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Tag: stress
a masterpost to help you feel better and get through the day.
distract yourselfstatic noise / background sounds (helps you focus / feel less overloaded – I can’t study without this stuff)
simply noise
my noise
rainy mood
nature sounds
jazz and rain
rainy cafelots of things to do
writing, painting, makeup, body care, even movies master post
musical squares
lucid dream
learn a new language
make your own mind palace!!
draw a nebula
make your own font
learn something new
fun sites to visit
bubble wrap game
answer questions to buy rice to help end hunger!
get a hug from a nice person
microwave mug snackswatch something
ultimate teen movie master post 80s – today
bbc sherlock
granada sherlock holmes
pretty little liars
hannah montana
ellen best momentslisten to music
tom hiddleston’s song of the day masterpost
my personal “tunes” tagwhen you are sadadisri’s tag
abby’s tag
cierra’s tag
my taganxiety
play with sand
chill out
zen garden (video)
managing stress
social anxiety tips
anti anxiety masterpost
the quiet place
the dawn room
tour of the stars
identifying your type of anxiety
how to cope with a panic attack
anti anxiety foods
make a thought diary
dealing with panic attacks and anxiety (video)
mental illness help appsdepression
how to overcome emotional numbness
coping with depression
natural depression treatments
which antidepressant should you ask for?
depression test (not 100% accurate)insomnia
tips to beating insomnia
understanding insomnia
when to fall asleep according to sleep cycles (helps you feel more awake later)
tips for falling asleep quicklyself harm
alternatives to self harm
if you already have, here’s how to care for injuries
understand self harm and how to stop
butterfly project (self harm prevention)
tips for stopping cutting
how to fade and cover scars
how to explain scars (avoid talking about visible scars)
just relapsed? read this.
need to see blood? cut a white screen.eating disorders
different eating disorders explained
why you should try to recover
feeling bloated?
preventing relapse
why you need to eat
learn to love your body
recovering from bulimia
don’t put yourself down
how to boost your confidence
self love
loose weight the healthy way (blogilates youtube – great workout, healthy eating, and self improvement channel)suicidal
countries (outside of US) suicide hotline list
suicide hotline list (includes US as well as other countries)
talk with someone or help someone!
online suicide prevention – talk it out online
how to help someone who is suicidal
reasons to live
100 reasons NOT to commit suicideabuse
healthy vs. unhealthy relationship boundaries
abuse hotlines
understand that sexual abuse is not your fault
understand that physical abuse is not your fault
how to move on from sexual abuse
understanding domestic violence and abuse
how to escape an abusive relationship safely
after silence (support for victims of abuse)
do you think someone you love is being abused?
healing and overcoming abuse
speaking out after abuseptsd
help guide for ptsd
help guide for ptsd 2 (similar to 1 with more extensive self-help tips)
how to help someone with ptsd
10 tips for understanding someone with ptsd
coping with ptsdasking for help
telling people how you are feeling
how to tell someone about your anxiety
how to ask for helprestoring your faith in the world
random acts of kindness caught on film (video)
real life heroes (video)
giving servers $200 tips (video)
paying for people’s groceries (video)
faith restoring
in case you forgot the world is a gorgeous place (video)other master posts that may be helpful (:
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Holiday Gatherings With Family: Tips for Holiday Stress and Anxiety
For many, the biggest source of holiday stress is family – the family dinner, the obligations, and the burden of family tradition. WebMD offers tips on ways to prepare yourself and cope better with family obligations and holidays this season.
Holiday Gatherings With Family: Tips for Holiday Stress and Anxiety
Most people get that stress contributes to the most common —and most threatening — health problems, including biggies such as cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. But what you might not realize is that recent research shows that stress affects nearly every system in the body, often in unexpected ways…
Coloring Isn’t Just For Kids. It Can Actually Help Adults Combat Stress.
Coloring is an activity that we tend to associate with children. As we grow older, we put aside our crayons and colored pencils in favor of more respectable writing utensils like pens and highlighters. However, it turns out coloring can be beneficial for adults – namely for its de-stressing power.
The practice generates wellness, quietness and also stimulates brain areas related to motor skills, the senses and creativity…
Coloring Isn’t Just For Kids. It Can Actually Help Adults Combat Stress.
Healing Anxiety or a Broken Heart: The Tools Are the Same
I’ve accepted yet another invitation from my teacher, and will be heading out on a new journey, one that takes this place of love and light and suffering – the heart center – as a starting point, and charts the course of movement, breath, and aware…
How Proper Self Care Can Reduce Your Stress
With our busy lives, we sometimes forget to prioritize self care. However, taking care of yourself and pampering yourself on a regular basis is an important for stress management, your physical health and your emotional wellbeing. Learn more about why self care is important for health and stress management, and find some easy self care strategies…
Stressed Out: Americans Tell Us About Stress In Their Lives
NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health conducted a poll in March and early April to find out how stress is affecting people in the U.S. Here’s what we found.
Not surprisingly, people with poor health, chronic illnesses or who are disabled have the most stress.
Seriously though, it’s interesting to look at the various breakdowns of things, and how having any sort of illness or condition affects one’s stress levels exponentially.
Things to Do When You’re Anxious, Scared, or Just Need a Distraction
weave silk is my favorite and seed plant breeder is super fun.
These are all wonderful.
The Extra Burdens Faced by Young People with Chronic Illness
From years of writing about chronic pain and illness, I’ve learned that young people carry several extra burdens, especially when their disability is invisible (as is more often the case than not). This piece focuses on young people, although some of its points apply to people of any age, depending on their circumstances. … read more
The Extra Burdens Faced by Young People with Chronic Illness
Holding the Bowl 