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For anyone with PTSD — the "5-5-5 grounding breath" has been a game changer for flashbacks (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 days ago by DeLalo98@lemmy.world to c/nosleep@lemmy.world

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My therapist taught me this and I wish I'd learned it years ago:

When a flashback starts:

Breathe in for 5 seconds
Name 5 things you can see (in your head, while breathing)
Breathe out for 5 seconds

It combines grounding with breathing and it interrupts the flashback loop. The first time it actually worked I cried because I'd spent years feeling helpless during episodes.

It doesn't work every time. Maybe 70% of the time. But 70% is infinitely better than 0%.

Anyone else combine breathing with grounding techniques?

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[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago

Yeah, no.

Brand new account, shilling for an app and only making posts about one thing, and not even paying attention to what community they're using. Nosleep isn't about insomnia, and someone posting in good faith would have checked the community to see what it was.

[–] IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 2 points 3 days ago

Just tried it. Breathed in for 5 seconds...

Chair, trashcan...

Then I forgot what I was doing and passed out.