Series: What are your tried-and-proven tricks for relaxing/relieving anxiety (lemmy.world)

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**Preferably non-substance/drug

I'll share a couple:

4 7 8 breathing

ears underwater

music/audio at slower speed (0.6-0.9)

Let's hear em. I might want to do a series for various conditions or states so stay tuned and lets crowd-source this shit, enough of the "read my new/old 400pg tome for an introduction". 🤮 Distill

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[-] berryjam@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Ujjayi breathing

Working out (intensely enough to get your heart rate up)

Wrestling/play fighting/cuddling/snuggling

Petting dogs

Journaling

[-] Modva@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

How is it possible you're the only one talking about snuggling and cuddling?

Everyone else doing it wrong or something.

I'll add star gazing. For me that's an insane relaxant.

[-] berryjam@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Maybe I'm just an expert snuggler 😎

[-] Modva@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Maybe. Someday in the distant future someone will invent a technology which can validate bold theories like that. Whoever gets that right will be insanely rich.

You'd be able to post on a forum and have a validated rank 5 snuggler badge or something, and everyone would know you're pro. Go on talk shows, maybe start a product line of high performance pillows.

I could go on, but there's an insane sandwich here that's staring me down

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