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Coping with Stress

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How are your stress levels right now? Take a moment to just think about it. What’s causing you anguish, annoying you, happening that you don’t like, not happening when you want it to, keeping you so busy you don’t have time to think straight?

 

How do you react when you are stressed? Eat more/less or make poor food choices, drink more, smoke more, don’t sleep well, feel tense, have jumbled thoughts, can’t make decisions, get angry with people or notice aches and pains. The symptoms of stress are numerous and not good for us.

 

Sometimes we don’t help ourselves and create or add to our own stress by not looking after ourselves, eg. resting or taking time to do things we like to do. We try to be perfect, compare ourselves to others, put tasks off so our list grows ever longer or help others at the expense of our own needs. Can you resonate with any of this?

 

Eventually the balance goes and we plummet into serious trouble, everything gets too much and we can shut down, our body and mind reacts and can’t function properly on a day-to-day basis and some action is required. If it’s not taken it’s easy to sink into depression and other more serious health issues.

 

It's important to recognise the signs and manage them.

 

If you think you are struggling with stress and noticing unhelpful behaviours or unhealthy feelings as a result, take some action now.

 

Complete the stress test below and I will follow up with some ideas to help you:

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See the Stress Buster ideas below.

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Or try this Learn to be More Mindful 10-Step Challenge - https://christinemindbody.wixsite.com/hypnothe.../challenges

 

 

For employers or groups I can provide a Zoom or face-to-face session on Stress Awareness and Self-Care and Hypnotherapy can really help individuals learn to cope and manage stress that is affecting their lives.

 

 

Visit my website https://christinemindbody.wixsite.com/hypnotherapy or contact me by email chrisbaileymindbody@gmail.com or call me for an informal chat 07542 305150.

Stress Busters

How can you help yourself?

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There are so many ways to reduce stress and they can all be built into our daily lives, but we have to make the decision to take the first step for ourselves and remember how important we are.

Try these proven stress busters:

  • Reduce caffeine or alcohol intake

  • Do something you love – a hobby, something creative, read a book, bake

  • Take a walk – get out in nature – or some other form of exercise

  • Tell somebody - get a hug or write it down

  • Have a mindful moment – imagine a lovely scene, do a body scan, focus on your breathing, smell what’s around you, listen etc. Being more in the present is proven to change the way your brain reacts to stress triggers.

  • Reduce stress triggers – watching news, talking to a certain person, social media etc

 

In the long term, it’s important to:

  • Recognise the things that “stress you out” and manage them

  • Eat well – good nutrition, regularly, lightly – eat a rainbow

  • Sleep well – work on creating a good sleeping environment, prepare for sleep get a routine.

  • Find time to relax, dance, sing

  • Move more – build movement into your life, walking, stretching, anything you enjoy.

  • Reassess your to-do list – prioritise, amend it and set boundaries

  • Engage with others – engage with or find your community, plan something fun

  • Try to be positive – think positive thoughts, set healthy, realistic goals

  • Accept what you can’t control and try to change how you react to it instead.

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