Stress control the easy way.
Count to 10.
This is what some mothers tell their kidsand is works if they are angry.
Count to ten when you recognise stress coming. You can do it quietly or speak it out. It does not matter.
This is often all you need to do.
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.
Take a long slow deep breath. Through your nostrils slowly breathe in and fill your lungs completely. 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 stress controller.
In addition, as you breathe in and hold your breath, you create a picture in your mind of all stress slowly diffusing into your lungs and when you breathe out, 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.
If what you are doing is becoming 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. Being near to nature is very relaxing. Your body’s frequency synchronises with the earth’s frequency. Your brainwave drops to this frequency for peace and tranquillity. You become relaxed and calm. 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.
Write a Journal or talk to someone.
An excellent stress buster. You are sharing your problem by talking to someone. 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.
There is no better stress buster than a simple thought or idea in your mind that will lead to the solution to your problem. Suddenly you become energised and focussed because you can now see success as the only outcome. Your stress will changes to the desired stress that produces peak performance.
Writing a journal is good for relieving stress. It anchors what specific things are stressing you. Putting it down on paper transfers it into words that you can either keep or discard. It releases the 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.
