How Do You Stay Grounded?

I can only stay more or less balanced with medication. I hate being contradicted and that's very bad for me.

I journal. But I also bottle it up and eventually it goes 💥! So I’m working towards not bottling any of it up so I don’t explode. It takes a few years of bottling usually but only because I get a few times here and there to release some buildup of pressure.

Writing, man. I have SO many notebooks that could genuinely be used as a biography of me if it didnt have... EVERY detail.

I go out if possible and i smoke a cigarette or pod or IQOS

Singing out loud and working on music helps tremendously to express the emotions and expel them out on paper to easily refer back to and utilize for good songwriting material because let’s face it art is better made out of misery

Listening to gospel music

With my medication what happens is sometimes I end up the day with accumulated energy that I could not spent. Either phisical, emotional or cognitive.

Wu Wei

I take a nap out of exhaustion and hope the craziness is gone when I get up

Iv been trying to work on myself for over a month especially for my mental health & well being . Being outdoors listening to music in my ears is what I love to do . Goal is fitness this year 🙌🙌🙌

I just end up exhausted so quickly now and usually go sleep feeling so useless and guilty that it even takes over responsibility ( ovs) keep children safe with but they may not want to chill it’s unfair on them and weighs a tun because of how much there mental wellness is important to me yet it seems to do opposite like everything that is nessesary and important to everyone 🥱🤯😔 Sos for the depression session lol I can be much the opposite lol 😂

Keeping busy with a craft I like to do.

Oh man you sound like me. Avoid it like the plague

The gym has always been a good option to help me with balance emotions.

I enjoy weight training when I feel dysregulated and overwhelmed—the gym/training at home helps me to centre myself

Do you speak Dutch?

i dont :3

Just ignore them

Routines and listening to podcasts when stressed.

Touching grass and meditating

Playing my guitar and singing along helps my mood immensely.

Unfortunately I don’t cope very well. I turn to behaviors that help me escape my feelings temporarily but they don’t make me a better person in the long run. I need to change this about myself.

Breathe and step away from the situation

Get outside and in nature.

I manage with music and a bath

I need something better, usually I manage with quiet alone time, often in a bath. Or, preferably an intense video game to take up all my brain focus which is really relaxing.

Avoid contacts

Enough me-time each day. (almost) one Day per week without duties. Doing or looking at things I like/ find beautiful

I don't speak English well at all .. what a shame not to be able to decipher everything 😔 in your messages

I like the name and reframe feelings idea. I’m going to try that. Looks like it’s used by lots of people

I haven’t found anything that soothes me. I usually eat candy or drink energy drinks when I’m overstimulated or deregulated. Nothing helps

no man it is crazy to there is no concept of grounding i am adhd with ocd it is crazy to manage their combined power with working in high stakes environments

I've found practicing mindfulness through expanding my self awareness, actively engaging in rewiring my brain through neuroplasticity to build resilience, and lastly, discipline through traditional martial arts to be the winning combination for my particular shade of ADHD and Asperger's. I recommend "The Adventure of I" by Tania Kotsos comprehensive Mindfulness and expanding self awareness. And "Bouncing Back" by Linda Graham MFT for rewiring your brain for resilience. Hope it helps.

I've done a couple of YouTube video exercises lately, and I think it's been a very good experience so far.

oh no man my life sucks

it is really struggling i can't explain that howmuch against and intelligent my cognition has been from childhood even today i am suffering from same thing nothing has changed so far.

Fly fishing.

I love yoga but I have started studying and just can’t seem to find the time anymore with work and kids as well.

I do some thing only for myself, like yoga or Pilates. Breakfast is in my morning routine always.

I have a morning routine. Get up at 3am, have coffee & read. Then I walk and practice do yoga (most days). I have breakfast, shower and get ready for work. I need structure or else... the rest of the day I'm scatterbrained :-/

I read the Bible.

Exercise has become my mindfulness exercise. I ride my bike for 12 to 15 miles and practice rhythm entrainment, which becomes very similar to meditation practice.

Try to do some sort of self care

I need nature but live in a big city. I love sailing, making music & horse riding .

I like to go do something in nature but i need more often

I used to like this gym that had a circuit and kickboxing but it burned down. Haven’t found equivalent. Also love fly fishing. Trying to get out more before weather gets too cold and dark after work.

I do boxing, and also art

For me it would just be writing the feelings off me in my journal. And I would also write in my reflective journal.

