> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.bramadams.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Relaxition for Me is Focusing Elsewhere
- URL: https://www.bramadams.dev/202301032337/
- Published: 2023-01-28T09:25:04.000Z
- Updated: 2023-01-28T09:25:04.000Z
- Author: Bram Adams
- Tags: anxiety, psychology

> **When our beliefs are hopeful and optimistic, the mind releases chemicals that put the body in a state of physiological rest**, controlled primarily by the parasympathetic nervous system, and in this state of rest, the body’s natural self-repair mechanisms are free to get to work fixing what’s broken in the body. ([Location 777](https://readwise.io/to%5Fkindle?action=open&asin=B00BLSZJGA&location=777&ref=bramadams.dev))

Relaxation (for me) tends to happen when all my focus is external and the internal dialogue is drowned out…

I especially relax when I focus on systems and machines:

> A SANE MIND, A SOUND BODY, AND A HEALTHY CHART ([Location 1046](https://readwise.io/to%5Fkindle?action=open&asin=B00AK1BIDM&location=1046&ref=bramadams.dev))