curl-6 on 20 September 2019
Hey man, how are you holding up?
I thought of something else to add; another trick that's been helpful for me is things like meditation, ASMR, and mindfulness. I know these are often looked at as kind of hokey but in my experience they can be quite useful tools. Something as simple as breathing exercises where you force yourself to breath deeply and slowly and focus on getting the air down to the very bottom of your lungs, keeping your shoulders level, 6 seconds in, hold for three seconds, then six seconds out.
These are more a bandaid than a long term fix but can be good for getting some short term relief while you work on long term goals like desensitizing yourself, CBT, and medication.
Hope you're doing okay man.
