3 Minute Stress Management-Reduce Stress with this Short Activity
3 Minute Stress Management-Reduce Stress with this Short Activity
Stress is the aspect of anxiety that we feel in our body. Worry is about thoughts, but stress is how our muscles get tense, our breathing gets tight, it makes you ache or makes your hands sweat, stress is the physiological response to perceived danger.
So when your brain perceives a threat, whether it’s a tiger or an upcoming deadline, your brain triggers that FFF response. But we can train our mind and body to be calm by doing little activities that regulate the nervous system, and it’s best if we do these throughout the day.
Now for people who work in manual labor jobs, stress reduction may look like resting on the couch, but for people who spend much of their day frozen at their computer, reducing stress is probably going to be most effective if we incorporate movement
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Just found you. Amazing. Subbed.
Awesome video. Thank you
It works for me as well!
I love this!!! It works for me!!!! Thank you so much. I love your content please continue doing what you do. You are helping people like me, and I could literally use this in between my online classes, before I have presentations and just every time!
Yes by seeing you my stress is reduced
Thank you ! More videos re stress management..
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This was helpful for me, thanks.
Thank you.
Can u make videos on mental illness
That was surprisingly effective! Thank you for equipping me with another method for helping tame my often wild nervous system! =)
Lol it didn’t go down. I feel this comstan discomfort in my back, it’s stress, right? I’ve been getting tired mentally so easily. I start studying and those feelings are back.
Thanks mam
Went from a 9 to a 7, this is honestly so helpful. Thank you.
Omg this just worked! I was having a panic attack and it stopped!
This helped. It made me smile too.
It helped
I have heartbeat and breathing regulation issues. I think I’ve beem stuck in flight or fight, on off for over decade.
Thanks💜 i feel great after
Dear Emma, I hope that you know what an amazing job you‘re doing here on your channel. Your videos are literally saving people‘s lives – people who are struggling with anxiety or can‘t deal with an everyday stress. Especially when the whole pandemic is happening. Thank you so much for your work! Greetings from Berlin
Very simple and easy to do. And effective. Thank you so much for the nice tips.
Thx, Emma
Well, that was fun. 😁 I’m gonna do it again 😀
This is so Good. After I tried only my arms , my palpitations reduced
For me, muscular progresive relaxation, especially Jacobson, works very well.
Amazing! Wow! 🙂 Thank you!
Really Good to know this.. Thanks 😇
Feels good 🙂
❤️ I am from a society where having a mental/emotional disorder is still considered a stigma, and victim is often not looked upon in a good way, so having a psychotherapist is something which I could not even think of, but I began researching about my condition a long-ago on various mental health blogs, getting mysely bibliotherapy now, but your youtube channel is the best thing that I came through in the last 3 years. ❤️
Stress management at home is really important
Hi Emma. If I are not accepted new clients, can I be added to your wait list? I didn’t see a way to contact you on your website. Thank you.
It worked! Success! Really do feel better. I was at an 8 but now a 4 and feeling more relaxed. Thanks so much!
So simple and yet so effective – thank you Emma – this made a real difference for me today when I really needed it.
Reminds me of an old church song we used to do with the shaking of the hands to become Unbound, vary good!
This is sweet
i cant "see" my body tension level
7 down to 4:) love this!
Thanks, I do feel more relaxed despite the fact I was initially sceptical.
I really felt better after doing this, well explained and good technique to do, and here is an easy way to get out of all tensions go through this https://shrinke.me/8urO8Hev
Stress reactions may be varied but generally tend to manifest in the following ways: The subjective experience of distress(feeling tense, anxious, worried )Physical symptoms such as raised BP, tension headache, irritable bowel.etc noticeable (perceptible) decline in one’s productivity or work performance.
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Would you please do some videos to help with tinnitus. Thank you.
Thank you so much Emma, helped as always 🙂 Thank you for being so genuine and caring towards the community.
7 before and 4 afterward. Thanks
Watching the video is giving me stress
thank you!
Definitely helped. Thank you
Your videos are good and helpful – thank you.
https://youtu.be/pklO1QqGKh8
Yay! I went from an 8 to a 6! Thank you for this!!
Thnxyou this did help you are Wonderful xx