Stress and Anxiety-Part of Life

Anxiety and Stress

Two words we would all love to live without.  However they are part of life and the only ones who haven’t been burdened are lying.  And if you think you don’t have it-showing up on your body is a sure thing.  Cortisol is one of the main symptoms and your belly will be the  victim by being a bit larger than you like.

Solutions for Stress and Anxiety

The bottom line is that we cannot always remove the problem or problems that are causing anxiety, at least not immediately. Many of you will go to your doctor and get a drug that will ease the symptoms but certainly not solve the problem.  Some of you may head out to your therapist and you will get your shot in the arm and feel better for a while. Some of you may have an extra glass of wine which is also beneficial for a while.  So what should you really do.  Sometimes when the stress is so bad and you are worried you don’t want to do anything but hide under the covers. 

Here is the low down on stress and anxiety.  What ever is bothering you is very real.  Worries about money, health, relationships can turn your head into a volcano. Though worrying is not productive it is a challenge to get the noise out of our heads.

Here is some good news:

Most of what you worry about never happens.  Most of what is going on in your life will work its way out by itself.  When you relax your mind very often solutions come to assuage the anxiety.

I personally on occasion feeling anxious  on rare occasion and just a cup of coffee helps me feel optimistic again.  I think some of us just tend to worry more than others, and some have a better acceptance of problems and issues.

Here are a few things you can do to help the anxiety and stress:

1. Take a walk around the block weather permitting
2. Take a five minute simple meditation—just focus on your breathing for a few minutes
3. Food wise—high calcium foods such as cottage cheese can be helpful
4. Put some music on and sit back with a cup of tea or start dancing around the house
5. My favorite essential oil is Lavender and a sniff of that really puts me in a good mood.
6. Take a warm bath with a few drops of lavender, peppermint or lemon essential oil
7. Watch a happy movie in TV
8. Call a good friend

I am sure you have heard of these solutions before. And repeating myself problems often do not just disappear and the worries you have are legitimate and challenging.  Sometimes we feel like things will never get better and in time we do learn to cope with our lives.  As with everything in life there is no quick fix to make ups feel better immediately.  However, we can try a few remedies and surprise ourselves by feeling better. 




 

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