Apytele
Apytele@sh.itjust.works
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I love genuine questions and people putting in the effort to love and understand each other better. If you come at me just wanting to argue I’m going to troll you back. FAFO.
Fun skill for this! Sometimes a short burst of exercise that raises your heart rate will trick your brain into thinking that the scary thing has occurred and it can now go into cooldown mode! In dialectal behavior therapy it’s part of T.I.P.P. (it’s the I for Intense Physical Exercise). Here’s the rest of that skill in the digital garden I made for people who can’t afford therapy (its still a work in progress though).
I just trained her to snuggle up in my lap instead. Only took a month or so and that’s what she’s done for years now.