Grounding is often offered as relief: a way to calm down, feel better, or create some distance from distress. There is nothing inherently wrong with relief. Sometimes the nervous system needs exactly that. But when the world is unstable, grief is active, or fear has a reasonable cause, feeling better is not always the most important objective. Sometimes the work is not to transcend what is happening, but to remain present enough to live within it without being overwhelmed. Th