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Hi @Former-Member, I'm going to be around now until my forum curfew so I will ride the wave with you if you like. I saw that @NikNik was asking for suggestions about grounding. Often when I am riding a wave, I lie prostrate on the carpet in my loungeroom and verbally stim (which is basically making a long continous sound). I find that it super helps. Granted, if I do it in public, people tend to call emergency services on me, but it works super well in the privacy of my own home. I also rock a lot - either sitting up or lying down. I find it calming. Within the last year or so, I've also discovered that focusing on learning something (not important study-type learning, just random stuff learning) seems to draw on a different part of my brain such that the big feelings gradually feel less big. This might fall more under the category of distraction rather than grounding I guess, I'm not sure. However, it has really got me through some dreadful episodes of severe depression in the past year...and as a bonus, I can now recite the Greek alphabet!!! I will ride with you tonight @Former-Member.