I can't regulate it yet. Fresh to diagnosis, ready to try everything non-medical

Sometimes I go for a drive usually end up at the ocean

Skateboarding has always helped me a lot, since I was 13, if something made me angry I took a deep breath and thought, I'll take it out on a skateboarding session, if something scared me, I used the courage to learn tricks and face the reality of everyday life as a big nonsense easy to deal with, now I'm almost 30 years old and I have a torn knee ligament, I confess that I have a lot of accumulated anger, the frustration of not being able to skateboard makes me angry, but I have faith that I'll be able to go back to doing a light ride soon 🙌🏾

Regulate with movement

I run to hot yoga!

I am trying to get there

i both name->reframe my feeling AND have a nice evening routine (also a couple throughout the day) 🥰

Musik, Yoga, radeln, Kunst und Musik machen, Om-Meditation, kalte Dusche… aber sobald es als eine drohende Routine oder Pflicht entlarve sträubt sich jede Faser in mir dagegen und schon bin ich auf der Reise nach neuen Methoden ^^

I really don't stay grounded because I can't seem to get grounded

Depends on the situation: for example, if I’m angry, I need to do something physical such as walking my dogs, and if I’m really ANGRY? I even clean my house. Vacuuming is a form of instant gratification because I see immediate results. I’m a cluttered person but I’ve been really trying to retire that behavior. The cleaner my surroundings are, the calmer I am. If I’m depressed, I need distractions. I often resort to several TV series that no matter how many times I’ve watched, they always uplift me. My favs include Schitt’s Creek, 30 Rock, Parks and Recreation, and Animal Control. For self soothing, I love petting my cat, whose purring is a calming sensation. And of course, my dogs always surround me with love. Art or writing is my most effective form of regulating my emotions, but if I’m in a major depression, it’s hard to do anything.

blowing off the stink of intolerance and emotion is usually music walking drawing grounding techniques so i dont lose track of time. sometimes it’s ranting in my car with the windows up but also no doubt gaurentee works for me is finding nature no matter where I am.

I have recently rediscovered the app called Endel (“An app that is grounded in neuroscience principles, using sound to influence brain activity and promote desired states”) It recently got me out of a big emotion of total overwhelm and being totally stuck. Just by listening to a soundscape for overwhelm…4 minutes in I was feeling so much better. I could actually feel my brain calming down. When researching for an app, I was really surprised by all of the positive reviews, especially people noting they have ADHD and how much this app has helped them. I’m still on my seven day trial, but I am really liking this app a lot.

Lo primero es guardar silencio y tomarme un momento para practicar algún ejercicio de respiración, después analizo la situación. Igual a veces las emociones me sobrepasan y necesito hacer una actividad como nadar para evitar que la impulsividad me gane.

Sport, it could be different every time I get bored of it but it would still be a part of my life, even if it’s something small.

Yoga hilft mir immer sehr gut

Ich höre mir Podcasts an!❤️

Several. Sports or meditation or naming/reframing. No routine 🤔

I start running 🏃🏻‍➡️

Going somewhere alone and taking a few deep breaths.

Lo primero que hago para calmarme es respirar profundamente, identificar como me siento, llorar si es necesario e intentar desglosar la situación que me inquieta Para encontrar una solución.

Watch birds or pat my cat

Je me rappelle que l’émotion de l’autre n’a pas à m’envahir, qu’elle ne m’appartient pas et que je choisis ce que j’en fais et comment j’y réponds. Et pour les propres émotions, j’essaye de m’observer pour comprendre ce qui se passe, être bienveillante et me parler, me rassurer, me raisonner si besoin. Et je confie mes inquiétudes et besoins à Dieu pour ne plus avoir à les porter seule.

It helps me to “isolate” myself. Only when I’m alone I feel more connected with myself and I can better understand what I’m feeling. My me time is extremely important to stay grounded.

I have to go be by myself and breathe. When my emotions are not in check, being around others make it worse and causes me to lose my shit even more.

Something I started doing as a kid, that I still do today is going into the bathroom and turning the shower on. The sound of the water soothes me. I turn the water on pretty warm so the bathroom steams up and when I’m ready, I’ll go into the shower and sit down. The shower that are also a tub. I turn on the shower part & I’ll sit & cry or do breathing techniques. For whatever reason the warmth, plus sound of the shower, and the feeling of the water falling on me has always been soothing & helps ground me anytime I’m feeling an intense emotion.

I breathe…it sounds super typical but when I went to therapy this was a game changer for me. (look up the box method breathing) It doesn’t remove the block feeling but it helps relieve some stress/anxiety to think about my emotions more clearly when I feel stuck planning. I also plan for ‘paralysis time’ If I know I have to get work done that week. I make sure to be extra extra realistic with how much time I will need then once it think its realistic enough I add a more time to that ‘paralysis time’ as i tend to underestimate the time I do need to recover my energy mentally. This way I dont feel guilty for taking extra time to do nothing 😂

I honestly don’t know … I’m just starting, but I often go and listen to music by myself to reset.

