Pat and stress

[Guest guest]

Oh, Pat, you have my complete sympathy! I used to work with a battered

women's shelter and I know what you mean about stress-related ailments!! Ouch!!

 

My three (3) favorite " healthy " ways of dealing with stress (the midnight

runs for Dove bars don't count since they weren't healthy, LOL!) are:

 

(1) Hot baths before going to bed! Either a long hot bath with essential

oils mixed with epsom salts mixed in the water or a hot soak for just the

feet but it really helped.

 

(2) Making a recording of a soothing song, over and over and over again,

then playing it when I wanted to sleep. The soundof the repetition allowed

my brain to " shut off " and let go of the day's worries, allowing me to

sleep. Otherwise I tossed and turned thinking about the day's events and

what I needed to do the next day.

 

(3) Carrying bottles of essential oils in my purse to work then taking

" stress breaks " during the day when I'd take my phone off the hook a few

minutes, close the door to my office, visualize something nice (like a place

I'd previously visited on vacation or imagining Russell Crowe naked, LOL!)

and inhaling deeply of the essential oils.

 

Just do your best NOT to carry your work home. I would often stay at the

office until late into the night but I refused to carry files home because

that violated " the sanctity " of my home and brought negative energy home

with me.

 

I don't know if any of this will work for you (not everyone is " into "

Russell Crowe, LOL!) but I hope it helps a little.

 

The absolute best thing for me was deep tissue massage but, unfortunately,

that gets expensive.

 

I have made it a habit to massage myself while watching TV or otherwise

alone and free to work with my hands but there's no substitute for the

relief you get from stress at the hands of a professional massage therapist!!

 

- Anna

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 05:11 PM 12/29/02 -0800, Pat wrote:

>I'm originally from Oklahoma but I'm stuck in southern

>Indiana right now. This is really not where I want to

>be and needless to say I'm under a lot of stress. So,

>I have a great amount of stress related ailments, but

>I'm working on them. :-)

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Hi Anna,

Thanks for the suggestions. They are all very good,

but Russell Crowe just doesn't do a thing for me. LOL

And as far as not taking my work home with me, that's

kinda tricky. My work is as home. LOL

But, the rest of your suggestions are very doable.

Thanks,

pat

--- Anna <aljuarez wrote:

> Oh, Pat, you have my complete sympathy! I used to

> work with a battered

> women's shelter and I know what you mean about

> stress-related ailments!! Ouch!!

>

> My three (3) favorite " healthy " ways of dealing with

> stress (the midnight

> runs for Dove bars don't count since they weren't

> healthy, LOL!) are:

>

> (1) Hot baths before going to bed! Either a long hot

> bath with essential

> oils mixed with epsom salts mixed in the water or a

> hot soak for just the

> feet but it really helped.

>

> (2) Making a recording of a soothing song, over and

> over and over again,

> then playing it when I wanted to sleep. The soundof

> the repetition allowed

> my brain to " shut off " and let go of the day's

> worries, allowing me to

> sleep. Otherwise I tossed and turned thinking about

> the day's events and

> what I needed to do the next day.

>

> (3) Carrying bottles of essential oils in my purse

> to work then taking

> " stress breaks " during the day when I'd take my

> phone off the hook a few

> minutes, close the door to my office, visualize

> something nice (like a place

> I'd previously visited on vacation or imagining

> Russell Crowe naked, LOL!)

> and inhaling deeply of the essential oils.

>

> Just do your best NOT to carry your work home. I

> would often stay at the

> office until late into the night but I refused to

> carry files home because

> that violated " the sanctity " of my home and brought

> negative energy home

> with me.

>

> I don't know if any of this will work for you (not

> everyone is " into "

> Russell Crowe, LOL!) but I hope it helps a little.

>

> The absolute best thing for me was deep tissue

> massage but, unfortunately,

> that gets expensive.

>

> I have made it a habit to massage myself while

> watching TV or otherwise

> alone and free to work with my hands but there's no

> substitute for the

> relief you get from stress at the hands of a

> professional massage therapist!!

>

> - Anna

>

 

 

 

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