Anxiety & stress arises within. It can feel like you are going to feel this way forever. A heavy burden making everything in life more difficult. Well it’s here now, time to take action!
Practice a variety of techniques until you find what suits you and then repeat those actions and trust that you will wake up one day soon and that tension, headache or even hollow feeling will have dissipated.
Here’s what I did this week to overcome my stress related symptoms with the top 5 being the most crucial in my progress towards feeling good again and the rest in no particular order:
- Hide phone (even better if you can turn it off) – BIGGEST IMPACT ON MY EMOTIONAL HEALTH! *Phone addiction is real!!
2. Shower daily, if possible! Even run yourself a bath. Think fresh & frisky like a hyperactive puppy after a wash 😉
3. Pick up healthy ready meals so your diet stays good while you lack the capacity to cook. I found cans of lentil soup (bought 6 🙂 and vegetable biryani. Delish! Even, a watermelon or pre-made salads.
4. After days of resistance I’ve attempted a work out a day such as a 15 minute core workout by Madfit. Find here: https://bit.ly/3cy3sOi or a super funny dance workout. One you hope nobody sees you doing but will make you smile A LOT. Find here: https://bit.ly/3gbJgUP Aiming to stick to my habit of at least 5 minute a day.
5. Watch Life is Beautiful (La vita è bella) and the recordings of when they won best foreign film at the Oscars. It brought me back into my body, wow. If you haven’t seen it yet, you must!! Watch in Italian with subtitles.
Some other practices I did that brought me back to joy.
- After an unbearable amount of resistance I prepared more for a college pitch. Stress builds up from lack of preparation. Sit down with the intention of writing/studying 1 paragraph or even 1 line when you get stuck in resistance.
- Took a whiff of all my essential oils and selected ylang ylang as the most chill one, rubbing a little on my wrists.
- Bought candles from a local Irish gift shop here in Cork; ‘Wild Design’ and enjoy them daily along with my Himalayan salt lamp. I broke 1 candle before even getting to light it but chose to accept accidents happen and it ain’t a big deal. If we preserve ourselves in the little moments we have more capacity for the big things.
- Lay on ground with legs up against the wall and chill.
- Rest. When my body had enough, thanks to a flare up I chilled out with a hot water bottle and watched ‘Once Upon A Time’ #oncer
- Did an embodiment practice (In Sahara Rose’s ‘Discover your dharma’ bonus resources).
- Finally learned and practiced daily the Emotional Freedom Technique. Here’s an example: https://bit.ly/3iy2pSv
- Meditation and prayer GALORE, even though I wasn’t feeling it. Some yoga too.
- Share my feelings with my loved ones, tell it as it is!
- Little walks, feed birds and chill out near trees.
- Soak feet in Epsom salts with essential oils.
- Dance like nobody’s watch, swirl those hips.
So tell me, what techniques do you use when you feel overwhelmed?
Imperfectly Positive 