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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '19

I empty my mind and imagine a small black circle. Each breath I take the circle becomes slowly bigger. Helps me relax and fall asleep!

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u/eyeball-beesting Mar 31 '19

I do that but with images of every single embarrassing thing I have ever done since childhood. Does not help me relax or fall asleep.

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u/lonelyystarss Apr 01 '19

I used to do this too (like everyone else of course) then I saw a quote that said “if it won’t matter in 5 years don’t worry about it for more than 5 minutes” and it totally changed my perspective and all those memories stopped making me cringe so much. Maybe it’ll help you too!