Coping with overwhelming emotions can feel confusing, especially after trauma or loss. Learning to move from avoidance to active emotional regulation helps you feel more grounded, resilient, and in control of your emotional life.
Grounding techniques are simple, practical tools that help bring your mind and body back to the present moment. They can be especially useful when stress, anxiety, or overwhelming emotions begin to take over.
Feeling emotionally flat or disconnected? Emotional numbness is a common trauma response, not a personal flaw. This post explores what it is, why it happens, and how to understand it with more compassion.