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Stress And Emotions (How to control?)
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Stress and Emotions(How to Balance?)
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T k l f i i d b iTake control of your consistent emotions and begin to consciously and
deliberately reshape your daily experience of lifedeliberately reshape your daily experience of life.Anthony Robbins
Before we can see how stress affects ti l b l h tour emotional balance, we have to
understand what stress is.
Simply put, it is anything that interferes with the smooth
interrelationship we have with life.p
When we are faced with situations we are uncomfortable with and havewe are uncomfortable with and have doubt we can handle, we create
stress in our lives.
Is not the situation we are faced with, but our reaction to it that
creates the stresscreates the stress.
Emotions must also be understood. E‐motion, simply put, is energy in motion. It isE motion, simply put, is energy in motion. It is the feelings that drive us. Love. Hate. Joy. Sorrow. Reverence. These are all things we So o e e e ce ese a e a t gs efeel without conscious thought. It is how we handle them that matters. Emotion has the power to create physiological change and it is extremely important that we master our own y pemotions to create the changes we choose.
There are many events that we create stress about and most of them are with us inabout, and most of them are with us in
everyday life. Family relationships can set the stage for tremendous stress By family I notstage for tremendous stress. By family, I not only speak of the biological family, but the work family and the world family that wework family and the world family that we
relate to every day.
Other common stressors may include school, jobs, personal relationships and changes in our lives, such as marriage, divorce, and the
loss of a loved one.
Some of the causes are inherent in everyday life while others, such as acts of terrorism, are seen less often, but are no less a challenge to
our health and emotional balance.
The first thing we notice about stress is what it does to our physical bodiesit does to our physical bodies.
We create many obvious signs that show us when we need to relax and "de‐stress." Most often, the first thing we do is hold our breath
and tighten our muscles.
By doing this we block the energy in theBy doing this, we block the energy in the body and to the brain. This, over time,
creates physical ailments and distortions increates physical ailments and distortions in our thought processes that will need medical/
holistic interventionholistic intervention.
What do you do when you get stressed?
Do you find your neck aching and stiff?
Do you have headaches?
Are you unable to function?
There are many ways you will respond to stressful situations and each of you has yourstressful situations and each of you has your own unique ways of doing so.
What about the mind?What about the mind? Stress interferes with the natural use of the mind and its thought processes What you couldand its thought processes. What you could ordinarily do in ten minutes may take an hour. You may lose focus on what you're doing and be "somewhere else." You may become depressed or anxious about things you would normally love to do. Y l b l d Y fi dYour sleep patterns may be altered. You may find yourself in a circle of emotions that keeps going around and around with no apparent way outaround and around with no apparent way out.
Stress also affects the spiritual perspective. What was once taken for granted now becomeswas once taken for granted now becomes paramount. "Why is this happening?" is a very common question to those under stress. If there is a qbelief in a higher power, "Why is He/She doing this to me?" will be the question. Everyone wants to either blame something, or connect with that magical power that will save us and fix it for us.
What does this do to our emotional balance? It is very easy in the presence of stress to getIt is very easy in the presence of stress to get caught in a "loop" of emotions that keep us re‐acting We need to recognize when we arere‐acting. We need to recognize when we are caught up in this circle and act consciously to
create a more desirable situationcreate a more desirable situation.
For this we need to "Defuse" the stress we are creatingare creating.
Simple list of ways to do this.
1. Breathe and relax the body. Lack of air and blocked energy y gywill affect both your physical and mental/emotional being.
2 Pamper your emotional self This may well be the most2. Pamper your emotional self. This may well be the most important thing you will ever do for yourself!
S d i i h lk b h i h f b l kSpend time with nature. Walk on a beach, in the forest, by a lake. Take a bubble bath. Sit in a field and watch the birds. Listen to them; feel their presence. Listen to soothing musicListen to soothing music. Have a massage. Meditate. Spend time with friendsSpend time with friends. Meet with a spiritual advisor.
The list of ways to pamper yourself is endless, so find what it takes for you to relax and nourish your inner self. What makes you joyful and feel less stressed? Experiment.
Follow your heart; it will always, always lead you to what you need most at the time.
The emotional battle that stress creates is between the heart and the headbetween the heart and the head.
Listen to the heart and avoid the "chatter" you hear from the mindyou hear from the mind.
When you hear the thoughts that tell you that you "should" be doing anything other than what your heart tells you, evaluate the situation and choose to listen to your heart. It may be the most important choice you have
ever made.
We need to become aware of our reactions to stress and make new choices that will benefitstress and make new choices that will benefit
us in all ways.
Without this awareness the cycle of stress and unconscious reaction will continue toand unconscious reaction will continue to
rule our lives.
With awareness we can make new choices, and act instead of re‐act in patterns of old,
destructive behavior.
Take the time.
Make the time to become familiar with your reaction to uncomfortable situations andreaction to uncomfortable situations and
become the master of them.
You have a choice.
You can let them continue to rule you or you can take back your power and live in harmonycan take back your power and live in harmony
with life.
