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5 things game!

I noticed we didn't have one of these threads on the new forum yet so I thought I'd start one! 5 things game is a kind of grounding technique whereby you name things that you see, feel, hear and smell as way of connecting to and focusing on the present moment. It's useful because focusing on the present moment can help you take your mind off unpleasant, anxious and negative thoughts. You can easily use this technique away from the computer or in public if you want too (I do it all the time). The formula is as follows...

 

5 things I can see

4 things I can feel

3 things I can hear

2 things I can smell

1 good thing about myself (this is the most important one!)

 

(I'm not sure who started this on the old forum - Antria maybe? Anyway, the credit must go to them for thinking up this idea for a thread)

 

I'll start the ball rolling...

 

5 things I can see

 

a model skeleton

my wallet

a tea cup

library books

my pencil case

 

4 things I can feel

 

itchiness

my cheek resting on my hand

my dressing gown tied around my waist

my back against the chair

 

3 things I can hear

 

good time by owl city (feat. carly rae jepsen)

my typing

the tv

 

2 things I can smell

 

lemongrass and ginger tea

the air

 

1 good thing about myself

 

I am kind

 

Your turn 😄

delicatedreamer
delicatedreamerPosted 20-09-2012 09:36 PM

Comments (11 pages)

 
SteadySteps
SteadyStepsPosted 10-03-2025 04:24 PM

Hey @delicatedreamer,

 

This is an awesome post!

 

5 things I can see

  • A lamp.
  • A plant.
  • My phone.
  • A picture on the wall.
  • My shoes.

4 things I can feel

  • My feet on the floor.
  • The chair under me.
  • My clothes against my skin.
  • My hands resting in my lap.

3 things I can hear

  • Birds outside.
  • A car passing by.
  • The ticking of a clock.

2 things I can smell

  • Fresh air.
  • A candle.

1 good thing about myself 

  • I’m strong enough to keep going. 💛
 
Lost_Space_Explorer5
Lost_Space_Explorer5Posted 16-06-2021 10:42 PM

5 things I can see

  • My textbook
  • My blanket
  • The crack in the window
  • My hands
  • My phone

4 things I can hear

  • The rain outside
  • My brother
  • Keyboard tapping
  • Breathing

3 things I can feel

  • my blanket
  • pain 😞
  • air going in through my nose

2 thing I can smell

  • my post it notes smell like paper
  • my hands smell like soap

1 thing I can taste

  • I can't really taste anything right now as I brushed my teeth a little while ago 😆
 
 
MB95
MB95Posted 15-08-2021 03:22 PM

5 things I can see

  • My plants
  • My maps 
  • My journal 
  • My laptop 
  • My blanket 

4 things I can hear

  • My dark thoughts screaming at me
  • My fan
  • Aeroplanes
  • Our puppy 

3 things I can feel 

  • My soft blanket
  • My tensed body and clenched teeth
  • My bed 

2 things I can smell

  • My diffuser 
  • My freshly washed blanket 

1 thing I can taste 

  • The fruit cordial I was drinking
 
 
 
Lost_Space_Explorer5
Lost_Space_Explorer5Posted 15-08-2021 05:07 PM

You have a puppy @MB95?!?! 😍

 

5 things I can see

  • Cat calendar
  • Pen
  • Curtain
  • Towel
  • Drawings

4 things I can hear

  • The radio playing downstairs
  • Keyboard tapping
  • My breathing
  • The TV downstairs

3 things I can feel

  • My weighted sloth 🦥
  • My fingers on the keyboard
  • Pain

2 things I can smell

  • The air?
  • Coffee

1 thing I can taste

  • also coffee 😛
 
 
 
 
DrummaBoy
DrummaBoyPosted 16-08-2021 09:37 PM

5 things I can see 🥸

1. My messy bedroom

2. A pile of clothes to wash

3. My bedside lamp

4. My slippers

5. My recent crochet project

 

