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Jun 2, 20193 min read

How To Calm Yourself Down in Stressful Situations

When faced by a #stressful #situation what can we do? Ideas below, are practical and can be used in #emergencies or when you realize that you have been carrying a low level of #stress for awhile. We'll explore several ways that are #easy and #practical.


First, what does the #body do when it is #stressed and how can I #identify low-level stress? We need to be #aware of how the body responds to stress, because if we can catch it before it 'takes us over,' it is much easier to 'tame.'


PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNS OF STRESS


When we find ourselves in a stressful situation we often find that we:


1. Begin to #breathe more rapidly. Our body is getting the 'fight and flight' #response ready so that we can #run from the fight.


2. Find our #heart pumps #faster to give us more #blood for our fight or flight; we might get heart #palpitations, #chest #pains or begin to feel #flushed. Our #heart is giving all it has to help us in our #flight.


3.Our blood #pressure increases to pump more blood into our body so that we can run or fight. We might get a #headache or #pressure in our #head.


4.Feel #tight, #anxious, #nervous and #irritable. The hormone #Cortisol begins to rush through our body getting us ready for flight or flight. This pushes all of to the #organs and #cells to 'get ready.'


So are we going to #suffer early #aging and #illness, which is what long-term stress can do to us? No! We can do something about it. Using #tools and #techniques, we can turn stress into #transformation.


Below are some #ideas to help in 'transforming stress.' Use them often, write them on a stickie note and keep them with you until they become a #habit. They say it takes 28 days to make a new habit.


HOW TO CALM YOURSELF DOWN AFTER A STRESSFUL SITUATION.


1 Take deep three #breaths and let them out slowly.


2 Now squeeze your #hands and #feet and release the squeeze slowly.


3 Put the corners of your #lips up and do #1 again.


4 Take a #walk or #exercise. Nature helps to cut stress as do #animals and #birds. So go ahead and #hug your #cat or #dog they will #love it and it can seriously cut stress.


5 Take an #Epsom #salt or sea salt #bath, put some #lavender oil in and relax with deep #breathing.


6 Whistles, #sing, or listen to your favorite soothing #music...music can change your #mood almost instantly.


7 Call a #friend and #chat about something fun or meet them for tea.


8 Give #thanks for ten things in your #life.


9 Question the #thoughts that are in your head. Check out Byron Katie at 'The Work.com.' All stress other than immediate #physical stress is associated with a thought that something or someone should be different. Ask is this #true? And Who would I be without this thought?


10 Carry soothing lavender and dab it on your #wrists, it is very #soothing.


11 Take a #crystal like #amethyst or one with #gold in it. Become one with it and carry it with you or sit with it for half an hour or so. Crystals can be #powerful catalysts in 'stress reduction' and 'stress transformation.'


Stress can make our life #feel so difficult, as if its so much of a #struggle, but using these tools can make a significant #change to your life if your use them regularly and correctly.


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