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Does this help you relax?

by Hopeless Bromantic
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I stumbled on this technique totally by accident, but it turns out to work. At least for me.

If I close my eyes and visualize myself as being relaxed, I immediately start feeling more relaxed. Good to know, I think.

Anyone else care to try it and report on results?
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    When I want to relax I just do it. It's the Nike technique!
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  • Profile picture of the author lived
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    Originally Posted by Hopeless Bromantic View Post


    If I close my eyes and visualize myself as being relaxed, I immediately start feeling more relaxed.
    When I close my eyes I visualise spots before them, with an occasional pink elephant. When I open them I immediately start feeling more relaxed.
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    • Profile picture of the author Hopeless Bromantic
      Originally Posted by lived View Post

      When I close my eyes I visualise spots before them, with an occasional pink elephant. When I open them I immediately start feeling more relaxed.
      You live with an occasional pink elephant that can visualize spots?
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      • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
        Originally Posted by Hopeless Bromantic View Post

        You live with an occasional pink elephant that can visualize spots?
        The only time I close my eyes I open them again and inexplicably have experienced 7 to 8 hours of lost time? this only happens at night.

        I'm thinking I may be experiencing regular abductions, possibly from alien pink elephants.
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          Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

          The only time I close my eyes I open them again and inexplicably have experienced 7 to 8 hours of lost time? this only happens at night.

          I'm thinking I may be experiencing regular abductions, possibly from alien pink elephants.
          Could also be fluffy Martian rabbits? :p


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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    Hopeless -- that's a method that I learned to use to open up my lungs when I felt an asthma attack coming on.
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  • Profile picture of the author peterj
    Originally Posted by Hopeless Bromantic View Post

    I stumbled on this technique totally by accident, but it turns out to work. At least for me.

    If I close my eyes and visualize myself as being relaxed, I immediately start feeling more relaxed. Good to know, I think.

    Anyone else care to try it and report on results?
    Makes sense.

    Relaxation is a feeling state as is any other condition such as anger, joy, sadness etc.

    In fact, life is a feeling state that we have learned to think/talk about and so taking us another step further from the actual experience.
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    • Profile picture of the author Shadowflux
      Lifting weights works pretty well for me. I suppose I get a bit more pumped up than relaxed while I'm doing it but afterwards I find it pretty easy to chill out.

      It's a great way to get out some pent up aggravation too.
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