Seems like TRE is THE thing to combine with subliminals
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Is an hour a day of TRE too much?
Iām pretty good at handling heavy emotional/mental workloads and have been using subs since 2018 (subclub since 2022) so Iām used to recon too.
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Depends entirely on your nervous system. Try it and see
Thereās rarely an emotional response with TRE anyway so being used to recon and handling emotions doesnāt mean much
For me, overdoing manifests as total exhaustion, and sometimes anxiety. My sweet spot is around 10 min every few days currently, otherwise I canāt function. For some, itās too much, for others 1 hour daily is no problem
And keep in mind that you canāt power through it, your durations may both fall or increase just naturally, itās something you have to accept - or else, in the best case scenario, the tremors will just become ineffective. And in the worst, you will fuck up your life for a while lol.
Some dude on reddit tried doing 1.5 hours of TRE daily hoping to make faster progress, now deals with insane anxiety, exhaustion, constant tremoring, had to quit uni and āshatter his life plansā. Itās been quite a while and he still canāt recover from that, though there are some nuances to his story.
As far as I understand, the speed of progress is generally the same for someone who has a sweet spot of 10 minutes per day and 1 hour per day, for example
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It is not recommended to do 1 hour, especially if beginner. Just google it bro, itās all there.
You donāt want to ātry it and seeā 1 hour of TRE. Because these things are not that innocent, some people get messed up bad on TRE.
Why the sudden need to do 1 hr sessions?
You can ask this question on Reddit community called longtermTRE
I see, fair enough, curious that this is the case. Iāll look for my sweet spot.
I will do, I think Iām being too impatient. Thereās definitely progress with less but I guess Iām trying to see what the sweet spot is
Funnily enough I saw a guy who did 4.5 hours a day on that sub Reddit but did yoga nidra practice after, which allowed him to assimilate everything faster that in a way encouraged me to do one hour.
Iāll lower the time though.
I did 40 mins yesterday, I feel lighter and a bit more irritable and can sense anxiety in my body more but nothing too dramatic yet
Iāve gone down to whatever just feels right as opposed to a set time.
Thanks everyone for your input.
I just watched the video on TRE Exercises they are just a bunch of stretches lol, you will get this in gymnastics class or before football training. Nothing special about it.
Yoga is the most conducive thing I have ever been initiated into as far as the body is concerned.
You misunderstand it
TRE is a set of exercises to induce neurogenic tremors. The exercises themselves donāt matter, itās just a crutch to induce the tremors
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You just have misunderstood, TRE is all about the tremors/shaking. Whatever exercise they do, itās to induce the shaking process or intensity.
You watched the warm up video.
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Where is the real video? What I saw where just stretches I used the video that was shared here.
Now Iām not saying other things like Yoga donāt induce tremors/shaking. But for TRE itās the main purpose.
I personally shake alot doing Zhang Zhuang. At first I thought I was weak in the legs. But after being exposed to TRE I think Iām shaking to release tension. So Zhang Zhuang is making me tremor so I stand wu-wei style, effortless.
I have never had tremors and shaking from yoga but I had intense experiences of bliss, ecstatic laughter, tears, people jumping and the body moving in uncontrollable ways but this was induced through energy solely.
I will read the reddit but where do I find the exercise that induces the tremors? I want to try it and see if it is of any benefit for me and whatever condition is ailing me.
Anyhow my understanding is clear the mind rules all, all conditions can be cured and alleviated in the mind. If the mind is at the source of something and actively creating a tension it will not be alleviated by anything unless the true source and cause it removed. Perhaps it can be temporarily be reduced or offset but never completely eradicated.
Also I do not have muscle tensions whatsoever I have nervous tensions and some odd problem with blood flow that is very likely psychological in nature, and or energy blockage related.
Energy body is the superstructure on top of the physical one and directly impacts all other structures and organs of the physical body.
Alright brotherman.
So first you do a set of stretching/tiring exercises whoās purpose is to tire and relax the legs a bit. Then you get into the tremor-pose. Which is where the main deal is.
You can find videos on yt. Example this: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QoB9wpuO688&pp=ygULdHJlIGJlcmNlbGk%3D
Also there is no one tremor pose, you listen to the body, and let it do its thing. But generally the tremor pose looks something like 7.
Thanks @anon15812918 some very interesting information here.
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I think I have point 3, emotional numbness and dissociation most of the time. so how I best resolve this?
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Thanks Ill just go through this video now Iām pretty curious if it will have any benefit for me!
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Do the tremor phase for 15 or so. Start slow, as I donāt know your history of trauma and thatās the official recommendation.
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