Anyone else not able to do 5-4-3-2-1 grounding technique

NAS83418 1 day ago

Hello :-)

Just a quick question. I'm late diagnosed. Struggling with trauma and at the moment I'm impacted by emotional regulation. I've never been able to do the 5-4-3-2-1 grounding thing, I've tried for over 15 years. I don't ever seem to be able to climb down enough to do it and it just doesn't work no matter how hard I practice in calm moments to set it as a pattern/habit. Does anyone else struggle with it?

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JoJo14 16 hours ago

I usually am so busy anxiously worrying and thinking now is it 5 things i can hear or see and what sense each number relates too that i then make myself more anxious. So its never worked for me.
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NAS83418 2 hours ago in reply to JoJo14

Thanks :-) This is also the struggle I have in my head at home, I get panicky because it isn't in the right order, so it isn't "perfect" then it's game over...or I get bored. It feels so "fake". When I'm out, it's not a good idea to do it when I'm already overstimulated by senses and hypervigilant/scanning my environment to the max
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NAS83418 2 hours ago in reply to JoJo14

Thanks :-) This is also the struggle I have in my head at home, I get panicky because it isn't in the right order, so it isn't "perfect" then it's game over...or I get bored. It feels so "fake". When I'm out, it's not a good idea to do it when I'm already overstimulated by senses and hypervigilant/scanning my environment to the max
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