#grounding-techniques

#grounding-techniques

If you're going to stay with somebody for three or four days, find ways to politely give yourself a break. Go for lunch with friends who live locally, or book a ticket to a museum or a National Trust place so that you have ways of getting yourself out of the house. Tamara Hoyton, a senior practitioner for Relate at Family Action, agrees that scheduling breaks is a good strategy.

Healing requires retraining the nervous system to feel safe again, using techniques like deep breathing and sensory grounding to provide stability and calm.