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I live in new zealand and I start back at school in 3 weeks. I am really worrying about it, and thus I'm not enjoying the rest of my holidays. Everytime I push it away from my mind it just comes back again and I end up thinking about it again. I'm starting year 12 which will be a really hard year. I'm just wondering if anyone had any methods or techniques for getting something out of your mind temporarily so you can stop thinking about it and worrying it. It's really ruining my holidays. Does anyone know how I can stop worrying about it? I feel I'm slowly going insane..
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the best way to get something off your mind is to do something you really enjoy it will help take your mind off it and it you will enjoy your vacation more.
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I say you sure are lucky... over here in the states we only get 2 weeks for Christmas and that's it. But, I do understand the anxiety and school thing. I have an exercise that if you do it you will not only lower your anxiety level, but you will also be able to accomplish any goal you set your mind to. It goes as follows:
First, find yourself a quiet place where you won't be disturbed. Sit or lay in a relaxing position and breath in slowly to the count of eight, then breath out to the count of eight. Once you've slowed your body down to match your breathing start to notice what is going on in your body. Notice the areas of the body you experience tension. Take a moment to really feel the intensity of what you are feeling. Now, start to let the tension go in each area of the body one area at a time. That means relax the areas of your body that you are tensing. It may not work a first, but keep it up you will eventually. Once you've achieved relaxation in a body area then hold this relaxed state for as long as you possibly can. Throughout this process keep your mind clear and concentrate on your body and how it feels while maintaining a relaxed state in the areas you've released tension. Once you've achieved total body relaxation just be with it for a while. You can now transcend into allowing immediate issues of goals, personal growth work, your love life, or school come up for you. Also, remember to keep your breath constant during all of this and really notice how it makes you feel when you bring up school. Really feel what you feel about this and take notice of how it makes you feel. Where are you tense? Really notice where your body is holding its tension. Intensify it as much as you can stand and then release your tension throughout your body the same way you did before. One area at a time. IF an area tenses back up, just relax it again. Try to maintain this relaxed state for 15 to 30 minutes.
Since we can't get rid of uncomfortable situations all we can do is learn to cope with them as best we can. This is a coping exercise as well as a way to achieve meditation. Once you become practiced at this you can use this for all types of situations, for example, your in a family squabble. What you would do is start to lower your breathing pattern as described above and release tension in the areas of the body that you are feeling tense. Try to maintain the relaxed state throughout the squabble, or at least as long as possible. At first this will be hard, but if you keep practicing you will be able to do it in an instant. That is the true goal here. If you keep practicing this there will come a time that all you have to do is think about relaxing and you will instantly. The reason I feel being in a relaxed state is so important is that you make better decisions when you are in a relaxed state and life is also easier. What do you have to loose but your anxiety…Good luck!
Namaste,
LULABELLE
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