You're stressed, what do you do?
Do you notice yourself getting stressed, or do you take it for granted that this is part of daily life?
Are you perhaps addicted to a bit of stress, and maybe wouldn't feel like 'you' without it - an interesting thought.
Signs of stress = increased heart rate, and blood pressure, shallow breathing, sweating (in extreme cases), loss of appetite, or overeating, worrying (a symptom, and a cause of stress), hyperactivity, emotional outbursts, crying, losing temper often, irritability, etc.
Do you recognise any or all of these? Of course you do, so do I.
The point is: Do you accept them as part of normal life?
You don't have to!
If you can actually be bothered to do some practice, on your own, or with a teacher, you will usually find that you feel 'more' relaxed afterwards.
On a scale of one to ten, one being complete relaxation, where are you now on the stress arc?
An interesting thing to do, just for the sake of experiment, is to get yourself as relaxed as possible, using Yoga ideally, and then do something that under normal circumstances would make you stressed. Watch yourself in this situation, be more mindful of it.
A normal (?) scenario could be; you think of doing something that may make you feel uncomfortable. Then the thought processes kick in - "Ohh, I don't like it, I don't wanna do that." These type of thoughts compound the problem. These type of thoughts affect the nervous system, because you are now telling yourself something, and the body is doing its job and responding to it.
It would be just as easy to say; " I don't like this, but I"m gonna watch myself and see what happens." Take a deep breath and step into it!
Just a slight calibration of the thought mechanism. You are now thinking consciously, instead of letting old programmes run your life for you.
Please - stop complaining..... and act.
More simply - can you be bothered to live?
Do you notice yourself getting stressed, or do you take it for granted that this is part of daily life?
Are you perhaps addicted to a bit of stress, and maybe wouldn't feel like 'you' without it - an interesting thought.
Signs of stress = increased heart rate, and blood pressure, shallow breathing, sweating (in extreme cases), loss of appetite, or overeating, worrying (a symptom, and a cause of stress), hyperactivity, emotional outbursts, crying, losing temper often, irritability, etc.
Do you recognise any or all of these? Of course you do, so do I.
The point is: Do you accept them as part of normal life?
You don't have to!
If you can actually be bothered to do some practice, on your own, or with a teacher, you will usually find that you feel 'more' relaxed afterwards.
On a scale of one to ten, one being complete relaxation, where are you now on the stress arc?
An interesting thing to do, just for the sake of experiment, is to get yourself as relaxed as possible, using Yoga ideally, and then do something that under normal circumstances would make you stressed. Watch yourself in this situation, be more mindful of it.
A normal (?) scenario could be; you think of doing something that may make you feel uncomfortable. Then the thought processes kick in - "Ohh, I don't like it, I don't wanna do that." These type of thoughts compound the problem. These type of thoughts affect the nervous system, because you are now telling yourself something, and the body is doing its job and responding to it.
It would be just as easy to say; " I don't like this, but I"m gonna watch myself and see what happens." Take a deep breath and step into it!
Just a slight calibration of the thought mechanism. You are now thinking consciously, instead of letting old programmes run your life for you.
Please - stop complaining..... and act.
More simply - can you be bothered to live?
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