How to fight stress naturally? Effective methods
Oh yes, stress, you know how it is! Besides it has been with you for a long time now, well now it’s over. Today, we offer you effective and natural methods to chase away stress.
If there is one thing that we all know and that is the subject of much ink, it is stress. Today, 1 out of 2 French people would be affected. Anguish, anxiety, cold sweat, loss of self-confidence, you don’t have to be a chronic stress sufferer to know that it is harmful.
As a good stressed person at work, emotionally stressed, facing exams, a new situation… you have probably already tried a thousand and one things to relax, without success! However, there are methods that are very effective against stress.
Stress is a feeling of discomfort linked to a biological reaction. It manifests itself when the amygdala, the primitive part of our brain, takes over. Stress is divided into 3 phases: the shock phase, the resistance phase and finally the exhaustion phase.
If your stress lasts too long, you will reach this exhaustion period which will make you extremely sensitive to external aggressions. Fatigue, anger and depression could then appear… A good reason to rebel against this predominance of stress!
Fighting stress by staying in the moment
Monday morning, you arrive at the office and as soon as you walk through the door, the mountain of files, which has been waiting for you all weekend, is already reaching out to you. Not to mention the murderous e-mail from your superior reminding you of your still unmet goals and the alarm on your
phone reminding you that you need to buy a gift for your mother-in-law. There, that’s it, at that very moment you feel it, the ball in your stomach and your heart accelerating.
This is the moment when you say stop! Before throwing yourself headlong into this mad rhythm, start by breathing.
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How to breathe well to relieve stress?
Faced with a period of stress, we do not breathe just any way. Stand up or sit down, close your eyes and think about a place you want to be or someone you love. Imagine yourself in that place, with that person, then calm your breathing. Breathe in deeply, slowly and deeply. Become aware of your breathing and calm the rhythm.
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The power of the moment
If breathing is only effective for a time or is ineffective, learn to be in the moment. Often the problem with stress is anticipation or compulsive thinking. Yes, our brain is fabulous but also fabulously traitorous! If we are not able to stop our thoughts, it is our perfidious brain that uses us and not the other way around!
