Hey, in this video, I'm talking about three amazing ultimate relaxation
therapies, tips that you can use without having to rely on a smartphone.
All that's coming up.
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Now I am a terrible person for looking at my smartphone.
My iPhone is like my backbone.
I look at this all the time.
Every time I want to relax, I'll kind of read a book on my iPhone
or I'll watch a video and I feel like that's relaxing, but.
It is not relaxing, not a hundred percent of the time when you're looking at
screens, you're actually engaging your brain in this constant flicker of screens.
And it's not as relaxing as it may seem.
You might feel like you're watching a TV show or listen to a podcast and
it's relaxing in actual fact, your brain is kind of like skimming these
images like a thousand miles an hour.
And it's like just keeping your brain really active, especially
with somebody with ADHD.
Having this to relax is not a relaxation therapy.
So my girlfriend said to me, why don't we do some tips and tricks, some hacks?
We don't use our iPhones on iPads.
It's a no, no.
When we're trying to relax, I said, okay, fine.
So I have listed out the top three that I feel.
Absolutely.
Awesome.
And they are the main ones that I use when I don't want to any interference.
If I want to really, really relax.
Now, why would you want to relax like this?
Why would you want to like, not use smartphones or tablets and stuff?
Cause I know everyone likes playing Minecraft and Fortnite on the iPad, right?
Right.
Because sometimes you really want to disconnect from like
digital tech and actually get deep relaxation to calm yourself down.
It could be after a meltdown, it could be after a shut down, it could
be, you have to burn out all of these things could be a huge issue to you.
If you don't take care of yourself and.
If you don't follow them.
So I've come up with the three best ones that you could use
without having a smartphone.
Let's get into it.
I'm super stoked.
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Let's get on with the video.
Okay guys.
So number one is reading books on comic books.
Now I'm an avid comic book reader.
Now I figured out this hack actually, when I was in university, my first
year of university was quite difficult because I never did any A levels.
Uh, I finished school with like no GCSE qualifications apart from two in IT.
And then I kinda went on to college to performing arts and music and stuff
that was creative and I loved it.
But when I went back to the science, I had to kind of get up to speed
and it was quite overwhelming.
So every day I'd come in and with a stack of homework and I clear the homework and
then I'd be like, I really want to relax.
And then yeah, I bought these comic books by a really, really cool graphic comic
book design, a guy called Guy Delisle.
Now Guy Delisle.
Um, is a graphic novel, um, artist and writer, and he made this comic that
I really loved called Pyngyang, and that I'll try and leave this comic
book in a link in the description below if you want to buy it.
And it's all about spending time in North Korea.
And it's really funny because he's a funny guy and he's a French Canadian guy.
But anyway, I sat down and I was like, okay, I'll read this book for a half an
hour, you know, because I'm dyslexic, it takes me a while to read stuff.
So when it has more pictures and texts, it's way easier to digest.
So sat down reading guidelines, Pyongyang, which I'm looking
at right now on my shelf.
And, um, yeah, I just kind of really, really relaxing, deeply relaxing.
It was the first time it felt relaxed the whole time doing this degree.
So I was like, Whoa.
So then I realized, Hey, maybe.
If I'm getting my mind to focus on reading, it's expanding the mind, but
it's also calming the mind because it's calming it with gentle focus.
Now, reading is great reading these funds and mind reading.
You can educate yourself because one of the things I love is I
love to be constantly learning.
If I'm not learning and digesting information, I kind of get a little, yeah.
But down, I started feeling a bit down, so I was like, I'm going to learn stuff.
But how do I do it without actually having digital tech in my hand all the time, this
thing is just like, you know, so reading a book, does both those things, you
digest information, you learn something, you also have a way of focusing the
mind through some general relaxation.
Absolutely fantastic.
Do it, like just, just do it.
And like I said, if you don't like reading actual books, get comic books,
these are so good or even a picture book.
Okay.
So number two is sensory space now.
This is an interesting one.
I actually have creative space, right?
It's an area of room, or even just taking time to play with sensory toys.
Now, having sensory toys, like fidget spinners and sensory gadgets and unfit
gadgets and all that kind of stuff.
Fiber optics, bubble, lamps, fish tanks, all that kind of stuff.
Cool lights like this one behind me.
Anything that is sensory pleasing for sensory stimulation will be really
good to help relax and calm you.
Now they use a sensory therapy as a therapy to help treat autism, right.
And they get people into sensory rooms and sensory kind of tents and sensory corners.
So what I say to you is in your room or in your house, maybe make
a corner, um, where it's got like.
You know, nice century lighting, even pop up a tent set underneath your
quilt, get some lights and neg, get some sensory toys, some like nice soft
blankets, some stuff that is really sensory pleasing, and just do it.
Is that because it kind of like interacts with your senses and gets
your senses involved in something that's nice and relaxing, but
there's no digital tech involved.
You don't have to rely on your iPhone for playing, you know, spin a fidget spinner
on your iPhone or anything like that.
I'll listen to music.
It's all to do with sensory therapy within a certain environment.
Like I know, creating a sensory room, isn't going to be ideal for
everybody, which is higher command.
Like you could just have sensory toys and play with those, you know, and fidget
gadgets for 10 to 15 minutes every day.
At the end of the day, it's help you relax.
That is also a good way to do it.
And I've done this myself and it's very effective.
I actually have a bunch of different sensory toys and stuff like that.
And if you check out the description of this video, there's a link for
sensory therapy toys and you can get 15% off, where is my link?
So definitely check that out.
You use that link if you want to buy some fidget gadget and spinners
and stuff like that for dead cheap.
And the company is really good as well.
They have like a whole, the whole catalog of stuff, which is amazing.
Okay.
So number three is animal therapy.
Now I did a video all about animal therapy and I will leave a link to
that in the pin comment down below.
Okay.
The end screen of this video and also, and accountable here now,
animal therapy is fantastic because animals are this, um, loving kind of.
Creature that just wants your attention, but in a nice way, awarding,
because when you help the creature out, when you help the animal,
they, they give you love in return.
And love is really good.
But therapy with an animal is great.
Cause it's sensory pleasing.
There's no conversation to be had.
You don't have to speak to them.
There's no social pressure.
You don't have to like learn social rules.
You don't have to learn anything, the rules other than just make
sure that they're comfortable, they're safe and they're fed and
they're clean and all that things.
Just give them love.
That's all animals one.
And I love my dog.
I have a dog called Randall.
Who's amazing.
He's sleeping right now.
Blanket as I'm making this video and he's just a cool dog and he's
like my sidekicks and my best buddy.
We like snuggle up on the sulfur.
And if I'm feeling really stressed run, he comes and sits on me
and just like sit to my chest.
And he's just such a cool dog.
Now, sensory pleasing animals are just every animal I can think of.
I think from birds to rats, to snakes, to, yeah, everything.
I love all animals and they're just amazing.
Yeah.
Being a vegan.
I kind of like that so much more affinity towards animals now.
And I did want to want to use meat, but yeah.
You know, finding somebody who has a pet, even if you, you don't have on yourself,
maybe ask if we could play with that dog for half an hour, take them for a
walk or do something fun with the dogs.
Because by doing this, your engaging with an animal it's
therapeutic and it's so relaxing.
And again, if you're stunning away from digital technology, which is
going to pay you dividends in the long run, Guys, if you like these tips,
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Peace.