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Grounding with your senses
With Team Abantu
The 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 technique for when you feel overwhelmed.
Based on: NHS Every Mind Matters: Anxiety
Transcript
If you feel overwhelmed, this can help bring you back to where you are.
Look around and name five things you can see.
Now four things you can feel. Your feet on the floor, your clothes, the chair under you.
Three things you can hear.
Two things you can smell, or two smells you like.
And one thing you can taste.
Take one slow breath out. You can repeat this as many times as you need.
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