Six people reveal what’s in their compact bags of calming tools, including fidget toys, sour candies and a rosary. Victoria Rosselli/WSJ, iStock Six people reveal what’s in their compact bags of calming tools, including fidget toys, sour candies and a rosary. Μake us preferred on Google When Isabella Banos’s anxiety gets triggered, she tends to pick at her fingers and break the skin. So Banos, who works in communications, has started to “carry a magnetic ball fidget toy so I don’t,” she said.