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Oct 12, 2020 at 10:11 AM
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Hello,
I was wondering if anyone else has had the experience of feeling triggered by grounding exercises? And, if so, what do you do to help yourself? In order to deal with my triggers, I have tried several different grounding exercises to calm my body down, but so far, I find that grounding activities exacerbate my triggers as I'm made aware of parts of my body that I wish to ignore. Any pointers would be much appreciated 
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Oct 13, 2020 at 07:39 PM
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I don't know if this really counts. But for me doing breathing exercises to calm anxiety just has always seemed to make me feel more anxious rather than less. When something has triggered my anxiety what is of most help to me is physical activity. Nowadays mostly I just go for a walk (even if it's just walking around the house.) Years ago, when my living situation was such that I could do it, I used to chop wood!
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Oct 16, 2020 at 03:56 AM
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Yeah, this is something I think needs to be talked about more. It's the same reason it's so hard to get to sleep. After trauma, if we go into stress it separates us from the pain of the trauma so that we can make ourselves safe. It's really worth looking into Polyvagal theory, check out
Free Resources - NICABM I think recovery is incredibly painful, which is why is such a difficult thing to get help with. The only way I see is to keep reaching out, and there are people out there who will help you through the pain 
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