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Mental Health Support

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4. Oh hunter, I know what you mean. Over 70, and I'm very familiar throughout my life with

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Wed Feb 8, 2017, 09:59 PM

Feb 2017

what you're describing, the horrors and the misadventures going around and around. So I hope you'll not mind my saying that I have found breathing to be about the most reliable way to deal with it. It takes a bit of concentration, but not anything superhuman. Any form of breathing will do, from just counting your breaths to watching how it goes in and out, to all sorts of more structured exercises your can find out about. I like the plain old breathing myself. It doesn't take very long to kick the in if you do it.

Wishing you some peace.

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Argh, I woke up this morning at 4:34 my mind racing through every possible horror in the universe... [View all] hunter Feb 2017 OP

Bless you - cilla4progress Feb 2017 #1

Me too hunter. fleur-de-lisa Feb 2017 #2

thinking of you dear one. I can't fall asleep till 6/7 am cuz my mind won't shut off irisblue Feb 2017 #3

Oh hunter, I know what you mean. Over 70, and I'm very familiar throughout my life with enough Feb 2017 #4

This sucks. I am sorry. Nt retrowire Feb 2017 #5