Stress Management
I didn’t know much about stress management growing up, since I should have had a child’s therapist in 6th grade but I only had the school nun instead. I have anxiety, many disorders, or at the very least I’m always anxious. I also have OCD, C-PTSD, and schizoaffective. It means as a rapid cycling bipolar that I had better keep my emotions in check. As a psychic with ignorance about stress management, I feel like I have to control my feelings to an extent because I cannot let my lack of skill spill onto someone around me. Being an empath, I have an influence on other people because of my talent. Stress management for some people means putting things in perspective.
Sometimes stress can make you feel helpless with nothing getting better since the bills or whatever else keeps coming. Stress is kept under control by taking charge of your thoughts, lifestyle, and your emotions. Thoughts need to be mostly positive, with specific ways of cutting the negative thoughts from your mind. I know that my thoughts control my reality. Some people interested in the psychic would say that your thoughts are 100% responsible for creating your reality. But we mentally ill folks know better since we have many messed up thoughts that do not come true. In particular, if you have OCD.
OCD is a wacky illness because you have to make sure the stove is off over and over again despite intellectually knowing that the stove is off. High stress could cause you cancer, and other illnesses. I made the choice to take medication for my schizoaffective because I realized that I had more control over my emotions this way. A balanced life means that you manage your time properly, while identifying all sources of stress in your life. If you deal with a stressful person, that person needs to be dumped.
Stress is an important part of accepting responsibility because of creating and maintaining your responsibility for YOUR life. Stress journals could help you keep track of what kinds of stress you are dealing with if you write down what is causing you stress. Work can cause me stress sometimes, because of the “what do other people think of me?” factor. I get confused about this. I wonder why I give it so much weight. I know to keep my mouth shut about my family, as I lead a drama-free life since they live in Spain.
Stress is best dealt with when you know your limits. I cannot go back to school until I figure out what my real-school academic limits are. I simply can’t overload myself as I’m risking going back to alcoholism and caffeine addiction. At the very least, I will go back to chocolate. Someone who causes stress in your life is someone to avoid. At the very least, people whom express their anger do not stress me out. It is those who do not express if something bothers them that bother me. Sometimes you have to drop tasks that do not allow you to say no.
I’m working on accepting things I cannot change. Connecting to friends could reduce stress give or take who you connect with and if they are positive influences on your life. Relaxation practices such as yoga do help me a lot. Yoga has helped me my entire life since I started practicing it. Managing time and delegating projects also help you with stress. Saying no to people who push you past your limits is something delicate. Reducing caffeine and sugar helps you relax and sleep better. Getting enough sleep also helps you cut back on stress. These days, I am getting enough sleep compared to my sleeping habits during the school year. Learning to reduce stress in the moment by breathing through stress is what will help you the most.
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