Kenneth Sitolo

Is Your Stress Reduction Strategy Missing These 5 Amazing Techniques? Clearly, stress is a monster that attack people. Its purpose is to kill, steal and destroy. It comes as continuous thinking that cause pain in your mind as well as fear. Your mind enslaves you. Are you experiencing it right now? If you are not, well, don't consider yourself luck because any time something can crack your head like an earth quake and you will be swimming in it. What do you need to do, then? Well, understand your tools to combat stress and anxiety. Below is a list of tools you need to implement when this hurricane attacks your precious mind. Even if it doesn't attack, you still need to apply them in your daily life so that you live a happy and exciting life. What if you are experiencing stress right now? What if you have tried various methods such as chatting on social media, watching television and listening to the radio but still feel as if someone is pounding your head with a hammer? It's time you look at some of the methods below because if stress persist it can develop into something sinister like a headache, stomach ache, loss of appetite, suicidal thoughts, high blood pressure, heart attack, cancer, stroke and many other physical ailments. Don't you think its very important to go through these methods to avoid stress from escalating into a typhoon of diseases? These methods may look familiar but practicing them diligently will deal a double kick on stress and anxiety. Let's dive in. 1. Jogging 2. Reading 3. Traveling 4. Praying 5. Good relationships 1. Jogging Have you ever listened to your body when you just wake up? As for me, l feel stressed, my muscles feel taut, my mind feel clogged with cobwebs. That is stress. All l need is a good jog to allow my circulatory system supply nutrients to my famished cells. Does stress attack you early in the morning ? Then, you should pay particular attention on how l deal with this monster. What is likely the cause is thinking mountain loads of activities l want to overcome during the day. What do you think is the first thing to do when you feel overwhelmed by a lot of challenges right when you wake up? Well, it is a simple jog. Try to run slowly along the tarmac road in the morning. This is the best time because a lot of people are still asleep and you face less disturbances. What if you feel uninterested to run? Then, try to jog while listening to your favourite music! That will do the trick! You will feel your muscles loosen as well as what seems like cobwebs dis appear from your brain. You mind will start thinking clearly and some solutions to some of your problems start emerging as you jog. This is a pleasant experience l assure you. Your stress and anxiety will vanish like water vapour into the sky and you will want more of the jogging. After sometime, sweat will start squeezing out from your sweat pores and that will add to your excitement. Waste products coming out of your skin. Continue jogging for at least half an hour. After that, its time to gulp plenty of water. It dilutes your blood and makes it easy for nutrients to diffuse in your tissues and cells. When this happens, you feel better and all the stress vanishes. Now, you are feeling at your best after the jog, this is now time to start planning for the day. It is usually argued at this point that planning waste a lot of time and can not help to reduce stress. The answer to this is that planning help you to focus your energy and resources on issues causing you stress. This quickly solves the problem and reduces stress. How can l plan for the day? Well, write down all the things that you want to achieve during the day.Then focus on a few pressing ones that you feel must be accomplished no matter what. Plan for these. These are the ones causing you stress and anxiety and must be dealt with as quickly as possible. As you go through the day, tick those activities that you have achieved. This will give you a sense of achievement hence continue to reduce the stress. 2.Reading Thus, we have now surveyed how jogging can help reduce stress; let us now look at another important way to overcome stress. Read a good book! It will not be for you then to object saying, "books are expensive to buy. Furthermore, l am a very busy person and do not have the time to sit down and read the books." The answer to this is you can download free e books on the Internet. Some of them will contain solution to your problems. Can reading really overcome stress and anxiety? Well it depends on what type of books you read. If one read horror books, it will increase stress because of the frightening stories. If it's a good book, it will divert the mind away from what is bothering you to the solution of the problems you are going through. Novels are exciting and can help break down the cycle of thinking about problems you think are difficult to solve. 3. Hobby Try doing something you love. A question of interest here would be to ask, "How can l do what l love when l spend most of the time at work doing what causes me so much stress?" You are right to ask this question. It is very important to consider quitting a job that stresses you by finding an alternative. Life is to short to spend time doing what stresses you! After coming from work that sucks your energy like a leech, you can engage in work that makes you happy such as gardening, cooking, writing and many others. This divert your mind away from issues that are troubling your mind to something that makes you feel great. To spice it more, do what you love whilst listening to your best music. Have you tried gardening, cooking or doing any of your hobby whilst singing or listening to your favourite music? It is just fantastic! It will really make you feel better. Try to avoid work that cause you stress and try to avoid people who cause you stress. This will make you feel better. 4. Traveling Do you know that our eyes crave to see more of nature? Unfortunately, we are too busy nursing our problems instead of visiting our surroundings and feeding our eyes with the beautiful scenery! The most important quality in a person is his or her desire to be close to nature, no, not so much close as to interacting as well as appreciating its beauty. Try to walk to some quiet place where you can observe mountains, valleys, trees, grasses, flowers, rivers, birds and monkeys. Look at these things as if you are seeing them for the first time! Up in the sky, see different types of clouds or the clear blue sky! If you want, write a poem about them! Do you know what happens when you start focusing on the sky and the beautiful clouds? Oh! You start appreciating their beauty. An abundant source of energy and excitement your body will fill. 5. Pray When is it you last talked to God? Some one might say, "There is no God." It might be because of the pain one has experienced in life. The question arises to say, "What if there is?" Well, l can't blame or judge you. What l can say is that try to just close your eyes and imagine he is there watching you. Talk! Talk your problems out to him whilst your mind clearly believing he is listening to you. A problem shared is half solved. The results will be amazing. You will feel better and your expectation to succeed in life will increase. After telling him about all your hurdles, believe that he will handle them and help you live a better life. Listen, my friend, it is very important to kneel down and talk to God about the problems that bothers you. The mere talk makes you feel better because you know you have communicated your problems to a higher power who will solve them. 6. Good relationships What about talking to your relatives or friends? Some of your friends are the Judas of your life. The moment you share your problem with them, surely they will nail you on the cross by broadcasting to the whole world about them. They will cause you more stress. Then, what should you do? Well, find one or two you trust. Share your problems to a friend who understands you. This helps to remove the burden of always keeping the information to yourself. A good friend will sympathise with you and offer some solution which you will find helpful in solving your problems. You will even be surprised to notice that you are not the only person going through such hurdles. My friend, stress is a very boring and dangerous experience in your life. Do everything it takes to eliminate it and live an exciting life. Try the above techniques and see how they will transform your life from being stressed to being a happy and excited person. What are you waiting for? Like a hibiscus flower your life will bloom if you try them.