anxiety keeping you awake at night?

emetophobiahelp:

i wanted to recommend some special videos that i’ve been using to help me sleep.

to understand the videos, first let me explain asmr. asmr is a tingingling sensation in the head, scalp, back, and peripheral areas that certain people experience when exposed to “triggering” noises such as whispering, tapping sounds, running water, and all sorts of things. it’s kind of hard to explain, so here is the wikipedia article on it.

now, you may not have or experience asmr. not everyone can get the tingles, but that doesn’t matter. the point is that there is a wonderful youtube community dedicated to making asmr videos full of soothing sounds and relaxing whispers. 

these videos are excellent at helping people with anxiety, insomnia, depression, and other stressful mental conditions. i’ve used them recently to help me calm down and get to sleep at night. i thought i would list a few of my favorites here for you all in the hopes that they help you, too.

*remember to listen with headphones because most of the asmr artists use 3D microphones.

also, here is a video if you’re really upset and need a friend to talk to

  • supportive friend here for people with suicidal thoughts, bullying, anxiety, or depression (i know there are other videos like this out there, but this one is just very helpful and i like it a lot)

you are all beautiful and strong, and you deserve peace. sleep well tonight <3

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thebrainscoop: “ scientificvisuals: “ Leopard slugs (Limax maximus) mating! While dangling on a thick line of mucus, both slugs extend their male reproductive organs from their heads and twine them together to exchange sperm. Source. And diagrams of...
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thebrainscoop: “ scientificvisuals: “ Leopard slugs (Limax maximus) mating! While dangling on a thick line of mucus, both slugs extend their male reproductive organs from their heads and twine them together to exchange sperm. Source. And diagrams of...
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thebrainscoop: “ scientificvisuals: “ Leopard slugs (Limax maximus) mating! While dangling on a thick line of mucus, both slugs extend their male reproductive organs from their heads and twine them together to exchange sperm. Source. And diagrams of...
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thebrainscoop: “ scientificvisuals: “ Leopard slugs (Limax maximus) mating! While dangling on a thick line of mucus, both slugs extend their male reproductive organs from their heads and twine them together to exchange sperm. Source. And diagrams of...
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thebrainscoop:

scientificvisuals:

Leopard slugs (Limax maximus) mating! While dangling on a thick line of mucus, both slugs extend their male reproductive organs from their heads and twine them together to exchange sperm.

Source. And diagrams of those dreamy sex organs.

I wrote a haiku about this very scene last weekend when I was re-watching Life in the Undergrowth! 

Entwining on line
of mucous; slugs enveloped,
transfer love juices

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“We are very good at preparing to live, but not very good at living. We know how to sacrifice ten years for a diploma, and we are willing to work very hard to get a job, a car, a house, and so on. But we have difficulty remembering that we are alive in the present moment, the only moment there is for us to be alive.”

- Thich Nhat Hanh (via cosmic-rebirth)

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Yeah, especially when those ten years are up, and you are left with your diploma and nothing else.

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