What to do about stress

What is stress?

What causes you stress?

How do you feel when you are stressed?

What helps you get rid of stress?

Ideas to try

• Take deep breaths
• Go for a walk
• Talk to someone
• Draw or color
• Visualization
• Listen to music
• Squeeze a stress ball

Deep Breathing

Go for a walk

Talk to someone

Draw or Color

Visualization

Listen to music

What else?

Sleep and stress

How much sleep should you get?

What gets in the way?

How can you get better sleep?

Sleep hygiene

• Sounds
• Sight
• Smells
• Taste
• Touch

Sounds

• Use white noise such as a fan
• Turn off TV

Sight

• Keep room dark
• No screen time for 1 hour before sleep
• Turn off phone

Smells

• Clean sheets (wash at least once a week)
• Lavender
• Cut down on dust, pollen, molds that cause allergies by vacuuming, cleaning

Taste

• No caffeine in evening
• No spicy foods
• No heavy meal right before bed
• Milk, turkey, nuts, eggs have tryptophan

Touch

• Room at 65 degrees
• Feel of your sheets and pillow
• If you are hot, take a warm shower to cool down
• Use a fan if you like the breeze

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Social Media

Social Media

Social Media