What do you find effective in stopping this when it starts to happen? I know 5-4-3-2-1 but not much else. It happens to me with big changes or new environments or when I’m around a bunch of new people. I’m starting a new job next week after nine months of unemployment, trying to garner advice on how to cope ahead. Hoping if I cope well enough for a while, the place and faces and situation will become comfortable and familiar for me and feel safe and it won’t be an issue anymore.