Hello! I am comfortable talking about subjects like OCD, anxiety and other issues. Please see my profile for resources I would like to share with you. I am not a professional therapist, but I can offer comfort and support ❤️ *I don't discuss breakups/relationships. 

If you are thinking about self harm please contact one of the following resources: 

For crisis support: https://help.7cups.com/hc/en-us/articles/360026238093-Crisis

For crisis support by country: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines

Exercises for Panic/Anxiety: 

Before starting this exercise, pay attention to your breathing. Slow, deep, long breaths can help you maintain a sense of calm or help you return to a calmer state. Once you find your breath, go through the following steps to help ground yourself: 

5: Acknowledge FIVE things you see around you. It could be a pen, a spot on the ceiling, anything in your surroundings.

4: Acknowledge FOUR things you can touch around you. It could be your hair, a pillow, or the ground under your feet. 

3: Acknowledge THREE things you hear. This could be any external sound. If you can hear your belly rumbling that counts! Focus on things you can hear outside of your body.

2: Acknowledge TWO things you can smell. Maybe you are in your office and smell pencil, or maybe you are in your bedroom and smell a pillow. If you need to take a brief walk to find a scent you could smell soap in your bathroom, or nature outside.

1: Acknowledge ONE thing you can taste. What does the inside of your mouth taste like—gum, coffee, or the sandwich from lunch?

Books I recommend reading that have helped me:

Atomic Habits by James Clear

Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life by Gary John Bishop

Adulting: How to Become a Grown-up in 468 Easy(ish) Steps by Kelly Williams Brown

The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb

OCD Resources: 

Please consider joining the OCD community here on cups! 

https://www.7cups.com/forum/SupportPlus_205/ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorderSupport_1097/

OCD/Anxiety Podcast on Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/show/0OXDalWI4OEXWqyzHEHfLq?si=tXyKofPmTDOAQVqcpJyWfQ&nd=1