Stress

“Stress is supposed to help us, so what's going wrong?.” - Dave Hyldig

What is stress?

Stress is anything that causes your system to adapt to a challenge.

While some amount of stress is normal and positive as it can cause us to learn and grow, too much stress can be dangerous to your health.

Without proper management of your own stress levels you may experience substantial negative affects on your neurology, psychology and physiology. 

Stress can even create high blood pressure and reduced overall health.

Low lying consistent stress like many of us are experiencing during difficult times in life can cause an adrenaline trickle that does not get used up in a typical fight or flight response. 

Added tension from this kind of stress reduces your energy level and your ability to cope with the regular ups and downs of life.

What benefits can we get from finding ways to let go of unnecessary stress?

By reducing stress you may notice you can sleep better, get sick less often, get better faster if you do get sick, have less muscle tension, be in a better mood and get along better with family and friends.

OK so how do we get rid of bad stress?

1. Breathing exercises

The way we breathe effects our stress levels. Whether it's stress anxiety or pain, breathing is an easy way to change your state in less than a minute!

My favorite way to get this benefit is with 3 to 5 "sniff sniff ahh breaths".

Two quick full breaths in through the nose and a long out breath.

This activates the parasympathetic nervous system and puts our body in the rest and digest mode.

This has been popularized by Andrew Huberman - Neuroscientist at Stanford University.

Huberman also mentions Non Sleep Deep Rest as a major benefit which I will get to later with the subject of Hypnosis for reducing stress.

2. Change what you are thinking about

Perseverating on difficulties will keep stresses going. If you are trying to tackle something difficult it can be a good idea to take breaks as we can think better when we aren't so amped up!

The conscious mind can only hold 7-10 thins at a time so if you direct your attention to other things in a substantial way you can change how you are feeling. Thin is why grounding exercises work.

It's best if you use things from different senses. Things you see, hear and feel for example.

3. Move your body

Moving your body with a bit of physical exercise or even just a substantial posture change can help too.

Go for a walk and get some fresh air and notice the different sensory information as you go.

Another of my favorites is a posture change.

Throw your hands above your head and pump them up and down like you just won a race. This fools your body into thinking you must have something to celebrate and it changes how you feel.

4. Hypnosis makes all this easier

Hypnosis for therapeutic change is called Hypnotherapy.

Because stress is an unconscious behavior, hypnosis can be a very powerful tool to address it.

I can help you can notice whenever stress is building up, and then you can find yourself unconsciously rolling out these beneficial behaviors and feel better and get things done without feeling so stressed!

I can help you with this through Hypnosis and I can teach you self-hypnosis so you can take these amazing skills with you for the rest of your life and be able to change your state of mind whenever you need it.

Click the image to get a free hypnosis audio recording to experience it for yourself!