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Explore the overlooked art of self-soothing and its significance in personal development, the consequences of repressing emotions, and techniques such as breath work, meditation, and tapping to achieve a calm state.
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- Self-soothing techniques such as meditation, conscious breathing, and movement help release stress and reset the nervous system.
- Expressing and releasing emotions through activities like running, screaming, or shaking can restore calmness and prevent the repression of emotions.
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The Importance of Self-Soothing
Self-soothing is a natural ability that humans have lost as they become adults. It involves bringing oneself back to a calm and centered state after being triggered. Animals naturally self-soothe through physical actions like shaking, convulsing, and deep breaths. Children also self-soothe through temper tantrums. However, as adults, we often turn to external substances like alcohol or other forms of numbing to calm ourselves down. Self-soothing techniques include meditation with conscious breathing, listening to calming music, engaging in movement such as running or exercising, tapping on the body, and using physiological sighs. These techniques help release cortisol, adrenaline, and stress from the body, providing a reset to the nervous system.
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