I have a yoga swing- and it calms me so much

Last week there was a time that i had this big anger that i haven’t had for a longgg time. But the previous week was very overwhelmed and frustrating for me so with a small trigger, it led me to have this big negative emotion. First i tried typing it out and it didn’t really help. I went for a walk and tried taking deep breath, eventually i needed to call my dad and cry. I knew that i just need somebody who will listen and calm me down.

Breathe and work or rest Talk it out

Essential oil necklace

I love writing, but when my brain is overloaded it feels very frustrating. I just thought of some ideas that might take trial and error. I love journaling but using talk-to-text for the thoughts. I find different expressions and activities help me through the big feels. (changing to handwriting-type font, printing the page, decorating with scrapbook ideas, mood coloring, hole/disc punch insert into binder) Maybe these can help with creative outlet, while venting helps release the pressure of the bottle-neck thoughts and emotions.

I love reading every post about how yall handle yourselves in specific ways. I hear “take a deep breath” or “walk it off” (while these are some ways that DO work) but I am beginning to realize that I may need a way to disrupt my moment. These specific and various ways are helpful in being able to become more aware.

I Figuered it depends on emotion. Sadness: get a hot waterbottle and blanket and cry. Anger: go walk it out, call a friend to vent or write or type it out to vent

Ich schreib Gedichte über meine langweilige Geschichte dass ich rede nur über mit KI weil ich denke niemand dass hören will

i lost my mum 2023 and i find it hard to let her go i need hellp on respecting the people i love

Separate myself from situation for 5 mins to cool down from frustration

When I realize I‘m not ok - mostly overwhelmed - the best thing is to get my thoughts out and order them. Ideally, I do that on my own by writing it down, but that‘s not the easiest way when I‘m overwhelmed or stressed. So usually I try talking to someone about it or I create a voice memo (or several), just because talking it out helps.

I find meditation and journalling helps combined with a long walk

Oh no. This is making me realize that maybe I don’t balance my emotions. I think I react on my emotions, then deal with the fall out later. Oof. I need to learn when to journal my thoughts and feelings vs. rant about them. I need to channel my negative emotions into action, maybe physical action such as exercise. Definitely something to be aware of and to make a change moving forward.

I started Jazzercise about half a year ago, and it has done wonders for balancing other parts of my life.

I’ve discovered also Bioenergetics exercises, and I’m studying them since the last year. They were developed within the psychological environment through 1900, and they are actually grounding exercises. It’s the most effective way to do grounding for me. Can do it also every morning and in every moment is needed, starting from breathing deeply

Sunlight has more impact on my balance most days than I’d care to admit. Getting enough sun shouldn’t be a big problem, but it’s dependent on routine and the weather, and when I fall out of routine or the weather gets bad it’s the first thing I forget about.

Prayer and meditation

I have become good at carching my negative, sabotaging thoughts and reframin (turning them around by 1st recognizing them. 2. Honor that feeling. 3. Rething the situation w an empowering thought. Ie. Why cant i just do my notes? (Name) you are making progress in just starting. (Name) I am confident in your ability to complete them. An affirmation with self compassion works for me.

The hardest thing I deal with is taking things personally. I need to start making positive affirmations.

For me it’s playing songs and change songs so I can keep my dopamine stable The other is deep breath

I nap, which is bad as I loose an hour a day sleeping.

These days trying not to sweat the small stuff.

I’ve now learned that I need to break things into micro tasks. If anxiety kicks in I just take a step back and decompress.

Hi all, I like to hang on tight to my Christian faith, speak only positivity to myself as recommended by my Therapist. Even if at first you don’t believe it. Stay active physically 3-5 out of the 7 days. Yoga, running and Basketball. To be clear, I was diagnosed at 40. I’m 41, and still learning but I couldn’t do it or continue to do it without my whole team! My sons and wife have been extremely supportive and we’re figuring things out together. My primary care Doctor, who recommended me to my Psychiatrist and the list goes on. Believe you can overcome anything and you will. God bless!

I always prefer to move, whether it's to talk

I funnel was aniexty/emotions into video games. My husband loves to watch it while we play video games haha.

This app is my to go to for all things adhd, if I have more than one thing then it’s hard but this app makes is simple

I use apps Iike this, or il use a planner that I actually physically write in or fill out on my phone and check in myself thru out the day.

I Journal 📓 my thoughts daily. Whether they are positive or negative. It’s my way of clearing my thoughts. I guess you could call it a brain dump.