Things that help calm the nervous system, quickly:

- Box breathing (in for 4, hold for 4, out for 4, hold for 4, repeat)
- Immerse your face in cold water (activates mammalian dive reflex)
- Humming (stimulates vagus nerve)
- Exercise (anything helps, outside even better)
- Impeachment and removal

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especially that last one! all others are temporary fixes
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Don't combine 1 and 2, you might drown.
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-knowing civics
-voting for harm reduction
-dealing w/one's own white privilege
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Following and thank you
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My kid is annoyed by my humming
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🤣🤣🤣🤣
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man, nothing engages parasympathetic response like the rule of law
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I was waiting on the punchline.
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So does rum
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🥳😂
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TLDR

Don't be an asshole.
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Impeachment and removal of the entire administration.
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✔️
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Fuuccc!!!......
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Number five: repeat as necessary
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Heavy on the last one
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Bravo
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- The smell of fresh ground coffee...
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Thank you!
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👍❤️😂
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Immersing a certain someone's face in cold water whilst humming might remove the need for the last thing
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I’ll take #5 please.
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Thank you 🙏🏼
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LOL!!
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Delighted to see 450 people saved this list for future reference. Each of these but especially #5 are evidence-based.
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And, I just copied and pasted it to FB too. That's some funny §hιτ right there.
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Or at least *hoping* for impeachment and removal
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I really like the last one!!
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I think the last one would definitely help me sleep.
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I have chronic pain and dysautonomia. Only the last thing will notably calm my nervous system. 25 47
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Four reasonable ideas and a joke (humming? Come on don't be ridiculous)
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Agreed.
Humming gives me a headache...
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Humming immediately quiets the voice in your head. Try it!
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Humming and whistling are extraordinarily harmful to my ears. I choose “E” as the right answer in this multiple choice. For sure, it’s “E”. Final answer.
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No joke: Singing/humming legit stimulates vagal nerve function, and healthy vagal function is required for a healthy nervous system.

And you don’t even have to be in tune to get benefits.

(You must be real fun at parties.)
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ALL of that plus a couple, two, t'ree hiballs. Please add:

- whiskey.
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Let’s start at step 1 then jump straight to #5 please.
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- Acknowledging that our sellout neoliberal therapy culture is also the gorgonified soil which elected trump

bsky.app/profile/uncuckcommunism.bsky.social/post/3miy6e4ycjk2u
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Thank you, Meade— I’ve never seen a distress soothing list that ended so well ❤️‍🔥👏🏼
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I've tried all of the first three, but man, that last one would REALLY do it for me!!! Let's do that one!
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That's a follow right there folks
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Thanks for the laugh! But also re box breathing, I find that in 4, hold 4, out 6, hold 4 works better than all 4s. Inhalation is muscle-powered & exhalation is not, so give the latter a bit longer.
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Agreed - I usually do 4-7-8 but box breathing is a good start and easier to remember if folks haven’t done this before.
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Exercise *REALLY* helps maintain mental health… up to a point.

[GF broke up w/me a week ago, my pacing w/weights became an all-day/night event; I had a crash after creating a huge calorie deficit in one day, possible hernia… and I’m still doing it because *everything* keeps getting worse]
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🤣🤣… but, seriously, though!
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- letting off steam loudly
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Play guitar. I will teach you.
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I am in fact an excellent guitar player, but thank you.
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I would add -Presidential blood clot release
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A big fat doobie
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Oh that was very well done, I didn't see it coming. Made me giggle a bunch!
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Great list
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My “sleep” last night was the worst in years. That awful day. That sick f-ed up man. Exhausted. Won’t stop phone calls and texting though.
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bsky.app/profile/erynwyld.bsky.social/post/3miykkchkhc2k
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saving the best for last?
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Don’t forget weed, tons and tons of weed!
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There’s nothing quite like the cacophonous chatter of IMPEACHMENT NOW to take the edge off. Almost gives one hope for future.

There are normal people calling for Trump’s impeachment and removal, and there are cowardly people on whom he has as-yet unexploded blackmail. Those are the two groups.
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Is the dive reflex why doing that always makes me want to go swimming??
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You forgot doom scrolling
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I had a nice chuckle at that last entry. But let's be honest: the best way to remove stress is to remove the thing that causes it, after all. Some stressors are unavoidable, but this shouldn't be one of them.
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You for hot the last one: intense pain, poverty, and humiliation leading to death.
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For hot? Forgot, dammit!
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That was honestly super helpful
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Last one is the most important manoeuvre
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I am realizing I am way too anxious because I noticed I am humming all the time, and I have not done this in the past.
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Sorry about the anxiety (we're with you) but glad to see the self-soothing kicking in so naturally.
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can we skip right to five?
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I’m doing the first one constantly as I wait for the last one.
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I HIGHLY recommend the box 📦 breathing. 😮‍💨 Works every time.
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Oh and the last one would help too. 👍🏻
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i read the whole thing 😂
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👍👍👍
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#5 please!!!
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And singing, but humming kinda covers it :)
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Singing works!
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Somehow you left out micro dosing and weed.

I think that's at least a half of the US population right now.

just a guess
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Seriously. I assume most of us are mildly under the influence of some substance or another, most of the time. I keep saying maybe work would be better if I added that too.
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Similar to exercise, anything is good, but doing impeachment and removal outside in the fresh air is better.
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Honestly, box breathing doesn’t work super well for me.

Those other things might though.
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Already been doing the first three for years albeit slightly different count on the breathing. Now for the big #4- Bring it on asap!
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Trial, conviction, hood and a cigarette
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Hahh I lolled. Thank you
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Yep. All of the above… and my favorite is the favorite of all of us sane adults in the world.

…I was just about to share this from someone I’ve appreciated, and especially nowadays.

youtube.com/shorts/obrZ6VpYrWI?si=zwcT4C0Kr5WqszPC
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Thanks for this.
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I tell you a very effective way @meadekrosby.bsky.social . Lie down on a floor, one leg straight and another leg 90 degree angle. This is called as PNF stretching.

This is most effective way. This is the go to therapy for male and female models before the walk so that they can land feet correctly.
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Number 6: Laughter. (Thanks to the commenters, as well)
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Wait, is the humming thing why cats lie on you and purr to cheer you up?
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That last one seems to be more of an excretory system function. 💩
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I love box breathing! But the greatest of these is impeachment and removal!!!!!!!
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The first four haven't helped that much, but I bet the 5th would work wonders!!!
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I dunno, I'm more worried about *reasonably competent evil* President JD Vance, and *reasonably competent evil* President Mike Johnson.

Impeaching and Removing *incompetent evil* President Trump means President Vance.

Impeaching and Removing President Vance means President Johnson.
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Playing your preferred musical instrument, and, the 25th A; belong on that helpful list!
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-[ToS violation]
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I listen to music constantly these days. On the more nonsensical days of his rants, I turn the volume up and get outside and touch the grass.😉💪🏻
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Thank you Queen Krosby.
This is a 🏆 list.
Although, depending on your heart's condition, item 2 could end things for good. 😂🤣😢😭
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Dang. I started humming but then got the zoomies and knocked over a lamp.
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I catch myself doing that specific breathing (#1) a lot. #5 is a very good one. 😏
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Love that. Especially #4!
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Also go dancing at a dive bar at a spring break resort
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most people used to grab a cigarette
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thank you
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I created StillBreathe.com (app) to help me box breathe when I’m stressed.
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It's that last one I want to know more about, Doctor.
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Malt cup of Scotch?
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Heavy on the last one.
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This is helpful. Thanks
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