MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGE: COMPLETE A GROUNDING TECHNIQUE!

TODAY’S CHALLENGE: Complete a Grounding Technique

Emotions taking you all over the place? Constantly thinking about the past? Worrying about the future? Thoughts drifting when you should be focused? If you answered yes to any of those scenarios, you, my friend, could benefit from grounding. Grounding helps bring us back to the here and now.

There are 3 main areas that grounding can assist with: mental, physical, and soothing.

Mental grounding techniques use methods that are primarily of a psychological and cognitive nature; for example, counting slowly or reimagining a previous experience in great detail.

Physical grounding techniques use methods focused on external stimuli, such as sensations and perceptions related to information that exists in the external environment; for example, exercises such as stretching or yoga, concentrating on tactile sensations such as putting your hands under running water, or rubbing your fingers across different fabrics.

Soothing grounding techniques describe methods that use kindness and positive sentiment to help induce a sense of calm and relaxation. Examples include thinking of people whom you love or repeating a positive statement to yourself.

Which area(s) are you struggling with the most? Click the link below to try some of the skills associated with each grounding type. https://www.winona.edu/resilience/Media/Grounding-Worksheet.pdf