Stress by Dave-F.
- Write it down. Acknowledging your worry takes away its obsessive power. So make a list of what’s bugging you.
- Say a prayer. Ask God for help, patience and the strength to get through your troubles.
- Do something. Clean out your closet, reorganize a room, write a letter or make a phone call you’ve been putting off. You’ll feel better just getting something done.
- Read. A book about someone else’s troubles (to take your mind off your own), something uplifting or funny, or even a self-help book for advice.
- Take a break. For 10-15 minutes, sit with your eyes closed in a quiet spot. Mentally make a list of blessings in your life; good health, plenty of food in the fridge, friends and family, nice weather, anything you can think of.
- Take a walk. Movement is action. With any luck the exercise will clear your mind and raise your endorphin levels at the same time. Getting out in the sun will lift your spirits too.
- Let it go. For a day or even just a few hours, do something you enjoy. Try to refresh your mind and see things in a new light. Don’t worry – your problems will still be there when you get back.
- Ask for help. Ask your spouse, friend, sibling or Internet buddy for ideas on how to get past the obstacles in your life. It’ll remind you that others have gotten through the same problems before and hopefully give you some useful advice.
This is a timely article for me, because I’ve had a lot of worries on my mind lately. This is no cure-all, but at the very least it should give you a little breathing room and enable you to step back from your problems so you don’t panic. When you’re ready, find a problem from your list and attack it. It’s amazing how much better you’ll feel when just one annoying issue is gone.
Nice tips good advice.
I am all for giving the tough stuff over to God. Sometimes I have trouble letting go, but He almost always gives me the strength if I just let Him!
Nice list. It has a nice balance between taking action and reflection/taking a break/letting it go, etc.
Jean Browman
Cheerful Monk
Transforming Stress Into Personal Power
Love that you included asking for help on your list. I’m finding a near-epidemic in my workshops of people who CAN’T ask for help because they were raised to believe our cultural value that asking for help is a weakness.
Hope you’ll take a look at my book on the subject – Help Is Not a Four-Letter Word: Why Doing It All Is Doing You In, published by McGraw Hill. It’s got 3 chapters of solutions!!
Thanks,
Peggy Collins
http://www.helpisnotafourletterword.com
pjcollins@earthlink.net
Yes. I truly believe that happiness can be taught and that it’s something that you can get with Gratitude. Generating Gratitude Energy should be a habitual exercise. It’s a bit difficult at first, But once you get in the flow, many other benefits will follow. Not just contentment, but abundance as well.
May your days be filled with Gratitude Energy ;-D
-U
Nice guide, really removed my stress!
Thanks..worry can be a real vampire in our lives, and it’s needless to say that, all of us have too many of them. So them are ok, but most of them are unnecessary, and add stress in our lives.
I will definitely take follow your tips and hopefully others will find them helpful as well
Thanks for all of your comments and suggestions. While re-reading it realized that I could really follow a few of these ideas myself. Glad to think that some of these ideas might have helped someone else.
Great tips, really positive, helpful and practical.
I’m collecting examples of things that help with worry and anxiety, so you might like to take a look at my new blog too.
http://generalisedanxietydisorder.wordpress.com/
Many thanks and look forward to reading you in the future.
life, isnt fear
hi
I really thank and appreciate it big time
great work.
keep the good work 
I have absolutely no words , just “your article helped”
all smiles
regards
Hemraj Mathkar
Thanks for stopping by Hemraj. It makes me smile to know someone get’s even a moment’s use out of my words. Have a great day.
Over the period of time I have my self seen most worries just evaporate with time. And a few left us with lessons for life which we call experience.
With experience comes sound judgement and ability of discrimination of good and bad.
Rather then worrying we should face problems head on. If we are worrying in anticipation of future event then its just our own intelligence of leaving it for a while and focusing on present can save us.
Dinesh
My grandad died and i cant get it out of my mind! I keep crying in class and in bed cos of it!
Aimee,
So sorry to hear about your loss. There is no easy way to get over the grief you feel over a loved one passing. Just know it is perfectly okay to be upset. You’ll be in my thoughts and prayers.
..thank u for the tips it reaaly helps a lot…
Thank you for your great tips and it will work really well. Simple tip to get rid of worries and anxiety. GUD……….. Keep going.
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i like to think of tasks and worries as sand in an hourglass, the sand drops down to the other half of the hourglass evenly and 1 at a time, if more than 1 goes down at a time the hourglass breaks therefore take it slow, 1 task at a time and dont worry about tomorrow, the present is the only thing u need to worry about. live a full life!