This almost always precludes media self-control by those who realize the long-term impact of their product. ... The Centers for Disease Control realizes the impact visual images and "news" has on potential behavior: their policy to suppress "copycat" suicides is to refrain from showing victims of suicides, provide no details about the technical aspects of the method chosen, and in no way to glorify suicide. ...

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The stress-response is a much healthier option, whereby we bring awareness, the 'oxygen' of meditation and mindfulness to a stressful situation, which creates a space by which we have the time and capacity to pause, think calmly and then mindfully respond, rather than simply reacting unconsciously without control. ... With regards to physical pain, one can either apply 'Shamatha', a 'tuning-out' approach by which we temporarily move away from chronic or unbearable pain, the mind and body receive a much-needed break from the persistent discomfort without having to...

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