Making tea. I think completing a simple action with a clear goal helps a lot, and black tea reduces cortisol levels.
I hate fessing up to it this publicly, but smoking cigarettes. I think what helps is that it forces me to (again) complete a simple action with a clear goal, even out my breathing, and the requirement of physically leaving wherever I am feeling emotionally stuck (I will not smoke inside ever even where it's permitted, because inhaling hot aromatized tobacco is a lot different from the smell of stale cigarette smoke).
Masturbation is honestly a big one - again, focuses breathing and is an endorphin spike before intense tiredness, so that's good for actually getting to sleep. Unfortunately while I think it's a good and valid activity I also think there are some down sides to just how I think about and do that.
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Date: 2013-04-29 07:32 pm (UTC)I hate fessing up to it this publicly, but smoking cigarettes. I think what helps is that it forces me to (again) complete a simple action with a clear goal, even out my breathing, and the requirement of physically leaving wherever I am feeling emotionally stuck (I will not smoke inside ever even where it's permitted, because inhaling hot aromatized tobacco is a lot different from the smell of stale cigarette smoke).
Masturbation is honestly a big one - again, focuses breathing and is an endorphin spike before intense tiredness, so that's good for actually getting to sleep. Unfortunately while I think it's a good and valid activity I also think there are some down sides to just how I think about and do that.