Hello World! Welcome Friends! Many of us experience stress and anxiety in our everyday lives. It can be extremely debilitating when you don’t know how to bring your emotions under control.
Talking about how you or someone else is feeling is always a good step. It can always prove beneficial when you are helping a friend with anxiety and it also pays to learn some clever life hacks that can give you a greater level of control too.
Here are some simple and clever strategies and techniques to help reduce stress and anxiety.
Learn to Control Your Breathing
Diaphragmatic breathing is a great technique to learn. It is easy to do. All you have to remember is that you are consciously controlling something that comes naturally to you anyway.
With your eyes closed, draw as much air into your lungs as you can. Hold your breath for a couple of heartbeats and then exhale. Exhaling slowly and in such a controlled way calms your body down.
Verbal Cues Help
If you can describe how you are feeling this can prove beneficial in helping to reduce stress and anxiety.
Asking yourself questions and forcing yourself to describe out loud how you are feeling will help bring your emotions under greater control.
Release Tension by Stretching
Simple stretching exercises can work wonders for reducing levels of tension in your body and mind.
You tend to carry most of the tension in your head, neck, and shoulder region. Learn some simple stretches that help alleviate your anxious stiffness.
Switch Languages to Reduce Stress
This simple hack is a clever way to trick your brain into focusing on something else other than stress and anxiety.
If you know a second language, start speaking it. Or even watch a show in a foreign language. This forces a different part of your brain to get to work, diverting attention away from negative emotions.
Use Positive Imagery to Combat Stress
Your imagination can be a powerful tool when it comes to combating stress. If you can conjure up positive images in your brain of people or places that you love it will have the effect of lowering your emotional tension.
Music Can Be a Great Soother
Music can be brilliant for changing your mood in an instant. Listening to a favorite track or immersing yourself in songs from artists you enjoy listening to can be an excellent distraction.
Losing yourself in music is a great hack for pushing anxious thoughts out of your mind.
Reading a Book Is Also a Great Distraction Technique
It can only take a couple of pages to move your mind away from feelings of stress and anxiety. Once you start to enjoy the contents of the book you are reading it can help tension melt away almost as quickly as it came.
All of these techniques are so simple but very effective. They offer a great distraction that provides pleasure and induces positive thoughts.
Use these simple but clever life hacks and you will be more successful in your attempts to banish feelings of stress and anxiety whenever you feel yourself becoming overwhelmed.
If you are still struggling with stress and anxiety it is always a good idea to talk to a professional about treatment options rather than simply relying on these hacks to see you through.
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