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 😄
- Fan
- Phone
- Colourings I made for my phone case
- Star Slinky
- Markers
4 things I can feel
- dry face washer on my knee
- sadness inside me
- warm breeze from my fan
- Eczema flaring up on my legs
3 things I can hear
- spotify playing a song I don't know
- fan
- dad's show in the next room
2 things I can smell
- warm air
- nothing
1 good thing about me
- I have a big heart
5. TV
4. Towel
3. My mum
2. Tissues
1. Me
4 things I can feel
4. my sore throat
3. My poor toe
2. sunburnt scalp
1. My laptop
3 things I can hear
3. The airon
2. The TV
1. My sister
2 things I can smell
2. The aircon (bliss!)
1. Some milk
1 good thing about me
1. I am safe
1. my laptop
2. panda squish
3. lemon squish
4. slinky
5. stretchy dino thing
(gotta love my stimmy things :P)
feeling four things
1. My chair
2. this headache
3. sore throat... probably thirsty
4. is that hunger? 😛
hearing three things
1. chatting friends
2. my fan
3. some machine in the distance
smelling two things
Can't smell anything 😛
a good thing
I'm awake.
5 things I can see
My books
My fan
My phone
My singing bowl
My bag
4 things I can feel
The keys on my keyboard as I am typing this
Itchiness
My bed
The heat
3 things I can hear
My fan
The TV in the living room
Music coming from my brother's room
2 things I can smell
Food
Perfume
1 good thing about myself
I'm taking better care of myself
5 things I can see
Laptop.
My handbag.
My Monsters Inc jumper.
Certificates (trying to write my resume).
Pillows.
4 things I can feel
Breeze from the fan.
Softness of pillow.
Fur of the giant stuffed bear next to me.
Keys on keyboard.
3 things I can hear
My fan.
Radio from living room.
My dog barking.
2 things I can smell
Dust.
Air? 
1 good thing about myself
I'm making an effort to type out my resume!
1. Tv
2. My knee
3. Frames of my glasses
4. Mum
5. My slinky
4 feels
1. Towel on my head
2. Swinging leg
3. Toes under my foot
4. A headache
3 hears
1. Tv
2. Fan
3. A ringing
2 smells
1. Air
2. More air
1 thing
1. Imaginative.
5 things I can see:
- Drink bottle
- Headphones
- Books
- Fan
- Printer
4 things I can feel:
- Breeze of fan on my neck.
- Pressure of my chair on my back.
- Fabric of my jeans on my legs.
- The different responses of my keyboard as I type.
3 things I can hear:
- Fan
- Myself typing
- TV in the background
2 things I can smell:
- Dishwashing detergent
- Mum's diffuser
1 good thing about me:
- I try my hardest
5 things I can see:
- TV
- Pretty Picture
- Fan
- Planner
- Laptop
4 things I can feel:
- Earphones in my ear
- Hands typing this
- My feet buried in the couch
- My heartbeat
3 things I can hear:
- The kettle
- My 9/11 footage I'm watching
- The clickyness of the keyboard
2 things I can smell:
- The fresh air
- My bad breath lol
1 good thing about me:
- I'm a day and a half clean 🙂
5 things I can see:
- My computer
- My Graduation cap
- My bookcase
- The posters on my wall
- My clean washing pile I am yet to put away
4 things I can feel:
- My ceiling fan circulating the air around me
- The rise and fall of my chest as I breathe
- My back resting against a cushion
- My fingers against the keyboard as I type
3 things I can hear:
- The music playing from my computer
- Cars driving past my house
- A bird in the tree outside my window
2 things I can smell:
- Fresh air from my window
- The shampoo I washed my hair with
1 good thing about me:
- Im exactly where I need to be to right now.
5 things I can see:
- The TV
- My pups sleeping
- An annoying fly I SHALL KILL IT.....The deed is done...
- The fan
- My hands
4 things I can feel:
- The fan spinning
- My sore throat
- My Feet tingling with aches
- My laptop on my lap
3 things I can hear:
- The simpsonssss
- My keys typing
- Music
2 things I can smell:
- The chocolate
- Idk
1 good thing about me:
- I am trying my hardest to stay safe
5 things I can see: Full rubbish bin, ipad, empty pods packet, box of textas and a labeler
4 things I can feel: My chair, the foot I'm sitting on, my glasses and my desk
3 things I can hear: Music, the TV and myself
2 things I can smell: Pringles and my room which I need to air out
1 thing good about myself: I care about my school work
5 things I can see: my glass of juice, stationery, a clipboard, a letter from a family friend, a USB
4 things I can feel: the breeze from the fan, my back against the chair, glasses on my nose, butterflies in my stomach from anxiety
3 things I can hear: the fan, me typing, not much else really
2 things I can smell: orange juice, fresh air from the window
1 good thing about myself: I am persevering
4 things I can feel: Pain in my foot, Stool under said foot, Power cord of the fan on my foot, the keys of the laptop under my fingers
3 things I can hear: Music, the fan, my typing (just 😛 )
2 things I can smell: my candle burning, uhm?
