6 Powerful Ways To Relieve Stress And Anxiety Starting Today

Stress and anxiety are so common in today’s world, that everyone seems to be searching for that ‘quick fix’ that will instantly take their stress and anxiety away. Unfortunately there is no quick fix for stress and anxiety, yes there are masks to temporary help you deal with stress and anxiety, but you don’t to go down that road for the long term… trust me. 

So here are the 6 powerful ways you can begin to relieve stress and anxiety from your life starting today:

1. Don’t just sit there. Move!

According to many psychologists, motion creates emotion. You might notice that when you are idle, it’s easier to become depressed. Your heart rate slows down, less oxygen travels to your brain, and you are slumped somewhere in a chair blocking air from reaching your lungs. I challenge you right now (yes even before work), regardless of how you are feeling, to get up and walk around at a fast tempo. Maybe you might want to go to an empty room and jump up and down a little bit. It may sound silly but the results speak for themselves. Try it now for a few minutes. It works like magic at the beginning of the day to relieve stress and anxiety.

2. Smell the roses

How do you smell the roses? How about investing some money to go on that one trip you’ve been dreaming about? Visit a country with lots of exotic places to jolt your imagination and spur your creativity. You need to detach from your daily activities and venture a little bit.

3. Help others cope with their problems

It is very therapeutic when you engross yourself in helping others. You will be surprised how many people’s problems are worse than those you may be facing. You can offer others assistance in countless ways. Don’t curl up in your bed and let depression, stress and anxiety take hold of you.

“Get out and help somebody. But be careful. Don’t get caught up in other people’s problems in an attempt to forget about your own.”

4. Laugh a little

Doesn’t matter what other people think, what makes you laugh?

By now you’ve heard that laughter is a good internal medicine. It relieves tension and loosens the muscles. It causes blood to flow to the heart and brain. More importantly, laughter releases a chemical that rids the body of pains.

Everyday, researchers discover new benefits of laughter. Let me ask you this question: “Could you use a good dose of belly-shaking laughter every now and then?” Of course you can. What you are waiting for? Go to a comedy club or rent some funny movies.

 5. Stress is contagious

What I mean by this is that negative people can be a huge stressor. Negativity breeds stress and some people know how to do nothing but complain. Now you can look at this in one of two ways. First, they see you as a positive, upbeat person and hope that you can bring them back “up”. If that’s not it, then they’re just a negative person and can’t feel better about themselves unless those around them are negative as well.

Don’t get caught up in their downing behavior. Recognize that these kinds of people have their own stressand anxiety issues and then limit your contact with them. You can try to play stress doctor and teach them how to better manage their stress and anxiety, but be aware that this may contribute more to your own stress, so tread lightly.

6. Stop stress and anxiety thought trains

Remember, thoughts are things.

It is possible to tangle yourself up in a stress and anxiety knot all by yourself. “If this happens, then that might happen and then we’re all up the creek!” Most of these things never happen, so why waste all that energy worrying needlessly? Give stress thought-trains the red light and stop them in their tracks. Okay so it might go wrong – how likely is that and what can you do to prevent it?

There are so many great ways to relieve stress and anxiety. The best thing to think of when trying to overcome your stress and anxiety is to gain momentum. So start your journey towards a stress and anxitey free life today.

Visit www.theanxietyguy.com to learn more about the End The Anxiety Program, a program proven to begin turning your anxiety switches off through valuable tools, and the best anxiety support you’ll find online.

Sometimes You Just Have To Say Thank You

Thank you for taking the time to comment, like, join my Facebook page and share you own personal anxiety stories with me. It truly makes a person feel like a real life superhero when an anxiety sufferer says the words, “because of you my anxiety is over.” I hope you have a fantastic day, and have the courage to look your fears straight in the eyes, and defy them just one more time…see you soon.

Dennis

“If Today Was The Last Day Of Your Life, Would You Do What You Are About To Do Today?”

