Grounding toolbox
These exercises point your attention outward, toward the room you are actually in. There are no scores, streaks, failures or time limits — and you can stop at any moment.
The 5-4-3-2-1 grounding game
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The beam grows as you go.
Name 5 things you can see.
No scores, no failures, no time limits.
Fog clearing
Fog clearing
Find something blue.
The objective isn't winning. Each answer lets a little more of the view through.
More grounding games
Colour hunt
Find objects of a particular colour around you.
Find three blue things.
Texture hunt
Identify how things feel — soft, rough, smooth, warm, cool.
Find something soft.
Sound detective
Identify sounds in your environment.
Name the closest sound you can hear.
Room investigator
Find clues that show where and when you are.
Find something with today's date or time on it.
Alphabet grounding
Name something in the room beginning with each letter.
Something starting with A.
Category challenge
Name five of something. Any five will do.
Five animals.
Counting anchor
Count things you can see from where you are.
Count the doors and windows.