 I'm sick Okay Imagine I was contagious through the lens You'd all be getting fucked. All right. The reason I'm doing this video is a because I love making videos And I haven't done one for like a week Secondly, it's because you can't go another day being anxious without knowing this tip, okay? If you're subscribed to the newsletter on Facebook, you know I've had a pretty low anxious week Got a new job and all that updates later. This tip Shout out to Jessica for giving me this tip Really caused my anxiety. I'm gonna be using it for the rest of my life and it's so simple and so weird So here it is. I don't think it has a name, but Jessica friend of mine her therapist Told her about it and then she's like Scott try it. I do it and it actually works. I'm gonna call it Triangle breathing Triangle breathing It's just how it sounds Let's do a normal breath together. I can't really breathe through my nose So I'm gonna go in the mouth out the mouth, okay? But you're gonna go inhale through the nose and out the mouth. Let's do that together through the nose and At the mouth through the nose and at the mouth Okay, that rhythm of breathing When you're anxious you want to do longer exhales Then you do inhales All right, you want to breathe out Way more CO2 than take in oxygen. This really calms down your heart rate Calms you down in general the reason it's called triangle breathing is because this is weird but it actually works for me and Jessica is Picture a triangle When you are breathing All right Are you picturing a triangle? I'm picturing an equilateral triangle when I breathe. Okay, so you have One side for those of you who don't know what a triangle is Hey, you have one side two sides three sides When I'm breathing and I'm anxious and I'm trying to calm myself down I'm picturing this triangle and I'm following the lines with my mind Brus Okay, go go Sorry about that. This is just give me an unedited video Okay, so when you're anxious. All right, this is very serious man. You're anxious You're like the world's coming down on me. I got to calm down All right, I've done other videos where it's like don't calm down lift weights and stuff Hey, if that's not your cup of tea try this so you're breathing Inhale follow the lines of the triangle in your mind and you can even use your hand and Trace the triangle like this. All right, you're in your room. You're in your kitchen You're in the bathroom and trying to get a hold of yourself because you're you're at work or at school Use your finger inhale Get the top exhale So you want your exhale to be two sides of the triangle and you're gonna have to be one because You want your inhale to be shorter and you literally in your mind or with your hand You follow that triangle with your breathing So let's do it together. All right, you ready close your eyes Picture that triangle You're gonna inhale on one side and exhale on the other two sides Then you're gonna trace the triangle again And again All right, so it really like you're focusing on your breath That's one thing for mindfulness and and calming anxiety. You want to focus on that breath This is adding another layer to it to even focus your mind even more on the present moment It's giving you that shape. It's giving you another point of focus And that's why for me and many others and Jessica. Hi, Jessica. It really works. Well It's worked for me for the past week. It's amazing what I picture in my mind. This is what I do Russ, come on. I just let you out buddy. Come on. Come Good boy, sorry Russ My focus okay, so wow, where was I? What I picture in my mind when I do this triangle exercise is like a gradient It's like when I'm inhaling. It's like this nice blue wave on the line and then when I exhale it's like this white All right, like picture it any way you want that'll soothe you but You know what for me? I picture the gradient I picture like a blue side of the triangle or white or yellow and while you're breathing shorter exhale inhale Sorry longer exhales Focus on the triangle. I guarantee No, I'm not gonna guarantee. What is this an infomercial? Hopefully it works for you. All right, and if it does What do I always say? It's another tool in your mental health toolbox So when you get anxious you have a bunch of things to try a bunch of tools to fix that anxiety Hopefully it works for you and thank you very much for watching again. Follow me on Twitter Facebook All the links are below patreon page. You know the drill and it's good to be back Try the triangle breathing guys. Thanks. Oh, and there's Russ. Hey Russ say hi to everyone buddy Russ Not today guys