I admit, I haven’t been on in a while, but it’s just wow! I can like get myself something good to eat amd sit here for hours just reading other peoples problems trying to help out, it’s also a lot of fun things to read here, and you learn a lot. I really appreciate this website, it gives me time to set me into problems that for once aren’t mine, gives me something else to think of than school. Great stress relief from my point of view, do you share the same opinion?

I agree. I really, really appreciate this site. Whenever I’m anxious or feeling sick, it distracts me. When I’m sad, I try to help others and it makes me feel better. When I ask a question and get an answer, it makes me super happy, and it makes me even happier to answer someone else’s question and hope that I’m brightening their day, too. Offering my advice and experiences really makes me feel like I’m doing something good for someone else. And I like that feeling.

I get so stressed and worried before any exams or anything big it even gets to the point where i am sick :/
And suggestions what i can do to help would he very helpful.
Thanks

I don’t know what works for others but I always think ahead. By that I mean what the day will be and how I will feel after the stressful event. I think, "just get it done." I also have a punching bag-just putting on my gloves and knowing I get to beat the hell out of something makes me feel sooooo much better!

I experienced similar symptoms to what you are feeling and here is what I did to turn things around -
Give it a go, you should feel a whole lot more energised and relaxed. It’s a life style change!

1) Get a physical flush from a colonic therapist - A good one will give you feedback!

2) Afterwards eat mainly raw fruit and vegetables for a few days

3) Start to do some light excerises daily and slowly increase them - I found doing Wii fit/sports
fun and it didn’t seem like a chore.

4) Drink a least two pints of water a day. After a while your body will let you know when it needs it!

To get more detailed info check out these 2 websites which helped me change my life style:

http://bit.ly/7qvARP

http://bit.ly/720W8q

Good Luck!

And now i can’t find it! Should of bookmarked it, but of course i didn’t. Anyone have the link?

I’ll give you a link that just may be the one you’re looking for. Hope it’s the one!

http://www.dirjournal.com/business-journal/the-perfect-office-stress-relief-tool-a-tennis-ball/

Was he hitting on me, or was he serious?

damn i need a pair!

Possible employer wrote: "I have a personal assistant role available for a few evenings a week.. jobs willinvolve, minor admin, phones, coffee making, stress reliueve massage etc…the usal PA stuff."

I want to know if "stress relief Massage" is a normal PA activity?

I think it’s a red flag there’s so many misspellings in the job ad: "willinvolve", "reliueve", and "usal." It’s also not in a professional, sentence format. I’d take these as warning signs, along with the fact he’s asking for massages.

I’m a mother of three young kids and quite often they drive me crazy. I need a way to quickly relax. And I need something better than counting to 10!

Here are some techniques:

Progressive Relaxation

This technique is often most useful when you tape the instructions beforehand. You can tape these instructions, reading them slowly and leaving a short pause after each one.

Lie on your back, close your eyes.
Feel your feet. Sense their weight. Consciously relax them and sink into the bed. Start with your toes and progress to your ankles.
Feel your knees. Sense their weight. Consciously relax them and feel them sink into the bed.
Feel you upper legs and thighs. Fell their weight. Consciously relax them and feel them sink into the bed.
Feel your abdomen and chest. Sense your breathing. Consciously will them to relax. Deepen your breathing slightly and feel your abdomen and chest sink into the bed.
Feel your buttocks. Sense their weight. Consciously relax them and feel them sink into the bed.
Feel your hands. Sense their weight. Consciously relax them and feel them sink into the bed.
Feel your upper arms. Sense their weight. Consciously relax them and feel them sink into the bed.
Feel your shoulders. Sense their weight. Consciously relax them and feel them sink into the bed.
Feel your neck. Sense its weight. Consciously relax it and feel it sink into the bed.
Feel your head and skull. Sense its weight. Consciously relax it and feel it sink into the bed.
Feel your mouth and jaw. Consciously relax them. Pay particular attention to your jaw muscles and unclench them if you need to. Feel your mouth and jaw relax and sink into the bed.
Feel your eyes. Sense if there is tension in your eyes. Sense if you are forcibly closing your eyelids. Consciously relax your eyelids and feel the tension slide off the eyes.
Feel your face and cheeks. Consciously relax them and feel the tension slide off into the bed.
Mentally scan your body. If you find any place that is still tense, then consciously relax that place and let it sink into the bed.

Toe Tensing

This one may seem like a bit of a contradiction to the previous one, but by alternately tensing and relaxing your toes, you actually draw tension from the rest of the body. Try it!

Lie on your back, close your eyes.
Sense your toes.
Now pull all 10 toes back toward your face. Count to 10 slowly.
Now relax your toes.
Count to 10 slowly.
Now repeat the above cycle 10 times.

