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Mental Walks to Short-Circuit Rumination
Close your eyes and mentally rehearse a familiar route in vivid, step-by-step detail, such as a walk through your neighborhood or another well-known path. The point is to occupy attention with concrete sensory imagery so rumination has less room to loop, making it easier to drift off to sleep.
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“Close your eyes and a walk that you know intensely well with vivid 4K detail. Replicate that to the letter. I left foot on the first step, down the steps, take a right out the driveway, up I go, walk up the hill, look to the left, the bay is out there, it's 5 p.m., the sun is starting to set, that level of detail.”
huberman · Dr. Matt Walker: The Science of Dreams, Nightmares & Lucid Dreaming | Huberman Lab Guest Series · May 8, 2024 · 1:52:52 · open ↗
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