Addicted to Drama and Pain? 5 Ways to Stress Proof Your Life

I grew up with lots of stress, on a day to day basis. It became a natural feeling to have stress buttons on alert and positioned to fire. In the beginning, it made me feel vulnerable to release the hair trigger stress buttons, and bring them to a neutral position. As a child, my body had been accustomed to stress chemicals, and I was addicted to their toxic high. Follow my formula below, that I found to create a way back to health, and manage my stress.
*Commit. Make a commitment to be present throughout your day, and take your reactions off auto-pilot. In order to change you must learn your stress buttons, and acknowledge how stressed you are.
*Learn. Enroll yourself in a stress management class. This could be a breathing class or yoga class. You must lean how to allow yourself to relax and make it a new habit.
*Change. To invite change into your life you must be committed and want to accomplish change. It takes 21 days to create a new habit. It will not happen without awareness of what you want and a commitment to make it happen.
*Accomplish. Find a role model for what you would like to accomplish it will help you to stay focused. Chances are if you have always been stressed, overwhelmed and a constant worrier, you will find those people around you as friends, family and co-workers. You will need a role model who is not your normal friendship.
*Succeed. You will find you life becoming healthier, happier, and more successful than you ever dreamed.
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© copyright by Annie B Lawrence, Ph.D, CHT. Author of Love's Secret Live Your Life In Love, and co-author of 101 Ways to Improve Your Health. Love's Secret was awarded Finalist in Self Help Relationship by USA Book News.
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