Stress & Anxiety

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By highwaystar

Why do you want to lower your stress?

Every 34 seconds... an American dies of heart disease linked to high stress and anxiety! Check out this guide to reducing stress and anxiety
Every 34 seconds... an American dies of heart disease linked to high stress and anxiety! Check out this guide to reducing stress and anxiety

Success tips for controlling stress

Are you hard-wired with a short fuse to explode?

Stress is the number one killer, so do yourself a favor and reduce stress.

Stress causes your adrenal to release excess cortisol, which causes brain cell damage and imbalances in your sugar and testosterone levels...

The timing of this article couldn't be better...wouldn't you agree!

Do you ever feel as though you're on the verge of a complete nervous breakdown?

As though, if one more thing goes wrong with your day that you don't know what you'll do?

Ok. Time to relax even if only for a few minutes, simply make time everyday for periods of relaxation

Talk your problems with someone you trust, or the people who may be the source of the problem

Avoid making too many major life changes at one time. Whenever you can plan for the future so that such changes won't occur at the same time.

Get regular exercise...besides being good to your physical well-being, regular exercise can help take your mind off your troubles

Set your priorities because consistent planning of your daily priorities can enable you to gain control of your work load and help decrease stress and fatigue

Aim for reachable goals, you can avoid a lot of headaches and frustration if you don't set unrealistic goals...

Yeah of course you can be ambitious, but you can also be smart and practical about what you can reasonably accomplish!

Take a breather, regular short breaks after periods of intense concentrated effort, or whenever you feel frustrated with a project or a certain troubling situation...

Take it easy, breath deep, relax because this break can help clear your mind.

If the stress in your life seems to be more than you can handle, you might want to seek a professional.

He/she can evaluate you for the possibility of other effective stress lowering methods.

Stress creates hormonal imbalances and causes your endocrine system to overwork.

Endocrine organs include: thyroid, pancreas, spleen these vital organs become overworked, losing their function leading to disease.

Always look for ways to reduce stress this can increase your quality of life and life span too...

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MrMarmalade  says:
2 years ago

I do believe a little stress is good for you.

After all you read of these high class executives, retiring and dying. I think that they finally found out there is no stress in looking after a cabbage patch.

thank you.

highwaystar  says:
2 years ago

Thanks, you're right on...sometimes stress is needed, after all you'd be in trouble if you weren't concerned about crossing a busy highway, lol...anyway, there are different kinds of stress in life...some good and some not so good, the idea is to accept stress as a part of life, but learn to live with it in a way that's balanced with other healthy activities.

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highwaystar  says:
2 years ago

Just thought you might be interested in a free mp3 audio download; How to Get Rid of Stress, feel free to check it out here: http://www.audiobookgiftshop.com/Title.aspx?titleI

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