How to Bring Your Attention Down When You're Not Feeling Anxious

Anxiety fire drills are when you practice bringing yourself down from an anxious state. An anxiety fire drill would be make a list of five people places, thoughts or things that help you feel safe and then practice doing them. The last thing you want to do when you're struggling is bother someone or reach out because you don't have the energy to. If you've practiced, if you've done the muscle memory thing, then it's going to be second nature.