de-stress or drug up?
By thedebbie
@thedebbie (58)
United States
May 21, 2007 9:10pm CST
Doctors say anxiety and that you need to relax, calm down, that your body is holding the anxiety in and it is going through your body and manifesting in your muscles causing pain. What to do? Exercise? Stretch? Sitting around or being idle is more painful. I don't like drugs, so I think that idea is out of the question. What to do?
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@brighterdays (1)
• United States
22 May 07
Try this exercise before going to sleep. This is a relaxation exercise designed to put you right to sleep so be in bed when you do it.
First close your eyes and then take 3 deep breaths. Then breathe in tense all the the muscles in your face, hold, relax and breath out. Next tense all the muscles in your neck, hold, relax and breath out. Work down your body until you reach your toes if you haven't fallen asleep before then. When you get to your toes, imagine all of the tensions and frustrations of the day flowing out as you breathe out. Continue to imagine the tensions and frustations flowing out as you breathe out until you fall asleep.
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@trinidadvelasco (11401)
• Philippines
22 May 07
thank you very much for sharing this knowledge that you have with us. this will be very helpful for me as i have been suffering from insomnia. this condition has been with me since childhood. even my children who do not suffer from this same condition that i have, there are nights when they find it difficult to sleep. i usually give them a relaxing massage. this will help them release the stresses that they have accumulated in their muscles in the day's work.
@thedebbie (58)
• United States
22 May 07
oh yes I know this technique and it does work great. But know I have tension throughout the day and my boss would definitely get upset if I were sleeping at my desk. hee - hee
@trinidadvelasco (11401)
• Philippines
22 May 07
the best way to beat stress is to go on a vacation or a break trek. spend a day at the beach, enjoy the whole day, have fun. think nothing of anything else. this is the best way to unload stress and get rid of all those anxiety. then you will find yourself after the day is over that you feel better and much lighter. this means that you are already refreshed and renewed. work stress is also called a burn out. those who are kept at the four corners of home, call it boredom. no matter what term we apply for it, it is stress caused by the routine that we have been observing in life.
@thedebbie (58)
• United States
22 May 07
oh yes, a vacation. I say since I dont have available time, I will just imagine myself on the beach down in Can Cun, sipping a margarita, soaking up the sun and not worrying about a thing. ahhhhhhhh. nice.
