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Handling Stress

Okay, so you feel you are stressed, but what’s causing it? If you have become immune to the feeling of being stressed then you know that you are probably are really stressed. It is important to remember that stress does not come from just one source, so this means that you need to find out the sources of your stress.

One way to do this effectively is by way of a personal journal. Many people have found that their writing and journals give them amazing insight into where their stress comes from and they even begin to discover how to deal with it on their own. They are also able to see the symptoms that it is causing them to suffer from.

Your total stress comes many different factors and these factors build up over a period of time. These may continue over weeks, months and years. You will find that a journal is a great way to deal with this stress. By keeping a journal you can release all the anger, frustration and stress that has built up over the day. You can then look back over the journal and determine those areas that need to be dealt with.

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Forms of Patience

Part of my challenge has been learning patience and as I learn about this I thought I should share this with you.

At one end of the scale patience can take the form of the passive act of waiting without agitation or complaint.

However patience can be linked to action - the painstaking completion of a laborious task or the relentless pursuit of a goal.

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Pleasing People - part 2

Well lets continue sharing the experiences of a people pleaser.

It’s painful being a people pleaser - believe me, I know!

People pleasers are not only very sensitive to other people’s feelings, and often take things personally, but they also rarely focus on themselves.

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Pleasing People

One of the earliest things that I had to overcome on my personal growth path was the ability to say no.

It wasn’t just simply like a young tyke refusing to do something.

It wasn’t falling to floor in the mall screaming and throwing my arms and legs all over the place.

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DEALING WITH PANIC ATTACKS

- part 3

Continuing on from the previous posts - today is the final part

Aromatherapy is often recommended to help in dealing with panic and anxiety. Lavender is recognized as having an especially calming and soothing effect when you smell it. You can find essential oil of lavender at many stores. Keep it handy and take a sniff when you start feeling anxious.

Try putting a few drops of lavender essence oil into some oil (olive or grape seed oil will do) and rub on your body.

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DEALING WITH PANIC ATTACKS - part 2

Continuing on from the previous post - today is part 2

If you daily voluntarily seek to have a panic attack, you cannot have one.

Try in this very moment to have a panic attack and I will guarantee you cannot. You may not realize it but you have always decided to panic. You make the choice by saying this is beyond my control whether it be consciously or sub-consciously.

Another way to appreciate this is to imagine having a panic attack as like standing on a cliff’s edge. The anxiety seemingly pushes you closer to falling over the edge. To be rid of the fear you must metaphorically jump. You must jump off the cliff edge and into the anxiety and fear and all the things that you fear most.

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DEALING WITH PANIC ATTACKS

(part 1)

A friend of mine who is also undertaking personal growth and self improvement recently asked me a question that got me thinking.

The question was with going outside your comfort zone do you ever panic. This got me thinking about being comfortable about being uncomfortable and where do “Panic Attacks” fit in the picture.

If you have panic attacks, it may help to comfort you that you are not alone! You’re not even one in a million. In America, it is estimated that almost 5% of the population suffer from some form of anxiety disorder.

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