{"id":1308,"date":"2025-12-29T09:49:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T09:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/oxon-talking-therapies\/?p=1308"},"modified":"2025-12-29T09:49:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T09:49:49","slug":"new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/oxon-talking-therapies\/2025\/12\/29\/new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are suffering from anxiety, depression or trauma, we urge you to find the strength to reach out. At Oxfordshire Talking Therapies we welcome referrals from all backgrounds at any time of year. Make a self-referral &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordshire.limbic.ai\/\">https:\/\/oxfordshire.limbic.ai\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>New Year&#8217;s Eve can also be tricky with the loud noises from fireworks triggering unwanted memories. If this is the case for you, try these grounding techniques to help stay present:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Notice your surroundings using the 5-4-3-2-1 technique<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What are 5 things you can see (focus on the details)?<\/p>\n<p>What are 4 things you can feel or touch (notice the sensations)?<\/p>\n<p>What are 3 things you can hear (pay attention to the sounds)?<\/p>\n<p>What are 2 things you can smell (and smell them!)?<\/p>\n<p>What is 1 thing you can taste (try eating something such as strong mints or gum) and focus on the how it tastes)?<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nNotice differences between \u2018then\u2019 and now\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Try noticing the similarities and differences between the memory that\u2019s been triggered and what\u2019s happening in the present moment. This can help break the connection between past trauma and day to day reminders.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nTry asking yourself the following questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What was I doing then?\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u00a0What am I doing now?<\/p>\n<p>What could I see then?\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u00a0What can I see now?<\/p>\n<p>What was I wearing then?\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u00a0What am I wearing now?<\/p>\n<p>Who was I with then?\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u00a0Who am I with now?<\/p>\n<p>What could I hear then?\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u00a0What can I hear now?<\/p>\n<p>What could I smell then?\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u00a0What can I smell now?<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nTry this short breathing exercise<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cEqZthCaMpo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cEqZthCaMpo\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"14\">Headspace | Mini meditation | Breathe &#8211; YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking ahead to the New Year can sometimes seem like an impossible mission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":555,"featured_media":957,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature-homepage"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/oxon-talking-therapies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/oxon-talking-therapies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/oxon-talking-therapies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/oxon-talking-therapies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/555"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/oxon-talking-therapies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1308"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/oxon-talking-therapies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1321,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/oxon-talking-therapies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1308\/revisions\/1321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/oxon-talking-therapies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/oxon-talking-therapies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/oxon-talking-therapies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}