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Date Submitted: 05/20/2013 11:14 AM
When I first saw this assignment, I found myself chuckling because stress is something I live with and can’t seem to escape. A wife, mother of three, employee and now nursing student, I think, at times, I create my own personal stress. I am a control freak and want to have my hands in everything: dish washing, getting dressed for the next day, bill paying and what’s for dinner. As, I get older, I realize stress is something I am going to have to deal with so why not learn and practice different techniques to reduce a little.
One thing I have started doing is putting myself in nice quite location to help me find some Zin, my restroom. I literally lock myself in the restroom for about an hour a night with a candle and my headphones so I get no outside noise. Some examples of my outside noise includes but certainly not limited to: “Mom have you seen my football cleats?” “Babe, what’s for dinner?” This little amount of time of being by myself helps me relax and not take my stressful day out on any of my love ones. Now, I must admit, this doesn’t always work and I have to find other alternatives.
Taking a nap when I find myself getting too stressed sometimes helps me calm down and refocus on what I need to do either the rest of the day or the next. If I sleep longer than 2 hours whatever I was planning on doing is pretty much a wrap. I’m too rested after that point and nothing gets accomplished. A quick power nap in the middle of the day or even early evening gives me a little more pep to get that last load of laundry done, help someone with their homework or just refresh.
How to Reduce Stress 3
A girls night out sometimes is what I need to just let everything else that may be going on in my world go for just that day or evening. Just talking to the girls and letting everyone vent, laugh and talk about what’s going on in their lives puts you at ease. Knowing that you are not the only one who is going through something or needs some...