Ways to Destress - fast
- Breathe. Slow, deep breaths can help lower blood pressure and heart rate. ...
- Listen to Music. ...
- Take a Quick Walk. ...
- Find the Sun. ...
- Give Yourself a Hand Massage. ...
- Count Backward. ...
- Stretch. ...
- Rub Your Feet Over a Golf Ball.
- Exercise. It's a cliché for a reason: exercise really does prompt your body to release feel-good hormones like endorphins, which can help you to feel less stressed. ...
- Organise. ...
- Breathe. ...
- Take a time out. ...
- Meditate.
Managing unhealthy habits and destressing is key to change
Constant stress — whether from a traffic-choked daily commute, unhappy marriage, or heavy workload — can have real physical effects on the body. It has been linked to a wide range of health issues, including mood, sleep, and appetite problems — and yes, even heart disease.
Doctors don't know exactly how chronic stress affects the heart. Most likely, stress triggers inflammation, a known instigator of heart disease, but that hasn't been proven. "I think the conventional opinion is that stress is bad for your heart, but the data are much murkier," says Dr. Deepak Bhatt, director of the Integrated Interventional Cardiovascular Program at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Yet stress may influence heart disease in more subtle ways. "Stress does cause some people to act in ways that increase their risk for heart disease," Dr. Bhatt says. For example, when stressed, people often eat unhealthy food and don't have the energy or time to exercise. Stress can also lead us into other heart-damaging behaviors, such as smoking and drinking too much alcohol.
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