You can also try ice in your mouth. Which you could pull off at work and pretend you like chewing ice.

Or, a rubber band snapping on your skin or a scrunchie snapping on your wrist.

Works with any intense sensation (which is why self-harm is common - don’t do this during a work meeting).

Now try it with an onion.

“Make life rue the day it decided to give Cave Johnson lemons!”

Usually they say to have a sour candy because, and I might be wrong, it triggers saliva production which is not something you usually do when in a heightened state and this helps trick your brain.

Pro tip; if you need to do it often, limes are more economical.

Or, if you’re an Australian prime minister, a raw onion will do.

Search for “DBT skills” if you’re interested, for example smelling ammonia can snap you out of an onsetting panic attack

Emotional Support Lemons?

Do it when someone’s trying to start a fight with you and they’ll probably back off in terror and confusion.

It looks like a power-up move

Isn’t this sort of the same idea as a spoonful of sugar and hiccups?

hard flex

There is a saying with life and lemons…

Yesterday, I woke up sucking a lemon.

-Radiohead