Grounding

Abstract Grounding offers powerful help toward managing and reducing symptoms related to trauma, including feeling “too much” (feeling strong or overwhelming feelings or urges); feeling “too little” (feeling disconnected or numb); feeling confused or having a hard time thinking clearly; losing track of time or where you are; having a hard time noticing when things are safer; or feeling like the past is happening again. This module will help you learn and practice the two core grounding skills (orienting to and anchoring in the present). In addition, the module describes how to notice you are getting ungrounded and offers 101 ways to get and stay grounded so you can find the ways of grounding that work best for you. By doing this work, you can learn to prevent yourself from getting overwhelmed by developing healthy, healing-focused ways to manage when you start to feel too much or too little.