Deep Breathing
By concentrating on our breathing, deep breathing allows the rest of our body to relax itself. Deep breathing is a great way to relax the body and get everything into synchrony. Relaxation breathing is an important part of yoga and martial arts for this reason.

Lie on your back.
Slowly relax your body. You can use the progressive relaxation technique we described above.
Begin to inhale slowly through your nose if possible. Fill the lower part of your chest first, then the middle and top part of your chest and lungs. Be sure to do this slowly, over 8–10 seconds.
Hold your breath for a second or two.
Then quietly and easily relax and let the air out.
Wait a few seconds and repeat this cycle.
If you find yourself getting dizzy, then you are overdoing it. Slow down.
You can also imagine yourself in a peaceful situation such as on a warm, gentle ocean. Imagine that you rise on the gentle swells of the water as you inhale and sink down into the waves as you exhale.
You can continue this breathing technique for as long as you like until you fall asleep.

Guided Imagery

In this technique, the goal is to visualize yourself in a peaceful setting.

Lie on your back with your eyes closed.
Imagine yourself in a favorite, peaceful place. The place may be on a sunny beach with the ocean breezes caressing you, swinging in a hammock in the mountains or in your own backyard. Any place that you find peaceful and relaxing is OK.
Imagine you are there. See and feel your surroundings, hear the peaceful sounds, smell the flowers or the barbecue, fell the warmth of the sun and any other sensations that you find. Relax and enjoy it.
You can return to this place any night you need to. As you use this place more and more you will find it easier to fall asleep as this imagery becomes a sleep conditioner.
Some patients find it useful to visualize something boring. This may be a particularly boring teacher or lecturer, co-worker or friend.

Quiet Ears

Lie on your back with your eyes closed.
Place your hands behind your head. Make sure they are relaxed.
Place your thumbs in your ears so that you close the ear canal.
You will hear a high-pitched rushing sound. This is normal.
Listen to this sound for 10–15 minutes.
Then put your arms at your sides, actively relax them and go to sleep.

Hope that helps.

Can someone tell me about this …

i get really bad pain whenever i get really stress i been taking these stress relief pills from walgreen recommended by one of the pharmacy staff ??

any good

or NO good

have addiction potential ,

Been a little stressed and feeling anxious any one know what I can do to relieve this? Quiet is not really an option, I have kids.
@Lifetimes….. can you recommend one?
@ Raven Thanks, Sipping a cammomile tea right now and feeling a bit better.
@ Isa- I’m not amental case just stressed. I have been really busy working on a lot of projects.
@ Spamela I have been drinking A LOT of coffee, Thanks for the tip.

yeah I agree with the chosen wise answerer’s. Colors give off different moods fir the human being as well. But my main pic?? Laugh!!

I just need to know some good stress relief. I’ve got unfair and overprotective parents, a pain-in-the-!@# 3 year old sister, lots of school, and alot more stuff, and all of it is very stressful. What are some good stress relief things that i can do, so that I’m not so stressed. And also as a side question, is stress bad for the body?

Get all your homework done before going to bed. You will sleep better and have no stress in class.

Your little sister is innocent. You should be her guardian, confidant and protector.

More exercise will also alleviate stress. Good time of the year for bike riding. Areas off public roads are best, like the park.

Life is not free. Try for a more helpful attitude. If you drop resentment, anger, fear and other mis-emotions you will experience great relief.

Nothing is perfect here. If you do not expect perfection you will never be disappointed. Some perfect things turn up anyway!

The most stressful is to accept responsibility for others, but that probably does not apply in your case.

I mention it, though, because it applies to your parents. They can never drop responsibility for you and your little sister, and a lot of other things.

They are doing the pedaling, all of it. The times are hard economically and difficult in other ways. But they cannot stop and take a one month break.

As you have no experience coping with everything as they must, you must defer to their experience and try to be more helpful.

Getting over your stress is part of that. You do not always get what you want. There is a song about that.

Ask God for guidance, learn to find inner peace. That music you listen to may be another factor. Here’s a relaxing hymn for you:

http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Love_at_Home/midi/
http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Holy_Spirit_Be_My_Guide/lofi/?musicplayer=mp3&delay=0

Solve it now. A faster handle on this than others in the past will put you far ahead. You will be ready for the future.

Stable, knowing, reliable, heaven bound. There for your sister.

When everyone pulls their weight, when all members of family stand, that family is able to survive whatever comes.

This is how we avoid becoming a head case. No one likes them. Always needing others’ help, a limp fish. These sometimes turn to drinking.

Make sure you don’t marry one like that, no matter how good looking.