1 good thing about myself: I am empathetic
5 things I can see: Laptop I'm typing on, pens, bookshelf, fan, speakers
4 things I can feel: Breeze from the fan, chair I'm sitting on, keys of laptop, feet on the floor
3 things I can hear: television from the other room, the fan, cars going past my window
2 things I can smell: the room and my hands which I just washed
1 good thing about myself: I try my best
5 things I can see:
1. Tissues
2. My glass
3. Box of lens wipes
4. The right corner of my window frame
5. Heart-shaped notepad.
4 things I can feel:
1. My laptop against my wrists
2. My elbows on my desk
3. The stiffness in my back
4. My left leg being (comfortably) squashed
3 things I can hear:
1. My computer making a weird turning like noise
2. Air from my computer
3. The keyboard keys as I type
2 things I can smell:
1. Me, slightly.
2. Faint scent of my dinner.
1 good thing about myself:
1. I can get through the next 24 hours.
4 things I can feel: my slippers keeping my feet warm, the tablecloth my laptop is sitting on, glasses resting on my nose, my bloated and achy gut
3 things I can hear: the rain outside, the heater, my sister and I typing on our computers
2 things I can smell: not much
1 good thing about myself: I am trying my best
My chair
my wardrobe
my dog teddy
my tiger teddy
my laptop bag
4 things I can feel:
The sheets on me
Tiredness of my eyes
laptop against my wrists/arms
Muscle in my left leg
3 things I can hear:
my typing
my computer
the music playing
2 things I can smell:
faint smell of boyf
fainter smell of food
1 good thing about myself:
I have friends, I have people I can speak to.
5 things I can see:
my watch
my blue nail polish
my unicorn
my laptop
bookmarks
4 things I can feel:
hair on my face
socks on my feet
hairtie around my wrist
My legs on the chair
3 things I can hear:
my typing
my grandma flicking pages of a magazine
my brother chewing
2 things I can smell:
soap on my hands
soup that was just warmed in the microwave
1 good thing about myself:
I try my best to be respectful of other people and not to hurt them, even if I don't always succeed.
My clothes
my toy tiger
my phone
bed sheets
my arms
4 things I can feel
how tired my eyes are
dehydrated throat
the sheets on me
an itch on my leg
3 things I can hear
my computer
my housemates
typing
2 things I can smell
my sheets
my hair
1 good thing about myself
I did well at socialising last night.
Five Things I See
1. My water bottle
2. A Marvel squishy my mum bought me (love you mum)
3. My semester and weekly planners (cries, so many assignments)
4. My calendar
5. My LEGO dragons 😄 😄
Four Things I Feel
1. My jumper
2. My sore back
3. The rocking of my chair
4. Bouncy leg
Three Things I Hear
1. My favourite (one of, at least) songs! (I Found My Place by Oh Hush!, it's great please listen to it :D)
2. (I actually can't hear anything else because it's loud 😛
3. Oh wait when it stopped I could hear typing! But now it's started again 😄
Two Things I Smell
1. Air.
2. More air.
One Good Thing About Me
1. I'm passionate.
Five Things I See
Blanket, hands, laptop screen, sticky notes, moisturizer
Four Things I Feel
Blanket, cast, ache in foot, hair on my face
Three Things I Hear
Running water, not giving up - Delta Goodrem, My typing
Two Things I Smell
Air, & air 😛
One Good Thing About Me
I'm determined
My stretchy lizard, Hilda (tv show), Ruby (my cat), empty chocolate wrapper and a phone.
4 things I can feel
My pony tail, the chair, my laptop, the fan
3 things I can hear
the fan, typing, (and soon the tv show Hilda)
2 things I smell
I can never smell anything.
1 good thing about me
*shrugs* I like animals
hands, moonboot (on my foot), whiteboard, markers, usb
4 things I fee
exercise ball on the back of my knee, moonboot on my foot, head phones, cool air
3 things I hear
my typing (I type loudly on my keyboard 😛 ), Paramore - Last Hope, mumbling voiced in the kitchen
2 things I smell
air, faint smell of my candle within arms reach (unlit)
1 good thing about me
I'm persistant as hell!
hour glass, lamp on my desk, fan near my desk, shot glass with pencil sharpenings, hands
4 things I feel
my phone on my leg, the ache in my ankle, an itch on my leg, emptiness
3 things I hear
my typing, music, thoughts
2 things I smell
muggy air from rain on and off today, deoderant I used to today
1 good thing about me
I'm independant even when non-weight bearing on my foot
5 things I see
my phone
my hair
clearwipe box
my water
my brush
4 things I feel
the floor beneath my foot
the heat from my laptop
an itch that seems to be making its way around my body
my clothes
3 things I hear
The rain
the hum of my laptop
my housemate talking to her mum downstairs
2 things I smell
my tea
warmth + chocolate
1 good thing about me
I don't need to be stressed about my essay because I'm going to be able to finish it.
or,
I'm (apparently) improving as a driver.
