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5 Ways to Reduce Stress in the Moment
Stress is something that happens to everyone. Not
one person is immune from stress. Some people are able to cope with stress
better than others. Some people keep it all inside and you would never know
they were having a stressful day. Some people wear their stress on their sleeve
and everyone knows they are stressed out. None of these are stress reduction
skills however. To actively reduce stress it takes work and practice just like
if you were learning to play the guitar or pitch for a baseball or softball
team. It takes practice.
There are 5 very easy techniques for reducing stress
in the moment:
1. Close
your eyes and focus only on your breath. Take deep breaths in and let your
breath out slow. Let your thoughts go in and out with your breath and try not
to focus on any of the thoughts.
2. Stretch
your arms, legs, back and neck. As you stretch count to 10 during each stretch.
Rotate your hands and feet slowly and then go the opposite direction. Allow
yourself to feel relief.
3. Get
a paper and pencil and write. Write down everything that comes into your head.
It doesn’t have to make sense it could be just doodling.
4. Go
for a short walk, not a stroll, but a walk that will get you breathing a little
heavier than normal. This walk does not need to be a long walk 5 or 10 minutes
will do it.
5. Listen
to music that is calming and allows you to relax. It could be a favorite song,
or music without any lyrics or just some music that you like.
These stress reduction skills can be very useful to
learn and use. When you learn to slow life down and take a small break by using
these or other skills you can clear your thinking and shift your life, many
times the solution to the problem that is stressing you out will appear in
these small moments. In the least these stress reduction skills allows you to
take a few minutes for yourself, and take a small mental health break.
One thing to remember about stress is that any
problem generally will become bigger if you try to take care of it when your
emotions are high. The goal of stress reduction is to decrease your emotions
and think through problems in a slower pace than what we normally do when our
emotions are highly charged.
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