reduce stress

the new exercise dvd im trying will help with this I hope. Well wait and see=D

This stems back to when I was finding out what was medically wrong with me. My mom and I eventually figured it’s just stress. I didn’t really do a whole lot about it, because things started to get better (physically that is). However, things are getting worse again. I don’t feel stressed, but it’s now clear to me that my body is. Sometimes I can just feel my stomach all clenched and knotted. I’ve thought perhaps it’s not IBS, but a food intolerance thus I was considering going on an elimination diet to see what intolerance I have. However, upon looking into that, I haven’t even heard of half the foods I’d have to eat (let alone having eaten them before) so I doubt that would work for me.

So my mom and I were talking about it all last night and we concluded, once again, that it likely is just stress (not any of the other things I have thought it could be). Up until this all started (1.5 years ago or so) my life had never really had stress. But suddenly I was waiting for the final marks of my first semester in university, I had uncertainty with my church, uncertainty with my dad’s job, and I had a co-op in a year and there was a good chance I’d be away from home for the first time because of it. So I think it’s pretty clear it was stress and unfortunately, things haven’t really improved all that much.

Thus, upon talking to mom and doing research, I have decided to do a few things. First, exercise. It will help my body relax, destress itself, and plus it’s another goal of mine. Secondly, I will meditate (and hopefully at the same time do the other goal of teaching myself hypnosis). Thirdly, I’m not going to eat as much at one sitting. Then on top of this, I will continue reading the book on stress I bought. It has a set of questions which you answer to see how stressed you are. I find those questions are always difficult to answer since I haven’t been in all of the situations but I tried to answer the best I could. According to the book, I’m on the higher end of having moderate stress.

I know there are more but if I could implement these 10 things, I feel I have a much better time at dealing with stress.

In no particular order:

• Review and Prioritize Daily List
• Manage Time
• Meditate Daily (15 min)
• Listen to Music
• Excercise
• Good Nutrition
• Laughter
• Read for Self-Improvement
• Quality Time with Family/Friends
• Practice Self-Hypnotism and/or Positive Affirmations

Any or all of these will help reduce stress but a combination will really help. It takes the average person under 30 days to get into any habit, good or bad.

I am giving myself a goal of two weeks to practice at least 8 daily. By mid June, I will be using all 10 without even thinking about it.

Its hard to reduce stress when you are in stressful situations and you want a particular outcome. I guess you have to just work as hard as you can and accept that if things go badly you will be ok.

When you’re a large object you are unable to focus. You just bounce around without purpose. However, if you are a piercing needle, you know where you’re going and you get there and nothing stops you.
Crying needles washes away all the gunk in your brain. It’s like ‘hey, you’re going to die eventually, this stuff isn’t importante as you may feel it is, you’re going to make it, God made you strong’
Basically, I feel less stress now that I have a bedtime. it’s cute, but it cured my stress. ugh, so happy. :) looking thru a waterfall of tears makes you helpless and once you give up the struggle and hand it over to God and stop playing Tug-o-war with him, life just seems that much more simple.
Dios te bendiga.

I have Severe Chronic Migraines. I’m guessing I’m stressing about something subconsciously. I mean, if frking narcotic drugs can only stop them for about 30 minutes, wth else could it be? I’m seeing a Neurologist soon, but still. It would be nice to know what I can do.

i keep getting stressed all the time, and i never get anything done! one would think being so stressed would make me get off my butt and actually do the things i need to get done, only that doesn’t happen! i just stress and stress and stress and by the end of the day i have done NOTHING but reduce myself into a bundle of nerves! at night while trying to fall asleep i tell myself “tomorrow will be different” only it never is…! i have tonnes of studying to do, assignments, i want to work out, i want to do something fun during weekends (like maybe explore the city…i’ve moved to another city for uni). only i never do anything. i just keep worrying. i’m wasting my life this way! ugh!!

Spread out your To-Do list. This includes work, school, and social life. I work throughout the week, not a 12-hr shift in one day, I also go to school throughout the week. I try to spread everything out. I notice that when I have a lot scheduled in one day, back to back appointments or something that is time consuming, stress rises and a bit of depression ensues. Hmm. I remember I used to have the logic of cramming everything I had to do into one day and having the rest of the week off—let me tell you, _{it’s not worth it}.

I make rules to break them. But really it’s important, because I sometimes can get overexcited and say “I’ll work for 12 hrs” or stay out way passed my bedtime. Therefore limiting my stress and working less; this is not laziness; this is prevention. Rules that I made include not working too many Saturdays, No Sundays, certain hours, and time padding. For instance if I wake at 10a or 11a I’m not going anywhere until 11a or Noon. Usually I wake 8a-9a though. Also, if I’m working at 4p then I’m going to be home by 2p, or if I’m working until 5p I’m not going anywhere until 7:30p. This isn’t moving like a turtle, this is reducing stress.

TONIGHT IM GOING TO SERIOUSLY START TRYING TO REDUCE THE STRESS IN MY LIFE!! I READ SOME THINGS TO HELP ME DO JUST THAT… LIKE 1.SIT IN A DARK QUIET ROOM W/ NO DICSTRACTIONS WITH MAYBE A LOW LIGHT ON OR A CANDLE LIT, IM GOING W/THE CANDLE IDEA! LOVE THE SMELL OF CERTAIN CANDLES. 2. GET SOME RELAXING MUSIC LIKE RAIN, WAVES CRASHING, NATURE, CD’S ETC. 3. EXERCISE, STRETCH, 4. DONT WORRY ABOUT THE THINGS U CANNOT CHANGE! 5. ARE THINGS REALLY WORTH IT? WILL IT MATTER NEXT YEAR 6. QUIT HANGING AROUND PEOPLE THAT ARE NEG ALL THE TIME OR WHINE? WELL MY BROTHER WHINES ALOT SO… THAT MIGHT NOT BE 1 I CAN JUST NOT TALK TO EVER AGAIN! IT JUST GETS ME DOWN SOMETIMES WHEN HE IS SO NEG ABIUT HIS LIFE AND WHINES ALOT! HIS LIFE IS SO BAD ETC..UUGGHH ANYWAYS IM GOING TO TRY SOME OF THOSE THINGS I READ TO HELP ME REDUCE STRESS ESP THE FIRST COUPLE RIGHT B-4 I GO TO BED THAT WAY I CAN BE OF SOUND MIND AND MEDITATE, AND FEEL RELAXED SO I WILL SLEEP BETTER!