REDUCE STRESS AND FEEL RELAX

REDUCE STRESS AND FEEL RELAX using following steps

Have you ever said that you've had enough of stress, that you will react differently next time, that you hate it when you lose it? We've probably all felt that we've handled stress badly at one time or another. We hate the feeling of snapping at loved ones, being impatient with other drivers, or just plain over reacting and feeling embarrassed afterwards.

So how can you help yourself make a genuine and lasting change with how you deal with stress? These five quick tips might help...

1. Give Yourself a Break

You can't expect yourself to handle stress well if you constantly feel overloaded. No matter how busy you are you can find five minutes a day to sit quietly and unwind a little. You could try a simple tension relief exercise take a quick brisk walk, or play a song that makes you feel happy and take some deep breaths as you listen.

2. Pause to Find a Higher Perspective

Stress comes from your mind, where all incoming information from your senses is gathered. Your perception of these incoming events is where you get the chance to choose your response. But if you're right there in your mind all stirred up with a swirling array of thoughts and impressions you can easily get overwhelmed and react without thinking.

So take a step back, and allow your higher reasoning - your intelligence - to look at events for you. To give your intelligence room to think you need to buy a little time.

3. Stop and Smile

Some stress masters set up mental prompts to consciously de-stress several times a day. For example, every time they stop at a red light, every time they go to answer the phone, the door, greet someone, take a sip of tea. It's easy to set up little cues for yourself during the day to take a deep breath, drop your shoulders and remind yourself to relax. If you can smile too you will relax even deeper. Smiling when you don't feel smiley can seem a bit odd, but it isn't really. Just move your mouth into the rough shape of a smile and the rest of you will get the idea to stand down and relax.

4. Better Sleep, Less Stimulants

If you're not getting enough sleep, or sleeping soundly, you will not cope with stress as well as someone who's well rested. Tiredness causes us to make more mistakes, can make us irritable too.

Keep a little notebook with you and make a note of your progress. List some points from this article, along with any other stree tips that you find helpful and give yourself a tick every time you remember to try one.

At the end of each day note down a quick review. Did you remember to take five minutes to relax? Did you take some mini breaks and remember to breathe and smile?

In summary: take time out to lower your threshold, remind yourself to breath and smile several times a day, learn to let your higher intelligence handle your responses for you, look after yourself by improving your sleep, and keep a calm log to record your successes and help you stay focused.