Stress control the easy way.
Count from one to ten.
Mother tells her children this when they become angry. It is very effective.
Count to ten when you recognise stress coming. It does not matter if you do it loudly or quietly.
Sometimes this is all you need for simple stress or if you recognise it early.
Many prefer to count down instead and as they count down to zero, it feels as if their stress is slowly going down.
Take a deep breath.
Take a long slow deep breath. Breathe in slowly through your nostril and fill your lungs completely. Hold your breath to the count of four. Then slowly exhale through your mouth.
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 way to reduce your stress level.
In addition, as you breathe in and hold your breath, you visualise all the stress in your body slowly moving into your lungs and as you exhale, you are forcing stress out leaving you more relaxed and calm.
You can also use a stress relief squeez ball.
Take a walk.
This is a good way to gain stress relief quickly.
When the task is very stressful, take a break, just walk away from it. I do not mean walk away from it for good. It gives your mind a break. It gives you 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 stuck with a problem and no solution, would suddenly drop what he was doing and play a game of solitaire. After a while several ideas come forwards in his mind.
You can go for a walk especially in the park. There is something relaxing when you are near to nature. You tend to synchronise with the frequency of earth. As your brainwave level slows down you enjoy tranquillity and peace. You feel calm and relaxed. If you are home, clean the house. Get the vacuum cleaner out. 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.
Talk to someone or write a journal.
An excellent stress buster. Talking to someone is in a way sharing your problem. You may get good tips especially if that someone has experience in your field. A wider approach to your problem develops. It may feel, by sharing your problem, you are no longer isolated. You are not alone.
A single thought or idea that could be the solution to your problem, is perhaps the best stress buster. Suddenly you become energised and focussed because you can now see success as the only outcome. Bad stress becomes good stress that produces peak performance.
Writing a journal is good for relieving stress. It anchors what specific things are stressing you. Transferring it into words on paper means 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, write it down in your stress journal. Ink on paper is the next best thing.
