Want to Manage Stress? - Avoid Unhealthy Habits (Drugteststrips)

Stress is common in today's busy lifestyle. Many people are resorting to harmful habits like smoking, drinking, substance abuse, etc. to deal with stress. These habits may give temporary relief by taking the mind away from the situation causing stress. But in long run, they create new problems and destroy the individual's life.

Many people are struggling with stress:
Stress became a part of our regular life today. It could be due to financial problems, problems at work, an argument with children or spouse, health issues like diabetes, arthritis or a heart disease. Look around and you can see many people in stress for some reason or the other. Whether the problem is big or small, whether it is caused by external factors or internal perceptions, the ultimate result will be anxiety and stress.

People are turning to unhealthy habits:
Many of us are blessed with enough emotional strength and self-esteem to deal with regular stress in life. However, some people, who are not mentally strong enough, turn to unhealthy activities that may provide an instant relief. As they feel better for that moment, they simply turn to unhealthy habits every now and then to confront stress. Thus, it turns into a habit and eventually an addiction.

Avoid unhealthy habits:
Smoking, alcohol and drug abuse are common unhealthy habits adopted by people to beat the stress. However, you wouldn't know when these unhealthy stress relieving habits have turned into stress-causers, making you weaker mentally. Not only will they add up to your stress, they will also start impacting your health adversely, making you unhealthy both physically and mentally.

Smoking: Though many people are aware of the fact that smoking is injurious to health, they find it to be a better option to deal with stress. Tobacco contains a psychoactive drug, called nicotine, which creates an illusion in the human brain. The brain will not be able to understand the adverse effects on body like increased blood pressure, increased heart rate, tensed muscles, constricted blood vessels, etc. By smoking you are just transferring you stress from brain to body.

Excessive drinking: Many studies reported that alcohol abuse is many times related to stress caused by economic struggle, job issues or marital discord. A drink or two may not matter much, but excessive drinking can simply land you in troubles. Long term excessive drinking may lead to chronic mental disorders apart from causing physical harm including liver and cardiovascular diseases, cancer, etc.

Illegal drug use: Many theories of addiction claim that stress leads to increased drug use. Illicit drug abuse is highly addictive and may cause more mental disorders like post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, etc. Adverse physical effects are obvious due to drug abuse. Drug abusing person may also face economic and social problems.

Inculcate healthy habits:
Overeating or under-eating, procrastination, prescription drug abuse, too much sleeping, etc. are other common unhealthy habits embraced by people to deal with stress. Like alcohol or substance abuse, they also exacerbate the stress levels. Stress will always be there; the path you choose to manage it makes the difference.

There are many ways to manage stress effectively. Inculcating healthy habits such as regular physical exercise, yoga or meditation, intake of nutrient-rich food, etc. can help a lot in managing stress. Healthy habits not only protect you from harmful effects of stress, but also help you build physical strength and mental confidence to manage stress causing situations.

Practicing unhealthy habits may seem to be an easy way to deal with stress compared to adopting healthy lifestyle, but it will most probably lead to destruction.

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10 Ways To Use Relaxation Techniques To Manage Your Relationship Stress (Boyd Rankin)

1. When you feel extremely stressed or you just had an argument, then go to a room alone and sit down on a sofa or a chair. Sit in an upright position. Then try relaxing your muscles, starting from your feet and moving upwards. When you are stressed your body starts producing chemicals that make our muscles tense. When you relax your muscles you send a signal to the brain that the situation is better now and there is no need for the intense stress.

2. Concentrate on something else rather than the reason that is causing the stress. Although it might seem hard to concentrate on something else when you have relationship problem but you won't succeed unless you try. Using step 1 relaxation technique will help you concentrate on relaxing your muscles rather than the stress.

3. Learn to use your hobbies as your solace. There comes a time in relationships when you just want to get away from your partner for a little while and spend some time on your own. It is important to have some hobbies that can do in your spare time which help you to relax.

4. Yoga is one of the best relaxation techniques today. It helps improve your health and teaches you many methods that you can use in your day to day life to feel better. If your partner is interested then both of you can join yoga classes together and learn the techniques to reduce the stress.

5. Relationships often get to a point when you feel like that there is nothing left in the relationship but fights and arguments. At such times there is very good way to reduce the stress and build your confidence in the relationship. All you have to do is close your eyes and think of the wonderful times you had with your partner. This will help your mind relax and will give you a reason to try to improve your relationship.

6. Aroma therapy is another popular technique used these days by many to reduce stress. Essential oils are used to alter the mood of a person in this therapy. You and your partner can do this together and once both of you are in a good and calm mood you can discuss many things that are difficult to discuss when stressed out.

7. You may have overlooked it all these years but one of the most effective techniques to reduce stress is touch therapy. If you are both stressed out due to some reason, then a simple touch from your loved one can create a lot of difference. Just holding hand with your partner sends a signal to the brain to reduce the stress. If not your partner, then a hug from your kids or parents can do the trick.

8. Breathing techniques are becoming more and more popular these days. They only take about five minutes to perform but can have a very good effect in stress reduction.

9. There are a lot of therapies available in the market that can be used to learn new ways to reduce stress. Mediation is one of those techniques that will always be popular because of its effectiveness. It teaches you to control your thoughts and help achieve a positive attitude towards life.

10. Exercises and healthy food are probably the most underrated stress reduction techniques. They help in many ways to reduce stress. If you can spare some time to run, jog, or swim everyday then you will see the difference yourself. Endurance training is also very effective. Healthy food is extremely important to maintain your health during stressful times.

