Reminder: Relax your shoulders and unclench your jaw. (This is all going to play out over a long period of time, and we need to try not to somaticize the awfulness, which will take practice.) - ThreadSky

leahmcelrath.bsky.social • 34 days ago

Reminder:

Relax your shoulders and unclench your jaw.

(This is all going to play out over a long period of time, and we need to try not to somaticize the awfulness, which will take practice.)

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aiteallcreations.bsky.social•34 days ago

Thanks. I needed that. 😮‍💨

camillemha.bsky.social•34 days ago

And moisturize.

josalo.bsky.social•34 days ago

Thanks again.

laurelai.ishtar.church•34 days ago

Yeah I remember from the last time. :)

lordrustynail.bsky.social•34 days ago

Thanks - I started rapid pounding mini Reese’s cups.

fates-and-furies.bsky.social•34 days ago

We're all gonna have Bene Gesserit mastery of self control by the time this is over.

bordercolliemom.bsky.social•34 days ago

Yeah, I remembered well enough to stream all day. Still am….BTW, if anyone is interested, Goliath is really good!!

jerseybuckeyes.bsky.social•34 days ago

Impossible. But thanks for the suggestion. Even in the middle of a college football game, @espn.com has to insert that SOB’s traitorous face.

femme-fatalis.bsky.social•34 days ago

Cube breathing is a good meditation technique too

sintra4.bsky.social•34 days ago

This gif kinda rules. Thanks for sharing.

petamorton.bsky.social•34 days ago

Oh my God, so much this. I've been telling myself this all morning. I even woke with my jaw clenched.

pennly.bsky.social•34 days ago

There cannot be too many reminders like this 🥲

leahmcelrath.bsky.social•34 days ago

I’ll make sure to do them periodically 💜

petczar.bsky.social•34 days ago

Yep my jaw was just clenched and I wondered why I had a headache. Thanks for this reminder.

sintra4.bsky.social•34 days ago

If only to provide a productive distraction, I'd recommend everyone do some reading on the concept of "mindfulness." It's not just meditation and getting high, like a lot of people seem to think (though for many, those are great methods for building it). It's more a method of emotional regulation.

sintra4.bsky.social•34 days ago

The basic principle is that if you focus your attention on "in-the-moment" processes like breathing, stimming, etc., you can use the rational/critical parts of your brain to assume control over the emotional processes (usually fear, anger, etc.) that trigger or are triggered by physical reactions.

sintra4.bsky.social•34 days ago

These would be clenching your muscles, shivering, aggressive/possibly injurious stimming and of course rapid breathing. You can't control all of them, but you can relax your muscles and slow your breathing, which, if done effectively, will eventually cause the rest of your body to get the memo.

sintra4.bsky.social•34 days ago

Assuming I'm talking about the same thing Leah is, this process of being "mindful" of your bodily processes and making the conscious decision to slow down and unclench is a skill that one can improve at with practice. There's a seemingly infinite number of exercises that people use.

sintra4.bsky.social•34 days ago

What's important is that you find a "task" that you can devote all of your attention to so that your mind can take a break from whatever might upset you. Breathing is probably the most common, but my "thing" is handwashing. Hospital workers are required to wash their hands frequently, with most...

sintra4.bsky.social•34 days ago

...instances being hand sanitizer. After several uses, though, it becomes less effective at cleaning your hands, and you have to wash your hands in a sink (also, it's very common that someone staying at a hospital will be flagged as being a risk for "C. Diff." bacteria, which alcohol doesn't kill).

leafer1.bsky.social•34 days ago

Weed is legal here. Just saying 🇨🇦

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