4 things I can hear 🎧

1. My spotify playlist

2. The tv upstairs

3. People talking upstairs

4. My breath

 

3 things I can feel 🙌

1. My bed beneath me

2. My blankets on top

3. My Quoll plush toy

 

2 things I can smell 👃

1. My washed hair

2. My cooked dinner

 

1 thing I can taste

1. My dinner 😆

 

 
 
 
 
 
Emily-RO
Emily-ROPosted 18-08-2021 10:57 AM

5 things I can see 👀

  1. My puppy sleeping on my lap
  2. Trees outside my window
  3. My cup of tea
  4. My laptop
  5. My blanket

4 things I can hear :headphone:

  1. Spotify music
  2. Birds outside
  3. Puppy sleep talking!
  4. The breeze very very quietly

3 things I can feel :raising_hands:

  1. My blanket
  2. My puppy on my lap
  3. My laptop keys

2 things I can smell :nose:

  1. My tea
  2. The breeze outside

1 thing I can taste 😝

  1. My tea again haha I love tea

 
 
 
 
 
MB95
MB95Posted 21-08-2021 02:01 PM

5 things I can see

  1. My phone
  2. My waterbottle 
  3. The fridge
  4. The TV
  5. The dining table 

4 things I can hear 

  1. The birds 
  2. The wind 
  3. The blinds smacking the windows
  4. Old mates music faintly playing across the road 

3 things I can feel 

  1. Pain in my body 
  2. Heartache 
  3. Anger, so much anger 😔

2 things I can smell 

  1. Fresh air
  2. My deodorant 

1 thing I can taste 

  1. Toothpaste 
 
 
 
 
 
Emily-RO
Emily-ROPosted 25-08-2021 09:40 AM

5 things I can see :eyes:

  1. Cup of tea
  2. Laptop
  3. Fidget toy! (it's an octopus haha)
  4. Phone
  5. Pens

4 things I can hear :headphone:

  1. Lo-fi music!
  2. Birds
  3. Notifications haha
  4. My heater, suuuuper quietly!

3 things I can feel :raising_hands:

  1. My clothes
  2. Keyboard keys
  3. Teacup (it's lovely and warm)

2 things I can smell :nose:

  1. Tea! (one of my favourite smells)
  2. Honestly not much else hahah

1 thing I can taste :squinting_face_with_tongue:

  1. 3 guesses... Tea!

Actually me: 

 
 
 
 
 
Lost_Space_Explorer5
Lost_Space_Explorer5Posted 02-09-2021 12:45 AM

5 things I can see

  1. coathanger
  2. weighted sloth
  3. phone
  4. calender
  5. blanket

4 things I can hear

  1. my breathing
  2. cars driving past
  3. keyboard tapping
  4. faint whooshing in my ears

3 things I can feel

  1. My wrist strangely hurting again
  2. cold feet
  3. my blanket

2 things I can smell

  1. my hands still smell vaguely of soap
  2. for some reason I can smell salami very faintly. Which is weird cause a. I don't eat salami, I don't even like salami and b. nobody has had salami in the house recently. so that's new

1 thing I can taste

  1. My mouth tastes like nothing?

 
 
 
 
 
Emily-RO
Emily-ROPosted 03-09-2021 02:05 PM

5 things I can see

  1. Trees
  2. Sun
  3. Clouds
  4. Park
  5. My phone

4 things I can hear

  1. Wind
  2. Birds
  3. My breathing
  4. Very distant cars

3 things I can feel

  1. Sun
  2. My clothes
  3. My phone

2 things I can smell

  1. Fresh air!
  2. BBQ! I'm jealous.

1 thing I can taste

  1. I wish I could taste BBQ, but honestly just nothing!

 
 
 
 