Relaxation techniques might not find you the exact way to stop your relationship stress altogether, but they will help you reduce the stress that affects your physical and mental functioning. If you are able to reduce the stress and take control over your mind then you will be able to stop your relationship stress once and for all.

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Detox Your Negative Emotions and Learn How To Manage Stress (Suzanna Kauai)

Being human means feeling emotions. (E) motion = energy in motion. To stay healthy, let emotional energy wash through you like a wave. Do not hold on, resist or deny the energy. Welcome it as a response to life and let it move through by expressing it in the moment it arises.
You may argue that there are negative emotions that should not be expressed. From our early childhood, we have been taught to be nice and polite. So the idea of expressing all our so-called negative emotions seems foreign and impossible. We fear disapproval or abandonment if we dare speak the truth about what we are thinking or feeling.

Instead of thinking of emotions as either negative or positive, let us view them as energy that moves at different speeds. We call the speed of moving energy its frequency. If an energy moves at a slow speed, it has a low frequency. If it moves at a faster speed, it has a high frequency.

The emotional energy of anger, for example, moves slowly and has a low frequency and it does not feel good. When anger arises and you do not express it, it is trapped in your body and affects you physically and mentally. If you do not express your emotions, they start accumulating in and around you body. You may not feel them all the time, but these accumulated emotions can burst out from you during adverse conditions. Often these accumulated toxic feelings change your genetic structure, causing illness and toxic thinking.

You learned how to deal with your emotions as a child, by observing your family. Everything you observed and absorbed in your early childhood went into to your subconscious mind. Since this programming is subconscious, you do not have control of yourself. You respond automatically in a way that is not aligned with what you truly think and feel. Constantly reacting in a way that is unnatural for you causes you to feel stressed out. Unexpressed accumulated anger can turn into depression. You may try coping with depression, but all your efforts go in vain. For this, you actually need to know how to manage stress.

One of the best ways of managing stress and coping with depression is emotional detoxification. The process involves the detoxification of low frequency emotions and thought-patterns that depress your immune system, causing illness.

Apart from this, these toxins do not allow you to express your true emotions. You often live a pretending life being nice and happy to others. There is anger within you but the desired social attitude makes you to suppress it, which often converts into feelings of hatred, stress and depression.

The principle of emotional detoxification:

Emotional-mental detoxification process involves a unique combination of breathing, relaxation and guided visualization. The process is in the form of a guided meditation. So all you have to do is listen to a recording and follow along. There are 8 recordings; each one addressing a different set of toxic thoughts and emotions. The recordings come with an instruction manual, that will guide you step-by-step through the process. You can go through the process at your own pace.

After going through the process of emotional-mental detoxification, you will return to a state of balance and well-being with a better ability to focus and feel confident. You will behave as the real YOU leaving, behind that artificial life imposed by other people.

The day when you will complete the process, you will live your TRUE LIFE.

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10 Ways to use the Relaxation Techniques to manage your Stress to the relationship (Boyd Rankin)

1. When you feel extremely stressed or you just had an argument, then go to a single room and sit on a couch or a Chair. Sit in an upright position. Then try to relax your muscles, starting at your feet and moving upwards. When you are stressed your body begins to produce chemicals that make our muscles tense. When you relax your muscles, you send a signal to the brain that the situation is better today and there is no need for the intense stress.

2. To focus on something else rather than the reason that causes stress. Although it may seem difficult to concentrate on anything, when you have the problem of the relationship, but you can't unless you try. Using the technique of relaxation step 1 will help you focus on the relaxation of your muscles, rather than stress.

3. Learn to use leisure as your comfort. There comes a time in the relationship when you just want to leave your partner for a little while and spend time on your own. It is important to have a few hobbies that can do in your free time, that help you to relax.

4 Yoga is one of the best relaxation techniques. It helps to improve your health and teaches you many methods that you can use in your daily life, to feel better. If your partner is interested then both of you can bring together yoga courses and learn the techniques to reduce stress.

5 Relationships often reach a point when you feel like it is that nothing in the relationship but the fights and arguments. In times like these it is very good way to reduce stress and boost your confidence in the relationship. All you need to do is close your eyes and think of the wonderful times you had with your partner. This will help your mind relax and give you a reason to try to improve your relationship.

6. Aromatherapy is another popular technique used today by many to reduce stress. Essential oils are used to change a person's mood in this therapy. You and your partner can do it together once you are in a good and peaceful atmosphere you can discuss things that are difficult to discuss when stressed.

7. You may have overlooked it all these years, but one of the most effective techniques to reduce stress is touch therapy. If you are both stressed out for a reason, then a simple touch of your loved one can create a lot of difference. Just holding hands with your partner sends a signal to the brain to reduce stress. If this is not the case, your partner, and then a hug from your children or parents can do the trick.

8. Breathing techniques become more and more popular these days. They only take about five minutes to run but can have a very good effect in the reduction of stress.

9. There are many treatments available on the market that allows to learn new ways to reduce stress. Mediation is one of these techniques which are always popular because of its efficiency. It teaches you how to control your thoughts and help achieve a positive attitude towards life.

10 Exercises and a healthy diet are probably the most underestimated stress reduction techniques. They help in many ways to reduce stress. If you can spare some time to run, jog or swim every day, then you will see yourself the difference. Endurance training is also very effective. A healthy diet is extremely important to maintain your health during stressful times.

Relaxation techniques can you find exactly how to stop your stress to the relationship altogether, but they will help you to reduce stress that affects your physical and mental functioning. If you are able to reduce stress and take control of your mind, then you will be able to stop your relationship stress once and for all.

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