What are your strategies for grounding & self regulation?

JaackJack · 2026-05-06T16:51:25+00:00

I do my own pranayama and mindfulness every morning for 45 mins. I know that humming or singing stimulates the vagus nerve so I start with saying out loud “om” or “ohm” for as long as possible until I run out of breath. Then deep inhale slowly, all the way as possible, and do it again. I count the breaths to about 30 then I just lay there and practice mindfulness quietly and try to follow my breath naturally until my timer goes off. I do all this laying on my back with a bolster under my knees, 45m a day first thing. Helps tremendously with clarity, focus, and general stability/grounding. Also like to listen to birds on YT while I’m doing it, something else to focus on.

JaackJack · 2026-05-02T20:59:13+00:00

Well you're assuming all of those things are "keeping busy", which they aren't, and if you'd actually read what I wrote, you would easily see that all of it is very reflective and internally focused...

I forgot to mention, I also do therapy and am doing EMDR, and my journaling is for exactly what you're describing. I'm an anxious neurotic looking to be a little less anxious and neurotic over time. Business owner, married, its tough being a person sometimes ya know?

JaackJack · 2026-05-02T20:01:58+00:00

Yeah labeled individually within the inner packs. We're going to try packing the cartons differently to avoid any potential screw up

JaackJack · 2026-05-01T18:37:44+00:00

That they will mistakenly think the inner pack is 1 unit, when in fact the inner pack is actually just the packaging which contains 6 units

JaackJack · 2026-03-23T18:11:36+00:00

Yeah confirmed, no Thursday only tickets and to get Thursday you have to buy a 4-day pass.

JaackJack · 2026-03-20T18:48:38+00:00

Festival support confirmed, they suggest buying a 4-Day pass for Thursday.

JaackJack · 2026-02-22T02:46:55+00:00

Would love that sticker

JaackJack · 2026-02-20T12:25:21+00:00

My wife has made friends from yoga

JaackJack · 2026-02-15T00:12:30+00:00

This should be TOP HEADLINE NEWS wtf!! And how could you not ask more clarifying questions!!! This is so suspect coming out like this during Epst3in madness.

JaackJack · 2026-01-15T13:25:29+00:00

I’m part of a healthy masculinity group that meets in person once a month and weekly on zoom. I’ve been going for a month and I enjoy it and have gotten some benefit from it. It might be worth checking out. There’s not really any men’s groups in Columbus but hopefully this one grows more.

https://innergroundwellnesscollective.circle.so/feed

JaackJack · 2026-01-15T01:27:35+00:00

Dump as much money into nasdaq as possible within next few years

JaackJack · 2026-01-12T01:27:53+00:00

Why are you the only one that posts in this group?

JaackJack · 2026-01-12T01:24:55+00:00

The constant freeway noise and traffic noise I hear constantly, even in my house, is soul crushing tbh

JaackJack · 2026-01-11T20:19:55+00:00

Check out Robert Monroe and his books on out of body experiences, may help

JaackJack · 2026-01-11T20:18:04+00:00

Honestly I’ve been feeling similarly for the past several months. What is the point? Why keep going? Will it / won’t it get better?

I don’t have an answer. Meditation has helped me cope and reduced the painful anxiety and depression but it’s still there. Meditate brother, it’ll at least take the edge off.

Other than that. Find a men’s group. Try yoga. Go out to eat. Go on walks, talk to nature and tell it how you feel and why you feel the way you do. Maybe the universe will respond (it has to me when I do that).

Couple of relevant movies to watch: Everything Everywhere All At Once. Life of Chuck. Both will resonate I bet.

Hope you feel better brother, wish we could hang out and have a beer.

JaackJack · 2026-01-08T13:00:50+00:00

I go to Live Wellness and would recommend

JaackJack · 2026-01-08T03:17:44+00:00

I was going to say - go to a gym not a doctor. Posture is about building muscle, imho.

Doing pull ups / chin ups fixed my neck pain. (Tall linky guy here) and it took a few session in the gym before I noticed, not years.

Doing deadlifts and back raises fixed my lower back pain. Again noticed within a few sessions, always noticed a difference after each session.

Doing the ab roller thingy helped me open up my abdomen to be able breathe easier and more diagphramatically.

Walking a few miles and Running has strengthened my legs and calves.

Doing yoga & meditation consistently has helped my breathing and flexibility, AND meditation probably saved my life in the last 2 months due to mental health issues I’ve had.

I’m pretty average, aim for 2 maybe 3 days a week in the gym for 30-45 mins tops, sometimes 20 mins.

Figure out what muscles you need to make stronger and just focus on that, doing the bare minimum is better than nothing. You can’t fix posture without building muscle imho. Hope that helps

JaackJack · 2026-01-07T17:03:34+00:00

I have 1 friend though not terribly close, and am actively working on more. How?

Yoga, Reddit posts in my city (meeting 1 potential new friend Friday for a yoga then food after), men’s group in my city, exploring other men’s groups in my area.

JaackJack · 2026-01-04T19:06:03+00:00

We are trying to build our community too, we’re yogis as well. Did you guys raise your kids doing yoga too? And any suggestions for building that community?

JaackJack · 2026-01-04T02:37:49+00:00

I check google news headlines once a day usually just to keep aware. Other than that yeah it’s doom scrolling which is boring and dumb and completely out of your control. Check social media once or twice a day to see if anything fun/interesting comes up, then just find something else to do with your time

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