Have you lowered your cortisol?

[DustyLee123]

This keeps popping up on my TikTok and invites me to click on the link, but I won’t. So can I ask how you’ve all done it?
Im waking in the middle of the night with my mind racing, and look pregnant despite exercising. Ive stopped alcohol ( except for a glass yesterday).
Is this a fad, or have you done it?

anyone?

I have CPTSD and needed to do Somatic work.

Movement like walking, swimming. Shaking the energy out before bed. Literally bouncing up and down shaking arms.

Journalling to get thoughts out of my head.

Deleting “dopamine reward” apps like Instagram.

Blue light blockers after dark and getting morning and evening light exposure.

No screens for two hours before bed.

Following with interest. I suspect its as @BlueberryVelvet says though

Try breathwork.

Breathe in through the nose and exhale through the mouth.

When you inhale breathe in deep so that your stomach rises/expands. This will reduce cortisol and increase dopamine.

Do for as long as it is comfortable

Is it cortisol that gives us that kind of panicky feeling before we get up in the morning? A bit of a feeling of doom? Mine is better now with citalopram. It was awful before. Dreaded waking up x

That sounds more like anxiety, and antidepressants would be a solution.

High cortisol is the main contributor to generalised anxiety disorder though, OP. Like PP, I was on citalopram for GAD/panic attacks.

Cortisol is lowered like another PP said, through breathing exercises activating parasympathetic nervous system. Also through yoga (yin in particular, but also ashtanga), sports - like walking and swimming (nothing increasing cortisol, like HIIT for example), hypnotherapy can also be extremely helpful. Usually you need a combination of all methods.

Following with interest

Yes you’re right. It’s been so much better since I started to ADs x