Going to an interview. Exhausted, unwell, terrified, pretty fragile/sad.
Still. Here goes. You never know, I might accidentally get it anyway lmao
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Could you define "meditating" in this context? (Only if you want some suggestions, ofc.)
Some tools are radically more useful than others for coping w/high stress.
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Yes. One thing I do a lot is extend my outbreaths - so I'll just sit and focus on my breathing, full in breath, squeeze all the air out on our breath, and let the breaths get slower.
Then maybe I'll do a brain scrub thing where you count, but not if I'm not feeling up to it.
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That's most of what I do. Just trying to chill out my nervous system and develop focus. I've got a visualisation I do sometimes to poke around my brain but it's not my main priority.
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Prana is supposed to be pretty good for any anxiety, trauma-type issues. I don't do enough breathing exercises myself. Been working on that recently.
Do you do any work around sensations in the body when you're doing this?
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I often focus on breathing sensations. I also do body scan sometimes, but I'm a physical therapy person with really sensitive body awareness anyway so it isn't relaxing for me as it seems to be for many.
Usually I use it to try to let go my urge to Fix The Problem Immediately
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It, hah, isn't relaxing at all and requires a lot of concentration to not just stand up and fix a weirdly sitting hip or whatever.
Wbat might be a good idea is that thing where you focus on the physical sensations of strong feelings.
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