Edited by Josh W., Imperatrix, Ben Rubenstein, Craig Burrows MBE and 151 others
Knowing how to relax is vital for ensuring your health and well-being, as well as restoring the passion and joy in your life. Allowing stress to affect you can lead to depression, illness, weight gain and a general sense of malcontent(['mælkəntent], người không bằng lòng; người bất mãn; người bất bình). Here's how to get your anxiety under control and relax.
Steps
Part One: Accepting Stress
1. Recognize stress. Obviously, some stress is good for us — it adds interest, excitement and motivation to life, in the right balance.[1] It is when the level of stress in your life causes you to put up with(chịu đựng, kiên nhẫn chịu đựng; tha thứ) things that are harming or distressing(làm lo âu, làm lo lắng) you constantly that you risk sliding into (rơi vào, sa ngã )being too stressed. You could be too stressed if:
All you do and think about is work, non-stop. It might be your own business, a career, a salaried position, a stay-at-home mom or -dad position, or anything else that is soaking ([souk] )up your time and life one hundred percent, and this over-concentration is leaving you passionless, disappointed, unhappy, and unfulfilled.
You experience constant body tension(tình trạng căng thẳng), including headaches, neck aches, back aches, and general soreness.[2]
You're often irritable(dễ cáu; cáu kỉnh), short-tempered, and perhaps unable to focus on completing tasks. Trivial things (những điều trong cuộc sống bình thường hằng ngày) set you off easily.
You feel as if you have too much going on and that you can't hop off (vượt khỏi) the merry-go-round. (vòng quay lẩn quẩn)
Your sleep is a battlefield (bãi chiến trường lộn xộn) and you wake up feeling less rested rather than refreshed. Insomnia has become your norm (thói wen) rather than an unusual event.
You're eating too much or too little. Or, you are choosing unhealthy food options.
You can't remember the last time you