These days stress is the common part of our life. But sometimes unmanaged stress can lead to many health problems, physical as well as mental health issues. Many people end up using destructive or self harming activities to deal with the distress.
Following are few strategies that you can use during distress, whenever you are feeling low, anxious, depressed, dissociated or having panic attacks.
1. Read a book
2. Draw in a journal.
3. Watch funny videos on TV or YouTube.
4. Sit in a garden.
5. Watch the birds chirping.
6. Watch old photographs.
7. Observe 5 colours around you.
8. Imagine a safe place in your mind.
9. Smell fresh flowers.
10 . Use your favourite perfume.
11. Light some scented candles.
12. Use essential oils.
13. Use oil diffuser.
14. Use room freshener.
15. Smell fresh grass .
16. Eat some dark chocolate.
17. Drink herbal tea.
18. Eat fresh fruits.
19. Try some hard candies.
20. Chew a gum.
21. Eat something citrus.
22 . Play with stuffed toys.
23. Use healing crystals.
24. Draw tattoo on your hand with pen.
25. Listen to music.
26. Dance.
27. Play video games.
28. Write positive affirmations.
29. Do yoga.
30. Solve puzzles.
31. Do any craft activity.
32. Colour with crayons.
33. Take an epsom salt bath.
34. Write a letter to yourself.
35. Art therapy.
It is really good to have a toolbox of things to draw on when you are stressed. It’s really hard to handle if you haven’t prepared beforehand. And having things to go to makes all the difference.
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Definitely, it helps to deal better with crisis.
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Great suggestions!
Love, light and glitter
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Thanks
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Thank you for the tips. They’re great! My favourite thing to do when I’m feeling overwhelmed is to walk my dogs. I bring them up this empty field and we go up this hill and I let them run around while I enjoy the peace and quiet.
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Pets are so comforting.
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These are great ides for helping you cope with stress. I like to listen to music or go for a walk if I’m feeling stressed.
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These both activities are so relaxing.
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Watching Youtube and eating chocolate always help for sure. Thanks for the other tips I will try them too.
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Thanks for reading.
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So many wonderful ideas here! I think my favorites are reading a book, baking, or working on my scrapbooks (my hobby). I’ve also started journaling recently and have been really liking that, too.
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I love journalling too. I love my bullet journal.
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A bath and a good book are my go-to stress relievers. There are so many great suggestions here!
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Thank you.
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Those are all great tips. A good movie never let me down. I am not crafty and can’t go there.
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Movies are great to distract.
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Thanks for the tip there are so many advice here, some of my favorite things to do when ever am overwhelmed or down is to Read my journal from the start, Sing off key while dancing and cleaning the house and Rewrite my plan.
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Wow. Journaling is so much fun too. I love reading mind too. Wish I could dance too.
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Lol I can not dance to save my life
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Yoga and Youtube are huge parts of my coping tool kit. It’s always good to have something to focus on when needed.
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Yoga has so many health benefits too.
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Great ideas! Music and art helps me the most, as well as beautiful nature if weather allows. Aroma works too but definitely less for me
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I too love nature. Looking at trees is so calming.
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such great tips, and a great resource list to keep on hand! My personal fave for a quick de-stress break is to work on a jigsaw puzzle for 5 minutes…
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Puzzles activate our mind and work as a great distraction.
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These are some great suggestions. My favourite is either enjoying a good book or getting my hands busy on a papercraft project.
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That’s great. Crafts and creativity boost up the mood.
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Love these suggestions! Good post x
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Thanks.
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It’s funny I ran into this because I was creating something similar yesterday, a list to be happy. It’s quite different from this list but anyway, I love all of your suggestions! I already do most of these things so I know these are awesome tips.
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Wow, that’s great. I would love to read your ideas too.
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Love the suggestions! Youtube is my all time favorite. I could spend hours on it.
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It’s so entertaining
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These are all wonderful ideas! I will keep them safe so I can return every time I feel stressed and down.
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I hope these ideas help you.
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Wow pretty cool and clean ideas. Very useful. I follow some in your list. Would be referring from now on.
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Thank you.
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Reading a book always helps me when I am stressed. There is something about getting lost in another reality that takes your mind off the stress!
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I love reading too.
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I love reading a book or watching funny videos on YouTube to unwind. My other favourite is listening to jazz or other soothing music.
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Music is love.
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The smell thing works so positively for me, especially during stressful time. A little touch of lavender oil does wonder for me.
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Same here Sophie.
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Those are some really great tips! I follow most of them when I am stressed out!!
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That’s great.
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Stress is part of our daily life so these are some great tips.
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I am glad that they are helpful.
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These are great tips and tricks to get a healthy mind set. I love some dark chocolate 🙂
Laura
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Awesome, me too.
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Pretty interesting list to ease one’s mind. Gonna try them out the next time I’m feeling anxious.
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Sure, try it and let me know if it is helping you.
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Thank you for such great advice how to manage the everyday stress. I love the use of crystals & relaxing music. Thank you!
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I am glad that helps you.
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Definitely needed this today!!! Thank you for posting and allowing us to start our day right
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I am glad that it helped you.
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Absolutely wonderful coping strategies for getting through stressful moments!
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Thank you
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This is very helpful! I have some friends who really need to know this! I woulddefinitely be sharing it
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Thank you.
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Great tips. Reading a book and taking a short walk always helps me.
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Me too.
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The toolbox is really compact and it has almost everything that is needed.
Thank you so much for sharing this information with all of us.
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Thank you.
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Watching greenery and listening to chirping birds is a best stress buster. That’s a nice easy to do list 🙂
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Thank you. Yes, they are pleasant to watch.
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Great suggestions! Sometimes it’s just the little things that can make a big difference.
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Great list. I will surely share this with my friends. 🙂
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Thank you
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Great suggestions. I also recommend working out. Releasing endorphins helps.
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It’s so good to see some of the things I do regularly whenever I need some ‘pick-me-up’
Greate tips and a beautiful reminder of the little necessities in life.
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I tend to distract myself by reading a nice book, or going for a walk.
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Great idea.
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I love to smell my favorite flowers like jasmine
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Yes, they are so calming.
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Haha such a long list and I agree to all of these. But what I do so often is watch youtube, read a book and use essential oils. It’s so effective..!
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That’s great.
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Honestly these are the basic things that one could be relieved from stress and depression and we fail to create our environment as such.This is a great reminder
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Thank you
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Much needed this! Great tips…
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Thank you
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Thank you.
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Definitely.
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Yes, sometimes they change the whole day.
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When I feel stressed, I do yoga with friends and dine outside.
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That’s great.
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Great ideas for pick me ups. I like that you present them as separate toolboxes.
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Thank you..
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thank you so much for this affirmations. I just updated my list to include this. Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks for reading.
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