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Practice Deep Breathing
Deep breathing is a great way to reduce the activation of your sympathetic nervous system, which controls the body’s response to a perceived threat. Deep breaths taken in to a count of five seconds, held for two seconds and released to a count of five seconds, can help activate your parasympathetic nervous system, which helps reduce the overall stress and anxiety you may be experiencing.
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Maintain Good Health
Physical exercise and nutrition are two important components in how you respond to stress. When your body is healthy, your mind can be healthy and vice versa. Physical...
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Manage Social Media Time
Spending time on social media sites can become stressful, not only by what we might see on them, but also because the time you are spending on social media might be best spent enjoying visiting with friends, being outside enjoying the weather or reading a great book.
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Connect With Others
Humans are social beings. You need to have connections with people to feel supported. Finding a sense of community — whether at work, with a religious organization, or through shared ...
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Guided Meditation
Guided meditation is a great way to distract yourself from the stress of day-to-day life. There are many guided meditations available on the internet that can help you find 5 minutes of ...
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Deep-breathing
Deep breathing has a direct calming effect on the nervous system.
- Put your tongue on the roof of your mouth just behind your front teeth.
- Breathe in slowly through you nose to the count of five.
- Hold your breath to the count of seven.
- Exhale slowly and audibly t...
The Autonomic Nervous System
The autonomic system controls aspects of the body that are usually not under voluntary control. The autonomic system is divided into two branches:
- Parasympathetic system: It helps maintain normal body functions and conserve physical resources. Once a threat is over, ...
The Physical Benefits Of Meditation
Studies suggest that, regardless of the practitioner’s experience, meditation can help reduce the body's response to anger, reducing the toll frequent anger takes on you.
Anger and frustration cause us to be stressed, activate our sympathetic nervous system, and produce shallower, fa...
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