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Advanced Mental Stress Busters -
7 Tips To Prevent Your Drooling Meltdown!
by Joe DePalma

So you have tried yoga, deep breathing, aromatherapy, acupuncture, massage, and meditation but you're still stressed out. You visited a nutritionist, a personal trainer, a chiropractor, a physic, and even a medium, but your stress still persists. Well, it's time for a different approach! It's time to kill the roots of your stress with these 7 advanced mental stress busters.

Tip # 1 - Advanced Mental Stress Busters
“You don't have to clean up someone else's mess”

Learning to say “no” to other people's problems is vital to reducing your stress. You don't have to catch someone else's ball of problems when they throw it at you. You have a life of your own with tasks and hardships to deal with. It is okay to help a friend with a problem; just be aware of when you're making their problem your problem. It is possible to aid someone without taking on the problem yourself. What good are two people with one problem? Wouldn't it be better to have one person with a problem and then someone else with a clear head who can lend some logical support?

Tip # 2 - Advanced Mental Stress Busters
"More is not better"

No matter how hard you work to acquire possessions, status, and experiences, you will always have more than some, but not as much as others. It's a race you will never win. If you truly want to be happy and stress-free, the secret is to have access to life's extras, not own them. You'll notice that once you begin to collect or acquire “extra things,” you are now responsible for them, and with responsibly comes stress. So, the less “extras” you own, the fewer things you are responsible for, which is directly related to the level of stress in your life. TRANSLATION: The less “extras” you own, the more time, energy, and resources you'll have to enjoy more.

Tip # 3 - Advanced Mental Stress Busters
“It's all right to ask for assistance”

Don't beg for help! Instead, ask for assistance. You'll notice that people are more receptive and willing to assist others who explain their situation and ask for assistance, verses those who scream, “I need,” “Give me,” or “Help me now!” Build a mental team of helpers who you can turn to for assistance in times of heavy stress. This team can be comprised of family members, friends who you have frequent contact with, and friendly co-workers.

Tip # 4 - Advanced Mental Stress Busters
“Give yourself 10 minutes”

Take ten minutes for yourself every day to keep your stress level down. During this time, do not focus or direct your thoughts to any one specific thing. Simply turn everything in the room off, lie down on the floor, close your eyes, remove your shoes, and then stretch yourself out and make your body as long as possible. Concentrate only on quieting your mind. Imagine you are lying on a beautiful, warm beach. Now picture that the thoughts in your head are in the form of butterflies, and as they come to you, you just let them fly right by. Once you do this they will come at you faster and faster, but as you continue to let them fly by, the butterflies will begin slowing down rapidly. It's also okay if you fall asleep. Just keep letting those butterflies fly right past you every time you “give yourself 10 minutes.”

Tip # 5 - Advanced Mental Stress Busters
“Give gratitude and it will come back”

Have faith that when you give gratitude, compliments, and express generously that it will come back to you in one way or another. Simply say thanks when nobody else does, give praise when no one seems to notice or spend a little extra of your time or money with someone or something that really needs some special attention. Realize that spreading gratitude isn't a give-and-take experience. All you do is give and understand that your life is better and less stressful for it in many ways that you'll probably never notice.

Tip # 6 - Advanced Mental Stress Busters
“Express yourself”

Once you get bogged down in obligations and stop finding time and ways to express yourself, that is when stress creeps in. No matter how busy you are, you must always leave time to be creative. Write poems, songs, books or articles; play sports or instruments; paint, sculpt, dance or sing. Whatever you do to express yourself and display your talents, never stop doing it. If you stop doing what you love to do you'll be inviting double stress into your life. You'll now have the stress of doing all your tasks along with the stress of not being able to express yourself. Kill the double stress and make time to express yourself. You'll be happier and more likely to complete your other tasks when you make time to do what you love to do.

Tip # 7 - Advanced Mental Stress Busters
“Get organized”

Disorganization is one of the leading causes of stress. Organize your papers, bills, and daily schedule into one notebook, binder or planner. Have everything you need to complete all of your tasks in one neatly arranged place. Keep only what you absolutely need. Clutter equals stress and it drowns possibility! Don't be afraid to just throw it out. There is great energy in letting go of things. If you truly need a connection to something take a digital picture of it and then throw the item away. Finally, you'll need to identify a quiet, clean, distraction-free area and make it your organized concentration place. Get started now.

* Extra Special Tip - Advanced Mental Stress Busters
"This too shall pass"

No matter how stressed out you are at any given time, repeat to yourself, “This too shall pass.” Just like any bad rain storm, blizzard, tornado, bad relationship break-up, hard test or lengthy public speaking presentation it will have a beginning, middle, and end. No matter how bad or stressful a situation you're in, it will pass and your life will be back to normal and even better very soon -- because now you'll have the knowledge and experience of enduring that stressful situation to aid you when the next unpleasant situation comes around.

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