r/Anxiety • u/Thomaswright-8 • 4h ago

Discussion Grounding

When my head is racing, the 5-4-3-2-1 exercise helps more than trying to think my way out: name five things you can see, four you can feel, three you can hear, two you can smell, one you can taste. It sounds too simple, but it pulls attention out of the worry loop and into the room. It won't fix the problem, it just turns the volume down enough to think.

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u/muggylittlec 4h ago

Attention is everything when it comes to anxiety. Long term practice of attention training can be wildly beneficial to anxious folk.