When I am in a stressful situation, I need to take a minute and calm myself down before it turns into anything. Throughout my first year here at New Tech, I have been very stressed! It probably doesn’t help that I am a naturally anxious person but nevertheless, I need to practice coping with my anxiety. This year I have been working on stepping back, taking deep breaths, and calming down when I start to feel stressed. So far, I have only done this successfully once or twice. Often, when you are in a stressful situation you can’t think straight, so it is quite difficult to do this.
My mom also deals with anxiety so she has taught me a couple tricks. One that she taught me that I have noticed works is using your five senses. You count five things you can see, four sounds you can hear, three things you can feel, two fragrances you can smell, and one thing you can taste. This trick helps ground you and bring your mind back from spinning. According to the ADAA, laughing lowers stress hormones and strengthens the immune system by releasing health-enhancing hormones. This means that if you are feeling stressed, once you have started to calm yourself down, you should get a friend to make you laugh or just to keep you company and make you feel better.
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