Stress-Proof Your Day

Feeling a lot of stress lately? Psychology Today offered a series of steps to stress-proof your day including...

Reinvent a negative experience.  "Say you leave your headphones in the car when you go to the gym.  Interpret the return trip to the car not as an irritant but as a chance to warm up...."

Give to someone else.  "Doing something nice for others can make you happier and calmer."

Build social support.  "Brain scans show that the same circuitry fires up when we feel emotional pain as when we feel physical pain.  But that circuitry is slower to react in those with greater social support in their lives."

Notice at least one good thing you experience each day.  "Then make it real by telling someone about it or writing it down."

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