Freaking Out
Posted on October 24, 2016 by Deborah MyersIs something freaking you out?
It’s the season! The trick is to find ways to get through the “freak out stage” whether the upset is a result of being in overwhelm, information that you just received and can’t wrap your brain around, feeling not listened to, or any number of other reasons.
The trick can easily become a treat. Your body doesn’t like being freaked out so it will easily make good changes when you try to correct the episode by bringing a special treat into the mix. It’s like being offered your most favorite and yummy chocolate or dessert and getting that “oh, my, I’m in heaven” result.
Instead of freaking out when an upset occurs, retrain your body. When you are in stress mode, your breath is often impacted. It becomes constricted and causes your lung and diaphragm capacity to be lessened. So it’s all about helping your body rediscover breath. Then the next step is to re-pattern your breathing, which will also create more fluid movement, even affecting mobility and flexibility. That’s where “the change has taken place” is experienced.
Treat Your Body
Here’s a super easy way (treat) to help your body let go of any unhappy experience and get back on an even keel.
- Give yourself a hug by crossing your arms and gently touching your upper arms. This will open up lung capacity.
- Move one hand to the base of your ribcage (keeping the other hand on the upper arm). This hold will help open up the diaphragm.
- Move the hand that is on the upper arm to the outside of your knee. That connects with helping ease of movement.
- Move the hand that is on the ribcage to the outside of the other knee. You’re now holding the outside of both knees. THAT is all about the re-patterning and helping your body accept the change.
Hope this helps you get through ANY “freaking out episode” you might be experiencing. Just know that it’s a moment in time and the trick is to help your body not take it on as “real.”
Wishing you a super Halloween! And hoping that the season is all about freaking out because of the haunted house, not because of an upset or stress!
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