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Originally Posted by Tart Cherry Jam
I know this would sound outlandish @ xRavenx, but one approach is to try "contrast showers" (I am translating the term from Russian and I do not know if it exists in English). These are showers where you alternate cold and hot water. |
That's an excellent suggestion, Tart Cherry Jam! I have used that technique myself while in the throws of a full blown anxiety attack - alternate cold/hot shower and it calms down my nervous system and my vagus nerve. I also have tried holding ice cubes to distract myself during an anxiety attack and that works 100% of the time too.
The vagus nerve stimulation reduces anxiety. Research shows it does, too.
Frontiers | Vagus Nerve as Modulator of the Brain–Gut Axis in Psychiatric and Inflammatory Disorders).