharing about it within my therapy network helps me make sense of it after it passes.

Oops. The "backend fetch" error backended me. sorry for the dupe.

Hide under the blankets and sleep until the scariness subsides

Breathe! It all goes back to stress reduction for me...I'm trying hard to figure out the early warning sign...there is always something!

Me? I kick it back into its own black hole. There isn't enough room for me in mine when I choose to go there, yet alone scary crap out in the "world." I try to de-sensitize by getting out of my black hole too. I don't like being scared, but there is not a safe place if I am scared. Hope's always a good equalizer also. XO

I write all my feelings, worry, doubt. Sometimes it's not even in ways others understand, sometimes it's a letter, sometimes it's a story.

I'm a talker. I talk it out, w just about anyone I feel comfortable with. Somehow knowing someone else knows how I feel makes me feel better as does saying my feelings out loud. Journaling helps too.

In the moment I just push thru if I can't get out of the situation. It's almost never as bad as it seems. If I can escape, I do. I always have an escape plan.

I do the "grounding" thing, it works great. Then I talk to myself (not out loud!) like my therapist would be talking to me. Trying to be logical about it all and pushing out all the bad feelings and fears that I have. It's a day long process but it works for me.

Oh yeah, and deep breathing exercises. They work instantly!