When you are faced with stressful situations like work demands, family issues, or coping with illness, you tend to feel anxious, overwhelmed, and panicky.
You ask yourself the 'what if' questions, which make your mind wander, and escalate the situation in your mind that may never happen. "What if I don't get the right medication?" or "what if I don't get my job back?", you create your conclusions in your mind, being calm is the last thing at that moment.
However, you'll not want that situation to dominate your life, so here are 5 sure ways to help you remain calm during moments like this.
1. Use Your Breathing Power
In stressful situations sometimes you feel you're losing your breath or feel a rapid heartbeat, you have no idea how to remain calm or relax.
This is when you need to just breathe, take a deep breath through your nose then breathe out through the mouth (breathe in calm, breathe out stress), continue for ten minutes while repeating the breathing pattern and after a few minutes, you will feel relieved.
2. Take a Walk
Step out, there is nothing as relaxing as fresh air, take a few minutes to walk around the garden, a park, or the beach, a cool environment, will help you relax.
Distract your mind from negative thoughts. Enjoy the beauty of the universe and you'll feel calm.
3. Focus on the Positive
Feeling overwhelmed during stressful situations can create a feeling of panic and anxiety, try to remain calm and avoid a negative attitude.
4. Get Some Rest
Stressing situations will burn you out. Take some moments off work, emails, social media, or news channels, and do something you love like watching your favorite movie or dancing to your favorite music.
Getting some good night's sleep will help your brain recharge and you'll wake up energized.
5. Surround Yourself with Positive People
You don't want to feel more pressed with your worries and emotions by locking yourself up or staying in isolation. Instead, meet up with trusted friends or relatives, and make them your support system.
People with a positive impact on your life will see your situation in a different light and help you find the right solution.
Conclusion
Whatever stressful moment you find yourself in, master the art of remaining calm. It might not be easy but it's possible.
Panic and anxiety will escalate the situation and create more problems for either your health or your general performance.
