Ben Greenfield explains how vagus nerve stimulation can calm physical stress in about 15 seconds. He recommends stimulating each side for at least 60 seconds at high intensity until you feel a buzzing in your ear, treating it like electrical acupuncture to hit specific points.
When you crank the thing up, we found that the higher you crank it up, you get these really deep, you know, effects on reducing the physical symptoms of stress within about 15 seconds. You can see that impact. But in just anecdotal experience and working with a lot of people, I typically say, like, do it for at least 60 seconds on one side. But the goal is you really want to crank the thing up. Like, first, you start by feeling it. You'll feel your ear buzzing a little bit, and from there, the idea is to turn it up as high as you can comfortably tolerate. If you want that, like, very noticeable wave of calm to come over you once you. You're done with it, you could use it almost like electrical acupuncture, if you knew the different points that you'd want to target. Exactly. Yeah. And, you know, I realized I made this for me because I'm just a geek and I love trying things, and I stimulate all kinds of nerves. So if you're a biohacker and you do have some understanding of the nervous system and nerves throughout the body, this is such an awesome tool.
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