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hi!!! i kinda want to join the mental heal circle and talk about internal and external selfcare so I can help others

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softheartclinic 3 years ago

Hi! Sorry for the slow response, I've been taking a break from Neocities. You're welcome to join the mental heal circle if you'd still like to. What would you like your site description to be?

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chipsfunfun 3 years ago

Oh! Thanks so much it’s okay I get it! Can the description be “A young artists website, with a vent blog and soon showing other things to help cope.” If that’s okay!

softheartclinic 3 years ago

Your site has been added! Feel free to let me know if you'd like any adjustments to be made.

chipsfunfun 3 years ago

TY!

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sleepy-sage softheartclinic

3 years ago

hello, i would like to join the mental heal circle!

softheartclinic 3 years ago

Hello! Sorry for the slow response, I've been taking a break from Neocities. If you'd still like to join the mental heal circle please let me know what you'd like your site description to read and I'll add you!

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3 years ago

I encourage everyone to sign up for https://draculadaily.substack.com you get to read Dracula by way of the letters being delivered, one by one, to your inbox in chronological order! It's so much fun.

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kazuhisa 3 years ago

the 30 second eye exercise worked for me, thanks for sharing! will try out the limb exercise (which makes sense, people often "relax" each bodypart as they're falling asleep)

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kazuhisa 3 years ago

looks like deep breathing (~6-8 breaths/min) helps engage the parasympathetic nervous system too https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5709795/

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letslearntogether 3 years ago

Good observations! There is a lot of research that corroborates and/or verifies pretty much everything that you have stated. Attempting to consciously slow both the breath and heart rate, as well as mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) techniques like the "body scan", are very effective ways of relaxing an overstimulated sympathetic nervous system and engaging the parasympathetic system.

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letslearntogether 3 years ago

There are also many "physical" tools and approaches that can assist with this process (such as brainwave entrainment, biofeedback devices, vagus nerve stimulation, reducing caffine/nicotine intake, etc.).

letslearntogether 3 years ago

In reference to the "default mode network", I assume you are referring to Gary Weber's work (e.g.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX1IFUDNtto)? Challenging the validity of one's negative thinking through "thought records" and "reality testing" is done extensively throughout various forms of modern psychotherapy too, especially CBT.

letslearntogether 3 years ago

By changing our mental-emotional state we can affect the literal structure and functioning of the body, and vice versa. I look forward to more social awareness about this fact as fields like "psychoneuroimmunology" are further developed. Thank you for sharing!

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