Health Choices

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.

Some people prefer to count down from ten to zero. This way it feels as if you are scaling down stress and at zero, it is gone.

Inhale deeply.

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.

Repeat a few times and as your breathing becomes slower, a calm and relaxed feeing takes over. Like counting, this is a quick and easy stress controller.

In addition,  as you breathe in and hold your breath, you visualise all the stress in your body slowly moving into your lungs and as you exhale, you are slowly expelling the stress leaving you more relaxed and calm.

You can also use a stress relief squeez ball.

Get up and walk about.

This is a good way to gain stress relief quickly.

If what you are doing is becoming very stressful, take a break, just walk away from it. I do not mean walk away from it for good. You are removing the problem temporarily. It gives you 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 suddenly drop what he was doing and play a game of solitaire. It was’nt long before in his mind, several ideas came foward.

You can go for a walk especially in the park. 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. Put the problem out of your mind. You will be surprised how different you feel about your task in front of your.

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. A wider approach to your problem develops. It may feel, by sharing your problem, you are no longer isolated. You are not alone.

There is no better stress buster than a simple thought or idea in your mind that will lead to the solution to your problem. You become focussed and energised because you can now see success as the only outcome. Your stress will changes to the desired stress that produces maximum efficiency.

Writing a journal is good for relieving stress. 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. If you have no one to talk to or you are alone with a stressful problem, write it down in your stress journal. Ink on paper is the next best thing.