Staying Calm During Stressful Situations

The past year and a half has stressed everyone throughout the world. No matter how good your coping mechanisms are, there has been an impact on our mental health globally. Experiencing the pandemic has made us: anxious, depressed, and traumatized. Some of us are lonely. The effects of the pandemic are reflective of your personality, lifestyle, and demographics. Disadvantaged groups have been challenged more by the pandemic and our work situation also factors into how stressed we have become.

Staying calm, has become of even greater importance as we gradually work our way out of this pandemic.

“When adversity strikes, that’s when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on.” – LL Cool J.

Research has proven that those who can remain calm in challenging situations are much more successful in all that they do. It’s the person who remains calm, who stays in control of any challenging situations that they may encounter. Staying calm when you are not in a challenging situation is important as well, because anxiety is cumulative. So even if you are not in a challenging situation, if you have been in one and not felt in control, then you have already built up stress from the situation and you will carry it with you. That’s why it is so important to find the activities and strategies that work best for you to calm yourself. When you identify that you are feeling stressed, these activities and strategies should be your go-to tool in your toolbox to help you destress and reduce the build of stress in your body.

“Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.” – Zig Ziglar

When you are feeling stressed and anxious; breathe, admit that you are anxious and angry, challenge your thoughts, release the anxiety and anger, visualize yourself calm, think the situation through, change your focus, relax your body. Then choose your customized calming tool that you know works for you.

Annie Lennox offered ideas from her listeners on her August 9th, 2021, Vlog (7) Watch | Facebook. We also asked people on Facebook what they do to stay calm. Here is a list that combines the suggestions from both forums. Please feel free to choose the ones that help you to remain calm or calm down if you are stressed.

Get some fresh air Meditation

Go for a walk Do some deep breathing

Read the Psalms in the Bible Journal your feelings

Play the piano, or any other instrument

Have a cup of coffee Watch a nature TV channel

Chant Cloud watch

Pray Have a cup of tea

Feel gratitude Create art

Eat Nutella Go to the gym Watch birds Ride horses

Garden Paint

Do photography Light candles Stroke pets Do crossword puzzles Sit under a tree Hug a tree

Go to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Be in nature Cook Swim Sleep Bake Drink wine Sing along to the radio Dance Play solitaire Draw Exercise

Do stretches Be mindful

Turn off your cell phone Escape from all electronics

Drink lots of water Read a calming book

Visit nature Colour in your colouring book Do an act of kindness Take a short break Don’t sweat the small stuff Eat ice-cream

Try to understand why you are anxious Cut out a new quilt

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