Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Tips on How to Handle Pressure and Stress


A collaborative work by High-Advanced students at Pimmit School

·  Having a Support team
·  Delegating and relying on others
·  Recalling happy moments
·  Maintaining a sense of humor
·  Talking about stress
·  Walking
·  Accepting the stress or Ignoring the stress
·  Thinking positively
·   Drinking and eating
·   Figuring out how to react
·   Staying calm
·   Talking to people who you trust
·   Putting stressors into perspectives
·   Meditating
·   Doing your favorite activities
·   Praying
·   Trying to be confident.
·   Altering your environment.
·   Having hobbies.
·   Pampering your-self.
·   Scheduling your time.
·   Renewing self image.
·   Letting it be.
·   Playing games with people you like.
·   Figuring out something for refresh.
·   Getting into self- hypnosis.
·   Driving and concentrating.
·   Watching the kid’s happiness.
·   Running and lifting weights or doing yoga
·   Staying away from e-mail and phone for a period.
·   Getting up early and running.
·   Working out on a regular basis.
·   Getting disconnected when I take off.
·   Enjoying with family.
·   Sharing the feelings with others trough blog.
·   Cheering up myself.
·   Taking a rest.
Types of SPA and massages
·   Stress relief massage
·   Sauna and steam room
·   Aromatherapy massage
·   Swedish massage
·   Hot and cold  stone
·   Golf massage
·   Half massage
·   Beauty products
·   Heat experience
·   Experience shower
·   Series of cold and hot treatments
·   Therapeutic massage with herbal medicine
·   Thai massage
·   The clothed massage
·   Well trained and experienced therapist is essential
·   Cheap and quick(I prefer long) massage

Foods that might help
·   Citrus –the vitamin C prevent the release of the stress hormone cortical and help to Make lower blood pressure
·   Walnuts-Many omega-3 fatty acids in walnuts can reduce blood pressure and stress.
·   Dark Chocolate-can reduce cortisol levels as well as catecholamine in highly stressed individuals. Can reduce blood pressure and improved mood.
·   Black tea – dropping cortisol.

Pay someone to do it
 ·   There are many professional organizers and errand
 ·    Runners who can help you to plan your schedule

Reboot Your Brain
 ·   Meditating in the same spot
 ·   Controlling your inhalations and exhalations.
 ·   Making your own mantra.
 ·   Keeping your mind focused on your breath.



Quick Moves
 ·   Stretching 10 minutes before getting out of the bed
 ·   Do a spinal twist setting on a chair
 ·   Lay down on your back with legs up against the wall for 3 to 5 minutes
 ·   Try putting tongue on the roof of your mouth
 ·   Taking a moment and getting out of your chair a few times a day to realign your neck and upper back muscles
 ·   Making shoulders rolls
 ·   Breath properly
 ·   Squatting using dumbbell
 ·   Punching and twisting your hips
Mind Workouts
 ·   NIA: A lively cardio workout to music, combining dance, martial arts, and yoga
 ·   HYPNOSIS: An altered state of mind from the waking state where you’re worried
 ·   ACUPUNCTURE: The practice of inserting needles into points on the body to relieve ailments
 ·   TAICHI: A series of choreographed poses , turning and extending the body, shifting one’s weight.
 ·   QIGONG: An ancient Chinese healing art, repetitive movements with controlled breathing to stimulate the flow of QI within the body
 ·   BIOFEEDBACK: A way to measure the body’s responses to stress and learn to control them
 ·   REFLEXOLOGY: Points in the feet and hands correspond to organs and glands in the body

Take a Chill Pill
 ·   Today there are many “benzos” (medication to control stress) that doctors prescribe to treat anxiety.
 ·   Physicians are loath to use them long term because they can be addicted.
 ·   Every person reacts differently to antidepressants, but gain weight and low libido are possible side effects.
 ·   Psychiatrists caution that all of these medications should be coupled with counseling.









                                                               reference : homepages.nyu.edu/barelyhangingon.com

No comments:

Post a Comment