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Coping SuccessMarte · NL · 2026-08-24

The toe code worked on the first try last night

I have had episodes every Sunday morning for two years. Last night I heard the buzzing start and instead of panicking I just wiggled my left big toe over and over. My partner noticed within about twenty seconds and said my name. Total episode: maybe forty seconds instead of the usual two minutes of terror. Writing it down so future me remembers it works.

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Julien

This matches what I do. The key for me was rehearsing the toe movement while fully awake so it becomes automatic.

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Ana

Great that you logged the duration. Timing it makes it much less scary because you see it really is short.

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