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How can I de-stress?
I have a lot of stress in my life. I know the effects of stress are pretty bad, especially with me.
I am looking to do some sort of stress management with myself. Things are getting out of control and it's hard for me to focus on my daily routine now. I don't sleep well so I'm always tired, my memory is sketchy, constantly nervous, mood-swings, and am having lost of headaches. I know it's from the crazy amount of stress in my life but I don't know how to RELAX!
How can I get some effective stress relief? What should I do to get rid of all of this stress? Some stress management techniques would be wonderful. I also heard about "stress nutrition" before too if anyone could give me information on that.
Overall, advice please on lessening my stress?
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I answered a question like yours a while ago: [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
From there:
Dealing with stress is never easy, but I'll try to help you, even if only in the least.
Whenever I'm feeling stressed, like when I'm working on really tough homework or feel like I have too much going on with my friends, boys, my family, etc, I have a few ways of trying to calm myself down.
Here are a few tips that help me:
1. Listening to music.
- Now, I'm not talking heavy metal, screaming until your throat bleeds music. I mean, calm, mellow music. As far as what's on my "stressed" playlist, it includes, The Rocket Summer, Maroon 5, Daphne Loves Derby, Coldplay, and Jason Mraz to name a few. But, obviously, everyone's taste in music varies and you may hate those artists, or maybe not. Either way, I suggest finding some calm songs that makes you happy listening to them, putting them into one playlist/cd and listening to it whenever you're feeling stressed.
2. Laying down.
- I literally lay down in the middle of my room, and watch my ceiling fan. I know this might sound weird, or stupid, or whatever, but it really helps. Just laying there, watching, thinking, and breathing is really soothing in times of stress. Plus, it gives you time away from everything, in a sense, and time to just sort out all of your thoughts.
3. Writing.
- This usually helps me when I'm stressed or upset by my friends, a boy, or some sort of social aspect, ya know? Even if you're not good at writing, it's a good therapy or stress reliever. Poems, songs, stories, whatever you're into. And the best part, you can write whatever you want and you NEVER have to show ANYBODY! ;]
4. Some form of exercise or physical activity.
- For me it's running. It helps me forget about whatever's going on, and all my stress. It also makes me feel productive, which is one of my favorite feelings. PLUS, it's proven that exercise makes you feel better, and not as bad as before or people who don't exercise!
An added bonus =]
Now that I've given you some tips to minimize the stress, what can really help make it go away, is organization.
Keep yourself on a schedule, and push yourself to get your schoolwork done. It's the end of the year! You've only got a few days or weeks left, why NOT give your all now?
After all your hard work, reward yourself. So, say you ace a really hard final that you were totally unsure about, go buy yourself something you really want! You deserve it =]
I hope this helps!
-Laura (16-f)
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Dear Stress-full,
If you are interested, I would be willing to communicate with you through my column so that I may ask you some more questions about your stressful lifestyle choices and what you might be able to eliminate or alter in your daily life.
There are many ways to relieve stress, but sometimes external stress is not your fault and the steps taken to avoid those stresses can stress you out more if not done the right way.
Please contact me through my column if you would like to discuss this more. I think I can help.
DRSilver
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That site has people's techniques to destress:D
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