How to Ground Yourself

Anxiety can impact every aspect of your life from enjoying social activities to pursuing the next steps in your career. It is often complicated to resolve, but some people have found that grounding techniques may help you take yourself out of a stressful moment. Here’s a look at some ways to ground yourself.

Use Distraction Techniques

Distraction can be incredibly helpful by redirecting all that energy elsewhere. Here’s a couple techniques you might find helpful.

5-4-3-2-1

With 5-4-3-2-1 by your side, you never have to spiral out of control as anxiety arises. To practice this technique, you just have to find:

• Five things you can easily see in your immediate area
• Four things that you can feel touching your body
• Three things you can hear going on around you
• Two things you can smell in that moment
• One thing you can taste

As you find each item, make sure to name it aloud and really focus on its linked sensation.

Count Backward by 7

When your mind is focused on doing math, it’s harder to focus anxious thoughts and feelings. So, when you start to feel discomfort set it, start from 100 and begin counting backward by sevens. By the time you hit 44, you might notice that your anxious thoughts have dissipated, leaving you in a better state of mind to handle the problem at hand. 

Work Off All That Anxious Energy

Once you have stopped the onrush of anxious thoughts, it's time to get out of your chair and get moving to work off that anxious energy. As you move, you will begin to see that physical activity will likely prove to be calming.

Here are some physical activities that you can safely enjoy include:

• Hiking or running on your favorite paths and trails
• Going for a swim or just immersing yourself in a pool
• Walking around your neighborhood or block
• Practicing some yoga poses or gentle stretches
• Riding your single/ten speed, mountain or stationary bike

By using these grounding techniques to center your mind and body, you will likely feel the anxiety melt away. While you do the aforementioned activities, make sure to stay well-stocked on your CBD isolate or full spectrum products. That way, you’ll always be ready whenever a situation outside of your control arises.

By distracting yourself from your thoughts, you are much more likely to end up feeling much better in no time flat. And by combining these efforts with a little bit of CBD for support, it just may deliver that peaceful headspace that you’re looking for! 

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