Action Plan – Stress Control by Carpe Diem (1)
Six steps plan to control stress
Stress is being causes by a primeval survival mechanism for physical danger. When there is danger, the body will be ready for fighting or running, adrenaline will be supplied to the blood, the digestion will stop temporarily and the blood will concentrate in the big muscles. Stress was necessary to survive.Nowadays the danger is not physical but mental. People worry about money or exams, about other people’s judgments. Our body reacts physical because our nerves centre cannot make a difference between physical or mental danger. The body is preparing for a fight or a run and we don’t do anything.Six steps plan to control stress.
1. Breathe out completely three times.
When you notice the stress begins, breathe out completely and than release. Breathing in happens automatically so your diaphragm is pulls in more breathe inside. Move your breathe from short shallow high breathing associated with stress, to deep long low breathes via your diaphragm which give a strong signal to the body to become relaxed.
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Sometimes it helps people nowadays to concentrate by focusing on a subject which is not some usual everyday thing - for example a crystal pyramid … looking nice, mystical … fascinating - looking at it, concentrating will feel much easier than usual … just an idea.
Comment by Esoterik-Elfen-Traumgeister — June 30, 2008 @ 10:30 pm