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Oh, THAT vagus nerve.
Try EMDR!
And if one desires not to have an implant, but to stimulate said Vagus nerve in other manners:
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/vagus-nerve-stimulation
Five Ways To Stimulate Your Vagus Nerve:
Meditation
Turn to this practice to help calm your mind and focus on deep breathing. While doing meditation, try extending your exhales, making them longer than your inhales. This will help slow your heart rate.
“Meditation can regulate your autonomic nervous system,” says Dr. Estemalik. “It has a good effect on lowering rapid breathing, rapid heart rate and cortisol levels.”
Yoga can also be helpful for the same reasons. Just make sure you pay attention on your breathing.
Exercise
Working out and getting your body moving can affect your vagus nerve, research shows. Interval training and endurance training can increase your vagus nerve activity and improve your heart rate variability.
“Exercise lowers your sympathetic nervous activity and controls your parasympathetic response so that you have a good balance when it comes to your cardiovascular and respiratory function,” says Dr. Estemalik.
Massage
Research shows that reflexology (a kind of massage) can increase vagal tone and even decrease blood pressure.
“Massage can reduce some of the heightened activity in the vagus nerve,” says Dr. Estemalik.
Try giving yourself a foot massage by rotating your ankle, rubbing your sole in short strokes and gently stretching your toes back and forth.
Music
Music can help motivate us, bring us joy and tap into our emotions. When it comes to the vagus nerve, the research is mixed on how music affects it.
Your vagus nerve is connected to your vocal cords, the muscles at the back of your throat and passes through your inner ear.
Try humming or singing or just listening to calm, soothing music. Those sounds and vibrations may stimulate your vagus nerve.
Cold-water immersion
You may have seen a well-known congressperson recently testing this idea on Instagram Live by dunking her head in a bowl of ice water to help destress.
And plenty of professional athletes use cold-water immersion to improve short-term feelings of relaxation.
Research shows that cold-water immersion may help with stress by slowing your heart rate and directing blood flow to your brain. Try placing an ice pack on your face or neck or taking a cold shower.
At the previous post link:
“Benefits of stimulating your vagus nerve
Your vagus nerve affects your mental and physical health in a variety of ways. By either using VNS or a noninvasive way to stimulate your vagus nerve, it can help with the following:
Minimize seizures in those with epilepsy.
Treat depression.
Regulate your emotions.
Reduce blood pressure.
Lower your heart rate.
Reduce inflammation.
Treat migraines and cluster headaches.”
The only thing I know for sure is that it won’t be as long as it has been.
If you want to implant a dime in me it better come with automobile repair skills, fluency in a dozen foreign languages, and a playlist of waltzes. And NO automatic updates.