Hello folks, here is today’s topic, dealing with stress. I believe that there are 2 types of stress, removable and permanent. Here are some of my personal examples of removable and permanent stressors that are in my life currently, and how I plan on dealing with them.
Removable Stressor #1: Driving anxiety.
You know when you’re driving, and I don’t mean Miss Daisy style, you’ve got the music pumped, your flying on the highway and then… you hear the sound of a siren. Oh F@&#!! You slam on the brake and quickly look in your rear view mirror for the cop riding your ass to pull you over. There’s no cop, it was in the song you were listening to. REMOVABLE stressor!
Solution: Either you can slow down (yawn), or you can write a letter to the lovely Rhianna and let her know that her songs are causing inner turmoil and please stop putting sirens in your songs. Thank you, I love you so much.
Removable Stressor #2: Running late for work because you can’t pick an outfit out.
Haven’t we all been there? You get up, spend just that extra bit of time doing your hair, or your make up, or cuddling with your cat, or dancing in front of the mirror, or recalling a conversation you had yesterday. Whatever reason, you leave getting dressed to the last minute, you put on the clothes and damnit, the first, second, third, and fourth outfits don’t look good today. I generally scream at this point and come home to a giant mess!
Solution: Obviously picking out your outfit the night before helps, but come on; it’s not going to happen. The real solution: Empty out that closet and dresser and spend the time picking what you want to wear. Is your work really going to stop if you’re an extra ten minutes behind? Why get so worked up! Just tell your boss that your heel broke and you had to go change your shoes! For any of my co-workers reading this, you can't use my line!
Permanent Stressor #1: I believe in my life I only have one true-life long stressor. My health.
For those of you who don’t know I have a random, very exciting, blood clotting disease. Which from time to time can cause me some issues. Needless to say, a lot of my stress stems from this. How do I cope with it? Well upbeat readers, not very well, ha, but given the life changing road I am on, I’ve come up with a solution to cope which I thought I would share with you!
Solution: Booze and drugs!! Ha no I’m kidding, kind of.. No seriously, the real answer: Deep breathing. Have you ever noticed that whenever you are really worked up, simply clearing your mind for 30 seconds and focusing only on your breath calms the nerves, the anxiety slows and you can think logically?
I have recently found my new favorite yoga teacher. I do private lessons with her (yes you can too, just ask me) and it is truly amazing how, even though she likely has no idea, she is helping me break through tension I didn’t even realize was there. Through the last few sessions I have noticed a lot of intense emotions coming out. Emotions that I didn’t feel I was capable of having, given that I am the ice queen.
Which, my friends, brings me to the lesson of today’s blog. While I suggest that everyone go see my dear friend, the yoga instructor, I realize not everyone is into yoga. I believe that as long as you are able to find an outlet for you to sit with your emotions in a calm and peaceful state you can break through anything.
So, besides the alcoholic girls night out binge, Yoga is my release, what’s yours?
Stay strong my friends, drink Dos Equis, Namaste.
No comments:
Post a Comment