 
MB95
MB95Posted 04-09-2021 09:08 PM

5 things I can see

  1. Phone
  2. Pillows
  3. Blanket 
  4. Bedroom window 
  5. Blinds 

4 things I can hear 

  1. The toilet in the bathroom
  2. Cars in the distance 
  3. Next doors air-conditioning 
  4. My housemates 

3 things I can feel

  1. My bed 
  2. Heavy eyelids 
  3. Too many mixed emotions 

2 things I can smell

  1. My perfume 
  2. The soap on my hands 

1 thing I can taste 

  1. Toothpaste 
 
Bee
BeePosted 15-08-2020 06:59 PM
5 things I can see
cat pen, glitter jars, washi tape, my hands, my laptop screen

4 things I can feel
The edge of my desk under my arm, an itch in my ear, the cool air, the mat under my feet

3 things I can hear
Mum in the bath, the tv, my typing

2 things I can smell
air, and more air

1 good thing about myself
I'm persistent
 
 
WheresMySquishy
WheresMySquishyPosted 29-09-2020 09:30 PM

5 things I can see:
- A pencil case
- A diary
- A Pro controller
- A hole punch
- Lip gloss

4 things I can feel:
- The chair I am sitting on
- My keyboard
- My desk
- My hair
- The warm clothes I'm wearing

3 things I can hear:
- A TV on in the background
- The sound of myself typing
- Footsteps

2 things I can smell:
- Air
- Ice cream

1 good thing about myself:
- I'm honest about how I feel.

 
 
 
November13
November13Posted 30-09-2020 04:10 PM

Thanks for this thread! This is exactly the grounding I need right now!

 

5 things I can see:
-Cushion

-Phone

-Cookie boxes

-Water bottle

-Plant

4 things I can feel:
-The pillows behind my back
-My sweater

-The nice chilly air today

-My hair on my shoulders


3 things I can hear:
-The traffic outside

-Footsteps

-Water running

2 things I can smell:
-Coffee

-My perfume


1 good thing about myself:
-I try to improve myself every day

 
 
 
 
Lost_Space_Explorer5
Lost_Space_Explorer5Posted 23-11-2020 09:54 PM
5 things I see
-My succulent, which is now dying because it got sunburnt
-my door
-my cat calender
-my chair
-the light

4 things I can feel
-Pillows supporting me
-My clothes
-The temperature which is slightly cold and slightly humid
-my breathing

3 things I can hear
-the wind
-water running
-sound of my keyboard typing

2 things I can smell
-my hands just smell like hands lol I don't know what to smell
-my empty cup of berry tea

1 good thing about myself
-I do try
 
 
 
 
 
Lost_Space_Explorer5
Lost_Space_Explorer5Posted 29-11-2020 08:07 PM
This is a slightly different variation of the five things

5 things I see
-blanket
-fan
-purple folder
-my hands
-a cup

4 things I hear
-the fan turning and moving the air
-my breath
-the sound of a tv in the background
-fingers typing

3 things I feel
-the keyboard
-a headache
-the air going through my nose

2 things I smell
- sunscreen
-my blanket smells like a blanket

1 thing I can taste:
-Milo (drinking milo atm!)
 
 
 
 
 
Janine-RO
Janine-ROPosted 25-01-2021 02:33 PM

5 things I can see - A candle

- Small stuffed felt cactus (xmas craft project!)

- Framed photos

- Many board games in shelves

-Glasses case

 

4 things I can hear

Cicadas outside

Fan going full blast inside

Partner taking work phone call

Music

 

3 things I can feel 

Air moving from the fan

- Carpet under my feet

- Fingers on the keyboard

 

2 things I can smell

Very faint new paint smell (why does that take so long to go away??)

Gardenias from my garden

 

1 good thing about myself: 

I'm curious about the world

 

@Lost_Space_Explorer5  thanks for reminding me about this awesome thread, @Anonymous  this is a great one to give a go if you feel like it! 

