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For a stronger version, don't buy it this time, just take a picture. If you really want it, then you should be motivated to come again to get it.

As big as my Steam backlog is, it would be 100x bigger if not for the Wishlist. I try to limit myself to 100 games in the Wishlist and trim it every once in a while when a game has been sitting in it for more than a couple years. It's the same psychology here. Put it in a cart and let it sit there for a while. If you don't really want it put it back.

Ya, and if you shop online put purchases in your shopping cart and let them sit for a few days.

Psychologists use EMDR therapy based on activating each hemisphere of the brain in alternating fashion

There's a spot on the bridge of your nose you can rub and it stimulates the sneeze out of you

For me it's just looking at something bright.

If you say pamplemousse instead, the sneeze will sound fancier.

And if you don't want to sneeze, put a finger under your nose like a fake mustache

The "8 hours of continuous sleep" cycle is a modern invention. Even sleeping alone is a modern invention.

Prehistoric people used to sleep in groups. There would be different cycles of sleeo. The young would be up late and sleep until late, while the old would tuck in early and get up early. You can probably imagine that that would be nothing like a silent, dark, soletary bedroom that people have today.

Even before the industrial age and arteficial lighting, sleep cycles would be very different. People used to have "first sleep" and "second sleep". First sleep was often only a couple hours after sunset. In between sleeps was time for chores or prayer or even sex. This has even been documenten in old works like The Canterbury Tales were they mention things like "after my first sleep...." like it's the most normal thing to say.

Okay this is a good tip! I do find that getting out of bed earlier than i need to always has me going back to a satisfying sleep later on

You can control your emotions. It takes effort. For example if I'm in a bad mood I can step back and realize I'm actually hungry and that's why I'm temporarily negative.

The emotional thing:

It is important to remember feelings are things and they arent given to us. But they belong with us. And while you cant suppress or choose to not have an emotion : You can control your actions, reactions and responses around emotions. Cognitive therapy can help.

The breathing thing:

be careful with it. Some people with mechanical breathing disorders (apnea) might be worse off if messing with breath counting and to just make sure they are taking a full breath or acknowledge breath and swifty move on to something automated like heartbeat or checking in on body parts so as to not mess with the mechanics of the brain for taking a natural breath.

After decades of meditation using breath work it started to make my anxiety worse as i found it made my waking and sleeping apnea way WAY worse. Im pretty sure it is what caused the mechanical issue in the brain to hold a breath or not pull it in for too long until suddenly dizzy.

Takes a lot of time with habit building on letting it go to break this cycle in the brain.

Box breathing makes me feel out of breath, which is not an improvement.

But you can learn to control your emotions better. It starts with listening to them.

Breathing in as much as possible and holding it for as long as possible usually works. S

It's sorta like allowing the diaphragm to fully relax, with the expanded lungs helping to lightening the tension from the ribs.