When Life Gives You Lemons...
With all the progress the world has undergone, most of us feel dead tired, working many different jobs, being cluttered by our other obligations during our “free time”. This makes no sense and is bound to cause stress in our lives. Women are especially jeopardized here, especially if they are single mothers, since they have to provide for their children by working double time and, while they are at home, having a different, yet still demanding, job of taking care of their children. All in all, these situations can be more than stressful.
Thus, we need to learn how to cope with them. There are many ways through which you can manage your stress and you need to find ones which work for you. In the long run, stress can cause depression, fatigue, anxiousness, adrenal exhaustion and many other health problems, some of which can be quite serious.
Many people, faced with life problems mentioned above, take pills and other kinds of medications which bombard their brain and make their senses dull, ignoring the stress. However, there are many healthier ways of dealing with stress. So, read the reminder of this article and when life gives you lemons, be creative a do somethings constructive, helping yourself.
...Make a Lemonade!
First of all, you need to know and pinpoint the exact causes of your stress. Think about your problems, since we often ignore or suppress our troubles and needs, especially when stress takes its toll. Once you have pinpointed the culprit behind your stress, deal with it by using some of the followingtechniques.
When we are stressed, we tend to breathe irregularly. This makes us take shallow breaths and make longer pauses between our breathing. However, we need to breathe deeply and slowly, filling our whole lungs with air. Take a rest, spread out on the bed and dedicate 30 minutes to slow, deep breathing, inhaling through the nose and exhaling through the mouth.
Next, you need to socialize. Isolation is the last thing you need when you are facing problems. Thus, surround yourself with positive, creative and happy people and be such yourself.
Also, introduce exercising in your life. This will keep you fit, in good shape and happy. Thus, you can only benefit from such an activity. Three times a week, 30 minute sessions are more than enough for maintaining a healthy condition. Thus, bear this in mind.
Finally, make sure you organize yourself well while working since this will give you plenty of time and control over everything you do, leaving no chance for stress. Also, after every hard working day, do something nice for yourself. Take a walk, indulge into your favorite hobbies or, simply, daydream a bit, visiting your happy place where you can relax and think about positive aspects of life you are bound to appreciate.
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