How to manage your stress

A modern woman’s life is a continuous train of quickly replaced events, many of which become a stress reason. Traffic jams, a child’s not always good marks at school, unpleasant meetings, a time trouble on work, and even long-awaited advancement, which, apparently, is exclusively joyful event - all this can lead to stress. And what is stress? It is heightened irritability, nervousness, tears on trifles, headaches, feeling sick, sleeplessness ?And it is far not a full list of what a person can get together with stress.

It is obvious that for inhabitant of a city stress concerns a category of inadmissible. Which modern woman can successfully consult with all affairs after sleepless nights, suffering headache attacks, loosened nervous system? And if she can, how long? It is not necessary to execute such experiments, after all they will not pass completely for your health. Instead, it is better to master methods, with which help it is possible to manage stress and get rid of it. And then in any situation, even the most unpredictable, you will appear the mistress of position, instead of the hostage of stress.

How to avoid

In life there are situations when it is necessary to control yourself here and now, and not to allow stress seizing you. In such cases it is possible to take advantage of simple, but very effective ways.

Way 1. It is necessary to execute simple exercise. For this purpose you should not rise from a chair at all, just extend your hands forward, and then weaken them sharply. Hands thus will fall to knees. If it is necessary, this exercise can be repeated in fifteen minutes. The matter is that during stressful situations people can strain and lift shoulders, and it makes breath shallow. Such breath provokes emission of stress hormones, and raising of hands forces a person inhaling more deeply, therefore enough oxygen and level of stressful hormones comes to blood. Also it is possible to make thirty deep breaths. It is necessary to inhale and exhale through a nose, and at a breath to try filling with oxygen a stomach area, instead of lungs.

Way 2. It is necessary to think up some reasons for pleasure at present. For example, it is possible to be glad to good weather, think that soon a lunch break comes, recollect that in the evening you will go to a night club or view your favourite telecast ?Start to reflect and at once you will understand that there are many reasons for pleasure. Surprisingly, but your condition becomes quieter and mood improves.

Way 3. Go for a short walk. It is a question of walk, slow, quiet. It is known that during a nervous tension one’s movements become sharp, gusty, fast. Therefore slow walk will allow calming your nervous system. Atmosphere change will also work favorably. And for bigger efficiency during a walk it is possible to eat an ice-cream or chocolate.

How to get rid

If stress has already seized you all the same, there are some ways with which help it is possible to get rid of its influence.

1. Do not keep it in yourself, share, express yourself. Every woman resorted to this way, and possibly, not once. After all you still shared your experiences and sensations with a girlfriend, mum, or other loved one. Really, thus a person is released from negative emotions. Besides, during conversations we hear opinion of other person, often it leads to understanding of the reasons of an event. Thus, the stress gradually disappears, and self-trust replaces it.

It is possible to tell everything to your pet or a toy. And no matter that they cannot advise you anything, your negative emotions will be stated.

If you have nothing to share your thoughts with, it is possible to talk to yourself, having settled down in front of the mirror comfortably. After such conversation relief will necessarily come.

Well and if the variant with conversations in front of the mirror is not pleasant to you, it is possible to write a letter. You can start it with the words Hi, my dear, and further tell about all events, emotions and experiences. Probably, such way will help to understand a problem quickly and see its reason and decision, after all we build written speech more logically and it is shorter, than oral.

2. Give vent to tears. Tears really allow getting rid of negative emotions. It is one of the most effective ways which can be used to win stress. It is possible to cry under a shower. Water possesses calming and weakening effect. Tears and all problems will flow away together with water streams, and confidence, a peace of mind and calmness will come instead.

3. Present yourself a holiday. Or simply make a gift. Nothing helps cheering up, as a gift. It is possible to buy a thing of which you’ve been dreaming for a long time, maybe a new jacket, a book, good coffee or pleasant knickknack. The main thing ?it should bring you pleasure. Also a sensation of a holiday perfectly cheers you up. Arrange a holiday for yourself!

Preventive measures

To master stress, it is possible to drink some mugs of tea in day. The matter is that active components of black tea possess ability to lower level of stress hormone in an organism. Those people who regularly drink tea, manage stress more successfully, than those who prefer other drinks. So tea breaks during a working day are very useful.

Yoga helps raising your ability to handle stress. Yoga will allow you learning to relax, and also improve concentration.

Do not forget about dialogue with an opposite sex. About close dialogue. It considerably raises level of stability to influence of stresses. And it is a question not only of sex, but also about kisses. Kiss more often, it is not only pleasant, but also useful.

Try to sleep not less than eight hours a day, as it is necessary for organism to gain strength before a new day and restore those forces which it spent during a previous day. It happens better and faster during a dream.

Now you know how to manage your stress. Remember ?life is fine! And if it is not, make it fine. Everything is in your hands! Be a mistress of your life!