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5-Minute Resets

5-Minute Resets

Five-Minute Panic Reset

For when your body thinks something is an emergency and you need it to stand down.

  1. 1If you can, splash cold water on your face or hold something cold — it genuinely helps interrupt panic physiologically.
  2. 2Name five things you can see, four you can touch, three you can hear, two you can smell, one you can taste.
  3. 3Breathe out longer than you breathe in — try 4 seconds in, 7 seconds out.
  4. 4Remind yourself, even if it doesn't feel true yet: "This is real, and it will pass. I have survived this before."
  5. 5Stay where you are until it eases. You don't have to fix anything else right now.