When you are calm, write down the event from a third person's perspective. Omit your emotions and sensations. This will help you to revisit the scene in a better light.

Write it down

After a particularly stressful experience, go for a gentle walk. Keep yourself moving at every opportunity to calm you down.

Go for a walk

When you leave an emotionally stressful scene, your mind might still replay the scene repeatedly.Do an activity that requires your full attention. It will help you to relax faster.

Shift your focus

Researchers discovered that tea drinkers recover faster after stress.

Pour a brew

Slow, deep breathing is calming. Researchers noticed that 15 min of deep breathing reduces the reactivity of the nerve network that is active during the stress response.

Remember to breathe

Exercising may help alleviate anxiety when faced with a sudden, unpredictable shock.

Gentle morning exercise

During a stressful situation, remind yourself what you can control in your immediate environment.

Take control

According to research, when we connect with friends, we can handle stress better.

Spend time with a close friend

According to a study, spending time in nature, or even just looking at scenes of nature, may help you recover faster from subsequent stressful experiences.

Start the day with time outside

From conflicts with colleagues or family, frustrations at work, or even being stuck in traffic - our daily lives are not short on stress. These common upsets - "psychosocial stressors" - incite our emotions, and our brains are equipped with strategies to help regulate them: we might use self-control to override the instinct to focus only on the negative, or reframe stressful situations in a different light to make them less distressing.

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