5 Things You
Can Do For Depression, Anxiety and Stress Relief
5 Things You Can Do For Depression,
Anxiety
and Stress Relief
- by Chris Green
(c) Chris Green - All Rights reserved
http://www.conqueringstress.com
No ceremony with this article, let's go straight into five
quick things you can do
for
depression, anxiety and stress
relief.
1. Take regular breaks from the firing line. Working hard
without regular breaks
is a great way to build up stress and
tension. Make sure you have at least one
15-minute break in
the morning and one in the afternoon as well as at least 20
minutes for lunch. If possible, eat lunch away from your
workstation. Equally, if
you have a lot to deal with in your
life right now, taking a day, or a weekend
elsewhere -
longer if you can - to get some breathing space will really
help. Even
just a day away from the firing line will enable
you to get some distance from the
problems and help you to
gather your thoughts.
2. Regular exercise can help relieve stress, depression and
anxiety. Exercise
releases endorphins into your system and
will give you a natural boost. It will also
provide you with
a break from brooding and dwelling upon problems and
troubles -
but only if you perform the right kind of
exercises. Avoid: Exercises that allow you
to brood (weight
lifting, jogging, treadmills) and perform exercises that
require
your full concentration. Competitive sports such as
squash, tennis, badminton and
circuit training are all
excellent examples. It is important that you do not brood
when
you exercise because although you will be benefiting
physically, you are still stressing
yourself mentally and
the stress, depression and anxiety will worsen.
3. Stop beating yourself up. Self-deprecation is a huge part
of stress, depression and
anxiety. Each time you beat up on
yourself, you will erode confidence and self-esteem.
Never
tell yourself you're useless, worthless, stupid, hopeless,
boring, ugly, and a loser.
Never convince yourself that
other people hate you, that others find you difficult to be
around and that you're better off being alone. You would
never deem it acceptable to
say such things to other people
and you must deem it equally unacceptable to say
them to
yourself. These words and phrases are powerful and they will
hurt you. Accept
you're not perfect and that you make
mistakes - just like everybody else does - and
cut yourself
some slack. From this day, make a pact with me to never
indulge
self-deprecation ever again. IT IS UNACCEPTABLE.
4. Isolation is another problem experienced by stress,
depression and anxiety sufferers.
OK, there will be times
when you just want your own company. During such times, you
can brood over and over again on problems and events and
beat yourself up for hours
on end. Not good. Instead, use
isolation more positively. Occupy your mind by tackling
a
jigsaw puzzle, a logic problem, a crossword, read a book or
perform a hobby such as
painting, playing a musical
instrument or whatever it is you have an interest in. In
this
way, isolation will help you to grow instead of causing
you further pain.
5. Television, radio and newspapers can all supply you with
a daily hit of negativity and
help lower your mood. In the
main, they concentrate on the negative side of life: crime,
corruption, war, scandal and natural disasters and can give
you a distorted view of
reality. Not to mention the amount
of image manipulation they subject you to. Give
yourself a
break from this negative drip feed and avoid them completely
for one week.
You may find, like I have, that they have no
place in your life after that. Trust me, you
won't miss
them.
OK, there's 5 things you can do fo depression, anxiety
and stress relief
depression and
anxiety. Please give them a
try, they'll all
help you feel much better very quickly indeed.
Click Here Now to get started right away on
kicking stress, depression and anxiety out of your life forever
so you can enjoy a brighter, happier future!
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