I'm a woman with late-diagnosed ADHD in my forties. This means I'm really experienced when it comes to feeling anxious. I'm also a former therapist and a co-creator of a mental health game, so anxiety is my bread and butter now, too. Because of this, I'm a collector of interesting self-soothing techniques that help to take the edge off, and what I'm about to share today are two of my all-time favourites.
Excellent! I love these tools. I've never tried hand tracing before but will begin incorporating it. I am not a numbers person (understatement) and yet I count all the time when I need to get out of my head temporarily. It was only while reading your post that I realized what I've been doing all these years🤣I find it fascinating, from an energetic perspective, that I turn to numbers when I don't harbour a relationship with them. Perhaps it's simply an innate human thing.
This *is* intersting. I wonder if perhaps we need something that provides a little friction in order to be able to shift our focus and get out of our heads? Maybe the effort required pulls your attention elsewhere in a way that doing something easy or familiar wouldn't be able to...
Excellent! I love these tools. I've never tried hand tracing before but will begin incorporating it. I am not a numbers person (understatement) and yet I count all the time when I need to get out of my head temporarily. It was only while reading your post that I realized what I've been doing all these years🤣I find it fascinating, from an energetic perspective, that I turn to numbers when I don't harbour a relationship with them. Perhaps it's simply an innate human thing.
This *is* intersting. I wonder if perhaps we need something that provides a little friction in order to be able to shift our focus and get out of our heads? Maybe the effort required pulls your attention elsewhere in a way that doing something easy or familiar wouldn't be able to...
Yep! It will engage our thinking brain to allow our subconscious to surface and voila...all is right in the world. (I wish😆)
I cannot wait to try the hand/breathing technique!!!
It's a favourite of mine. I'd love to know if it works for you!