Stress is a very natural reaction of your body to the environment. (Let’s be honest) We all experience stress from time to time. Whether you are a student, working person or a mother.
Everything calls for stress, sometimes positive and some profound reasons but most often it is unnecessary & creates havoc to your physical and emotional wellbeing. Also, we try various ways to reduce stress.
Besides, a study conducted by American Psychological Association shows 33.7% of nearly 186 million US adults perceived that stress affected their health a lot or to some extent.
How stress affects our daily life?
Being stressed can make you easily blow up, irritated and edgy. You are prone to make things awful than they already are. Accordingly, your health may decline and just the thought of finishing your deadline is going to dread you.
Your thoughts, feelings and behavioural changes to physical symptoms like headache, stiff muscles, tiredness and insomnia will take hold of your health.
Are there any ways to manage my stress?
Undoubtedly there is. To manage your stress, you need to recognize the common symptoms. You can naturally avoid and relieve your stress by introducing few changes in your daily habits.
Too often you resort to some cheap ways to reduce the stress. However, you don’t have to try so hard to manage your stress. There are few simple steps you can take to reduce the impact of stress.
So here I have collected 5 simplest and quickest ways to naturally reduce and relieve stress to implement them in your life.
5 simple + quick ways to reduce stress naturally
1.Slow Deep breathing
Take slow deep breathe in and out on a count of 4 and concentrate on your lungs as they expand and contract. This is known to be quite a stress buster.
Moreover, it is perceived to slow your breath, heart rate and relax your tight muscles and further reduce the stress and bring a calmer mind.
2. Physical exercise
Exercise doesn’t necessarily mean lifting pounds of weight or going to the gym. However, the idea of working out in the office doesn’t even seem plausible ( Unless your working space cares about your health). Your exercise can just be a brisk walk to get a cup of tea or just stretching your hands and legs.
To simplify, you need to find an excuse to move your body to relax the muscles and reduce stress and sleep better.
3. Take breaks
Take time out of your busy life. I know it may seem like an impossible thing. But your well-being is as important as your work. Either a quick friendly chat with your colleague or friends will help lighten the mood.
Likewise, go out alone, collect your thoughts and express gratitude. As a result, your stress will take a dump.
4. Meditation
Meditation is scientifically proven to clear your thoughts and bring awareness into your day to day activities.
So take a few minutes from your days and meditate. It doesn’t have to be an hour-long meditation. Maybe 5-15 mins or whatever time you can allocate for the practice.
In the end, when you are done meditating, things should look more clear and a sense of calm invades your mind and heart.
5. Write down
Firstly, we as human beings tend to be forgetful. Secondly, when you try to keep everything in your mind it gets messy in your head and adds to your stress.
Therefore, writing your tasks and noting them down helps to relieve the heaviness you feel inside. It increases your capacity to complete them. Your thoughts become organized.
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In short, stress is inevitable and show up at different times in different ways. However, it is manageable. But it does not deserve that space in your life if it is potentially causing physical and mental health problems.