Some tips to control stress.
Posted on November 9, 2009
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Count from one to ten.
Mother tells her children this when they become angry. It is very effective.
Count to ten when you recognise stress coming. You can do it quietly or speak it out. It does not matter.
Sometimes this is all you need for simple stress or if you recognise it early.
Many prefer to count down instead and as they count down to zero, it feels as if their stress is slowly going down.
Take a deep breath.
Inhale taking deep long slow breaths. Breathe in slowly through your nostril filling your lungs. Exhale through your mouth slowly after holding your breath to the count of four.
As you continue to do this a few times, you will notice as your breathing becoming slower, you feel yourself becoming more and more relaxed. This, like counting, is an easy way to reduce your stress level.
Furthermore, you can, as you breathe in and hold your breath visualise all the stress in your body slowly moving into your lungs and as you exhale, you are forcing stress out for a calmer and more relaxed you.
You can also use a stress relief squeez ball.
Get up and walk about.
This is a good way to gain stress relief quickly.
When the task is very stressful, get up and walk away from it. I do not mean walk away from it for good. You are removing the problem temporarily. You now have time to come to grips with is as you calm down.
You may want to do something else during this break. This takes the stressful problem away from the forefront of your mind and allow your Subconscious Mind to find solution options. The eponymous Morgan Stanley, when he could not find a solution to a problem, would stop what he was doing and play solitaire. It was’nt long before in his mind, several ideas came foward.
A walk in the park is a good idea. There is something relaxing when you are near to nature. You tend to synchronise with the earth’s frequency. Your brainwave drops to this frequency for peace and tranquillity. You feel calm and relaxed. You can get the vacuum cleaner out and clean the house. From your mind you are removing the problem. When you do this, you will notice a different feeling and approach to your task.
In addition exercise relieves stress.
It is recognised that exercise reduces stress.
Talk to someone or write a journal.
This is a good stress buster. Talking to someone is in a way sharing your problem. You may get good tips especially if that someone has experience in your field. It opens your mind to a wider approach to your problem. It may make you aware that you are not alone. You have shared your problem and will not feel isolated.
A single thought or idea that could be the solution to your problem, is perhaps the best stress buster. You become focussed and energised because you can now see success as the only outcome. Bad stress becomes good stress that produces maximum efficiency.
Writing a journal is also a good stress buster. It highlights the specific items that stress you. Transferring it into words on paper means you can choose whether to discard or keep. This is an outlet for stress. So if you are alone, or there is no one to talk to when things are going wrong, put it in your stress journal. Ink on paper is the next best thing.
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