 
 
 
 
 
Lost_Space_Explorer5
Lost_Space_Explorer5Posted 29-01-2021 07:07 PM
5 things I can see
-the fly screen in my window
-framed puzzle
-my phone
-fan
-my succulent

4 things I can hear
-the rain
-key board tapping
-my breathing
-cars driving past

3 things I can feel
-the cold air coming through the window
-my keyboard
-my blanket

2 things I can smell
-fresh air
- I can't really smell anything else lol umm a hair towel that's drying on my chair that smells kinda funky

1 good thing about myself
-I'm curious too @Janine-RO
 
 
 
 
 
xXLexi_Lou122Xx
xXLexi_Lou122XxPosted 06-02-2021 08:41 PM
5:
- my desktop
- desk
- my iPad
- my watch
- my apple pencil

4:
- my mum yelling at my siblings
- my sister's extremely loud singing...
- my music playing in the background
- my keyboard tapping

3.
- my keyboard
- my desk
- sadness and emptiness

2.
- lollies that my siblings have started eating
- my perfume

1.
- I have many talents, even if I know I don't believe a single good thing about myself
 
 
 
 
 
Lost_Space_Explorer5
Lost_Space_Explorer5Posted 06-02-2021 10:04 PM

You do have SO many talents @xXLexi_Lou122Xx! You're so good at art and music, and peer support (and puzzles :p)! Sorry you're feeling sad and empty 😞

My turn hehe

5 things I can see
-my computer
-my calendar
-my phone
-my hands
-the fan

4 things I can hear
-my brother putting things in their place
-my breathing
-the wind
-dad watching tv

3 things I can feel
-it's too hot and humid 😞
-my breath in my nose Smiley LOL
-the wind

2 thing I can smell/taste (I'm adding taste cause smell is too difficult on its own)
-one of my meds tastes like blackcurrant 😛
-my hair smells like it needs a wash

1 thing I like about me
-I'm still trying I guess

 
 
 
 
 
Rattata
RattataPosted 18-06-2021 03:40 AM

5 things I can see

- My hand

- The computer screen

- Darkness

- My drink bottle

- The keyboard

 

4 things I can feel

- Numbness

- The strain of typing

- The keyboard

- The chair underneath me

 

3 things I can hear

- My playlist

- Keyboard clicks

- Something falling off my bed

 

2 thing I can smell

- Air that's a little crusty

- My hair

 

1 thing I like about me

- I am very empathetic and care a lot about other people in my life, even if it feels like a hindrance sometimes

 

 
Bee
BeePosted 20-06-2020 04:03 PM

5 things I can see sticky notes, glass, bulldog clips, tangle toy, my hands

4 things I can feel pain in my foot, my warm slippers, cool air on my arms, headphones on my head

3 things I can hear my typing, music, my phone which just went off

2 things I can smell nothing

1 good thing about myself I am a fighter

 
Bee
BeePosted 10-06-2019 03:37 PM

5 things I can see

- Colouring pencils

- my hands

- Bee pin a friend made me

- my dragon figurine (that is my display picture here)

- White boar full of Little miss Sunshine magnets

 

4 things I can feel

- Comfy boots on my feet

- Warm air on my arms

- My headphones on my head

- The keyboard beneath my fingertips

 

3 things I can hear

- shower

- parents talking

 

2 things I can smell

- Fresh breeze

- faint smell of my air freshener

 

1 good thing about myself 

- I'm an honest person

 
 
xXLexi_Lou122Xx
xXLexi_Lou122XxPosted 11-06-2019 07:41 PM
5 things:
My laptop
my blanket
my couch
the tv
a bookcase.

4 things:
The keys on my laptop keyboard
my warm fuzzy blanket
the couch beneath me
THE DAMN COLD HOUSE I LIVE IN!!!!

3 things:
Some cupboard doors closing
The scrunching of food packets
Me typing.

2 things:
Plain old Oxygen
Faint smell of my dinner from the kitchen.

1 thing:
I try to take care of all my friends, even the friends I have here on RO. 🙂
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