4 Easy And Practical Ways To Reduce Stress The Daily Positive

Here are four easy and practical ways to reduce stress:

1. Change your perspective.

One simple step is to manage the way we think. When we are in a stressful situation, we should take a step back and view the situation from a different perspective. Are there lessons to be learned? Is there a new way we can approach the stress in our lives? What do we have control over that we can positively change? Monitoring our attitudes will help us reduce stress.

2. Take a break.

Whether it’s our work or personal life that causes stress, we need to make time to separate ourselves and take breaks. We can call off for the day or

get a sitter for the kids to relax and do something fun. We can even use our breaks to practice changing our perspective! We need time away or the stress will continue to grow.

Buzfeed.com created this graphic that offers great advice for things to do when we need to take a break.

3. Communicate.

When someone asks, “How are you doing?” we quickly answer “fine” or “good.” But we must allow ourselves to communicate our stress to each other to feel a sense of release. There’s a fine line between venting and oversharing, but it is freeing to express our negative feelings. I don’t know about you, but I always feel better after talking things through with someone I can trust.

4. Don’t isolate yourself.

Introverts need time alone, but whether we are introverted or extroverted, we can’t respond to stress by isolating ourselves from the world. Spending too much time alone can convince us our lives are worse than they are. We get caught up in negative thoughts that can create a downward spiral. Make an effort to find a healthy balance of time alone and time to socialize.

How do you respond to stress?

Original article and pictures take http://thedailypositive.com/4-practical-ways-reduce-stress/ site


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