coping w/ stress need advice

[nori04]

Hi all!! I posted basically the same post on main yesterday but ..... School has been stressful lately, I was wondering if anyone had any good coping skills for school stress... anything would be appreciated!

[Binayshee]

hi nori. what in particular was stressful?

[nori04]

Well, thinking about the speech I had to do today was stressful... it turned out ok, thinking about the power point presentation I have to give later on, thinking about the dance class (in gym) that I will have to teach, thinking about this semester in general, thinking about paranoid things like the end of the world, nuclear war, bio chemical warfare, famine, anarchy, government collapse... that's about it

[Binayshee]

hey nori

everything you mentioned started with the word "thinking"

it sounds like thinking about things is what is most stressful for you

i totally get that

a few things that come to mind are meditation to help with a busy mind, breathing, yoga, and then maybe trying to work on changing the things you say to yourself internally, you know, like noticing your thoughts and trying to replace them with less frightening or stressful ones. like "oh my god what if i..." interrupted and changed into "it's all right if i'm not perfect. what i can do is enough."

drinking lots of water helps for some reason and so does eating right

and taking naps if you can fit them in

i have a meditation cd i listen to sometimes that actually puts me to sleep! but i think taking breaks and time outs could be a good thing

those are the things that come to mind for me.

[blondy]

well everybudy gets stress we kno ur not the only one. but wut in particular is stressing u? hw, teachers, presentations? try to lay down or take nap wen ur alone. i usually go for awalk and listent o music

hope this helps

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