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Mental Health Tips
Natural Stress Relievers
Close your eyes, take three long breaths, and picture yourself in a relaxing scene (hiking in a forest, lying on a deserted beach, walking through town after a fresh snowfall). Focus on the details-the sights, the sounds (or lack thereof), the smells for a great natural stress reliever.
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Stress Reduction Tools
Before you do or say something youīll regret, silently count to 10. Use this time to take a few deep breaths, stretch, or recite an affirmation.
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Yoga Eye Relaxation Techniques
Try this yoga eye relaxation technique: Rub your hands together vigorously until they feel warm. Then cup them over your closed eyes for five seconds while you breathe deeply.
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Reducting Stress with Sex
If sex has been on the bottom of your to-do list for too long, move it to the top. Sex increases levels of endorphins, those mood-boosting chemicals in the brain, and itīs one of the best total-body relaxers around and best for natural stress relief.
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Homeopathy and Stress
A study at Duke University in Durham, N.C., found homeopathy effective in quelling anxiety disorders. Look for stress formulas such as Nerve Tonic (from Hyland) or Sedalia (from Boiron) in your health food store.
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Warm Milk Helps You Sleep
Itīs a scientific fact that warm milk really does help you sleep which helps you relieve stress. Make sure you drink it approximately one hour before you plan to retire. Cocoa doesnīt count because chocolate is a stimulant.
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Pets Relieve Stress
Researchers have found that those who owned a pet had lower blood pressure than those who didnīt because pets relieve stress. If you donīt have a pet, visit a friendīs because petting an animal for just a couple of minutes helps relieve stress.
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Evaluate Your Stress
As a stress reduction tool, using a scale of one to 10 (one being equivalent to a minor hassle and 10 being a true catastrophe), assign a number to whatever is making you tense. Most problems rank pretty low and are not worth your worry.
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Coffee and Stress Reduction
Too much coffee only makes stress worse, so try to cut back as much as possible. To avoid caffeine withdrawal, try adding a little decaf to your morning mug, increasing the proportion of decaf to regular over the next couple of weeks. And, watch out for caffeinated soft drinks.
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Stress Relief Activities
One stress relieving activity is to tend a garden, which helps people to escape their worries. If you havenīt got a garden, try a houseplant. It works!
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Alleviating Heachaches with Sleep
Sleep can often alleviate a headache, but donīt sleep in an awkward position or on your stomach because it may tighten your neck muscles and trigger a headache. Try sleeping on your back.
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Stress Reduction Exercise
Heighten your awareness of the moment by focusing intently on an object. Notice a pencilīs shape, color, weight and feel. Or slowly savor a raisin or a piece of chocolate. Mindfulness leads to relaxation.
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Sleep and Stress
Get the sleep you need (about eight hours is optimal for most people). But donīt sleep to escape your worries. That will only make you groggier.
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Stress Reduction Tools to Use
Before you blow up at your boss, take a trot around the block to clear your head. If you havenīt got time, walk to the bathroom or water cooler. Anything counts.
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Great Natural Stress Reliever
A great stress reliever is a body massage with lotion containing peppermint, spearmint or menthol. The scent as well as the massage have a relaxing effect.
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Snack a Little for Natural Stress Relievers
Foods that are high in carbohydrates stimulate the release of serotonin, a feel-good brain chemical. Crackers, pretzels, or a bagel can give you a boost on stressful days.
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Herbal Stress Relievers
A warm bath is relaxing, but adding some well-chosen herbs to the water could make your soak even more effective. Place dried herbs -- a single herb or a mixture of your favorites -- in a cloth or net bag, then toss the bag into the tub or hang it from the faucet as the tub fills. For a refreshing, stimulating bath, try lovage, mint, rosemary, sage, orange, pine, or thyme. To calm down at the end of a busy day, chamomile, sandalwood, lavender, marjoram, marigold, or mint are good choices for natural herbal stress relievers.
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Herbal Stress Relief
Have you had a bad day? Brew a pot of chamomile tea. Itīs natures tranquilizer. Drink at least 2 cups for effective herbal stress relief.
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Relaxing Music Helps Natural Stress Relief
What soothes the senses also eases jangled holiday nerves. Relax to music with a tempo just slightly slower than your heart rate. Some good classical offerings: Bachīs Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, 2nd movement, and Orchestral Suite No. 2 and Ravelīs Mother Goose Suite, 1st movement.
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Yet More Stress Reduction Tools to Smile About
Smiling is a two-way mechanism. We do it when weīre happy and relaxed, but doing it can also make us feel that way. So go ahead and grin. Donīt you feel better?