My Drive Home Last Night!

OK, when Americans joke about Canadians living in igloos…I don’t actually think it’s much of a joke at all. 

Top 10 Ways To Greatly Improve Your Life Experience

1) Get Movin And Groovin!

Movement creates momentum, positive momentum. Do you like to go dancing and feel that nightclubs and bars are a thing of the past for you? Schedule dance time at home to your favorite songs rather then sitting in front of the tube! Take a walk in nature and observe everything around you, that stationary bike in the corner of your house… take the clothes off of it, wipe the dust off, and start with a 5 minute bike ride and build from there. Bottom line is make moving a part of your everyday life.

2) Care About What You Eat And Check The Labels

Eating the right amount of healthy foods not only helps your mental clarity but improves your energy, we know this yet we continue to give in to temporary temptations (myself included) which lead to a cycle of unhealthy eating habits. Finally check the labels of the foods you buy, if you can’t pronounce something do yourself a favor, put it back on the shelf.

3) Smile At Strangers

Take a chance, share a smile with someone so that they can smile back. Knowing you’ve lifted someone else’s spirits can greatly help you lift your own. When I lived in Singapore during my anxiety disorder, one of the most popular ways of treating depression, anxiety and other ‘conditions’ was to use laughter therapy. Remember, fake it until you become it.

4) Slow Down

We live in a world of go go go, we eat fast, we work fast, we drive fast and yes we even ‘play’ fast (you know what I mean). Plan to give yourself some extra time even though it might cost you a little sleep in the end to do things like eat slower (people just don’t chew enough these days) and take more time to enjoy what you’re taking part in.

5) Share

We all have amazing capabilities and hidden talents that we need to share with others. Sharing our knowledge, our time, our simple friendship with others can make a massive difference in someone else’s as well as your own life.

6) Learn Something New

Write a list of 3 things that you always wanted to learn and do something small towards accomplishing one of those today. Don’t let your mind convince you that you don’t have enough time, or it will be too difficult, or even that it may be useless in the future. If you feel that you want to do it, do it for yourself and ignore the world around you. Learn that new language you always wanted to, take a cooking class, learn how to meditate… anything, never stop learning.

7) Practice Patience

Rude behavior can be the result of lack of patience. Consciously making patience a part of your daily life will lead to a more relaxed feel in every aspect of your life.

8) Clear The Clutter In Your Head Between Tasks

Throughout your day take 15 seconds between tasks to enjoy some peace. Don’t jump from one thing to another without giving yourself this 15 seconds of time in between to sit quietly and just breathe. In the long run this 15 seconds of peace will keep you more conscious of your thoughts and actions.

9) Preview And Review

I can’t tell you how important this is. Previewing your day ahead when you wake up even for just a few minutes through writing in a journal or visualizing, will set things in motion for your entire day ahead. Focus on exactly how you want your day to go and bring some emotion behind the preview of your day. Once your day is done it’s time to give yourself a few minutes of time to go over the great things from your day, the compliments you got, how smooth things went at work, anything.

10) Give Yourself Credit

When we get so caught up in what we need to do for ourselves and for others we forget to reward ourselves for a job well done. When I was in kindergarten we had a reward system where if you did a good deed for someone or you accomplished a task at school, you had to hug yourself for 30 seconds straight. Now i’m not telling you to hug yourself in front of people for 30 seconds (if you’re truly brave you certainly can) if you do something that you or others are truly proud of, but you must find a reward system of some sort that brings out those good feelings in you.

Take a step back and notice what’s happening in your life. If there is an aspect of your life you’re not truly happy with stop feeding your mind with thoughts such as things ‘aren’t TOO bad’ compared to… fill in the blank. Stop rationalizing with yourself and make a clear decision on what you want, this list will definitely get you thinking about things in the right way.

“You don’t have to love your anxiety. You just have to permit it” Listen to the sample of the ETA program at http://www.anxietyend.com.