Apparently a good thing to do is try and focus on your senses. For instance, feel the texture of things near you, eat something with a strong taste, splash ice water on your face(this one can be particularly effective for me). Since I struggle with derealisation, it helps touching my surroundings just to check they're real. I see my hand touching them and that grounds me a bit. Something else(that I have done) is naming things; I was dissociating a lot one night, and really needed to get home, so I started naming everything(glass, wall, car, etc) which then turned into naming car brands/types. For me, it helped because it helped me focus on something, rather than drift away.
I'm sure there are other grounding techniques that may be better than what I've mentioned.
|