5 Ways People Who Are Mentally Strong Deal With Chronic Stress and Stressful Situations Effectively
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From the day we are born until the day we take our last breath, we are forced to deal with stress. It’s inevitable that our entire lives are marked by periods of strain and tension. While some stress is actually good and healthy for us, too much is bad and can lead to health problems.
If you’ve ever experienced the deeply unpleasant feelings, thoughts, and emotions of dread and unease over future situations or things beyond your control, then you have felt the heavy weight of stress dragging you down. Many cases of physical and mental burnout, depression, addiction, high blood pressure and other heart issues stem directly from elevated levels of chronic, out of control stress. In fact, recently the most common type of mental health illness in America was identified by The National Institute of Mental Health as anxiety disorders. Stress is what leads directly to anxiety and it’s often cited as thee number one trigger of people’s generalized anxiety.
If you can’t find a way to balance and deal with all the stuff that gets thrown your way then you could be headed towards a breaking point, if you haven’t already arrived there yet! Instead of allowing things to get out of control and continuing to suffer, there are techniques to properly deal with the daily stresses you come across. Here are some of the ways in which mentally strong people handle and compartmentalize stress. Check them out because some of these could really make a big difference in your life:
1. They Think Positively:
If you tell yourself you can do this or that you’ve got it, then you’re setting yourself up for success. Thinking positively puts you in the right mindset to tackle stressful things head on. When you do the opposite and think negatively, by telling yourself you can’t do something, then you’re essentially setting yourself up for failure before you’ve even given it a try. Telling yourself that you are strong, tough, and nothing can stop you will only help you to overcome what you need to in the end.
2. They Find A Solution:
Rather than just avoiding or running away from stressful events, interactions, or problems, mentally tough people will face it head on and work to eliminate it from their life. Depending on the source of your stress, this could mean a number of different things. You can work towards finding common ground with someone you don’t get along with or stop procrastinating over something know you have to get done but keep pushing off. Solving your issues means not having to deal with or think about them again!
3. They Anticipate Stressful Events:
Mental fortitude is partly built upon knowing that things in life don’t always go as expected and that because of this a back up plan may be necessary. By keeping your options open and being flexible you can get past the bumps and road blocks that pop up along the way, and thus avoid a lot of additional and unnecessary stress. Smooth sailing starts with anticipating the weather, as does a smooth journey in life means anticipating things and events beyond your control.
4. They Think Ahead Time-Wise And Plan Accordingly:
The majority of the daily stresses we encounter comes from balancing our schedules. When you have to be at work, a meeting, dinner, or school to pick up your kids at a certain time, plus do a million other things in-between, it can easily stress anyone out! When you find that you’re overloaded and stretched thin, it’s time to sit down and make a schedule. Allow yourself extra time in-between the places you have to go or things you have to do so that if you’re running late for whatever reason, it’s okay. Schedules help us keep track of all the major and minor things we have to get done and if you stick with them, your life will instantly be all the less stressful.
5. They Employ A Number Of Different Stress Management Techniques:
There are a variety of stress management tools and techniques that people use to help them alleviate stress. Some do yoga or meditate, take a walk, exercise, and just keep moving to stop them from becoming paralyzed by stress. Others make lists, brainstorm ideas, take a break from whatever it is that’s bothering them, talk it out with trusted friends and colleagues, or squeeze a good old fashioned stress-ball. There’s an endless amount of strategies and ways out there to help you overcome stress, you just need to try them out and see what works for you.
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This Guy Set Up A Hidden Camera and Caught His Adorable Pup’s Early Morning Ritual.
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When a dog wants to wake their human up in the morning they usually do it in some sort of abrupt, sudden, rough type of fashion. Who can blame them, they’re often restless after a long night of sleeping and have to either go outside to use the bathroom or they know it’s time to eat soon. Others may simply be excited to see you, or want to play, and so they try their best to rouse you from your deep slumber!
While some dogs bark and whine until you give in, others will jump up on the bed and nuzzle you until you finally throw back the covers in defeat. Such is not the case for this dog. Instead of slobbering all over her owner she uses a calmer, quieter, more gradual sort of method.
Her name is Grey, which is short for The Grey Dog, and she is a pit bull alarm clock with an incredibly sweet and gentle demeanor. Every morning she starts her day off by walking over to the side of her owners bed where she sits down and lets out a couple of soft meows! At least that’s how her owner, YouTuber autoedit, described it when he wrote “She has this habit of meowing for attention in the morning…” According to him, she has a doggy door and can go outside as she pleases to use the bathroom or do whatever, so she really just wants some love and affection!
As you can see in the video, Grey’s dad set up a night vision camera to capture her adorable antics. At 4:57 AM she walks in and does her meow meows but it’s too early. Dad tells her to come back later, he needs a few more minutes of sleep. About fifteen minutes go by and she’s back at the bedside meowing for him to get up. However, she’ll have to keep waiting because daddy still needs more shut eye. Finally, at around 5:35 in the morning, she makes her third attempt to wake him up. This time she lets twenty minutes go by, so she was considerate and gave him the extra time he asked for, and it works because her dad gets up!
Grey’s delicate and very persistent style of rousing her dad is definitely one of the more calm and relaxed type of ways to go about doing it. Her well-timed meowing sessions are basically the canine equivalent of hitting the snooze button on an alarm clock! Check out the video to hear her “meowing” and share this with all the dog lovers you know who’d appreciate the adorable clip.
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The Way You React To These Images Will Reveal The Current Color Of Your Aura.
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Every living thing on Earth, as well as inanimate objects and even places, give off a certain type of feeling or air which is what’s known as their aura. Auras stem from the electromagnetic fields that surround everything we are able to see. Since all objects and forms of life radiate energy at different frequencies, they each have their own unique atmosphere surrounding them.
People in particular have exceptionally strong auras. The powerful electromagnetic field radiating from deep within us creates a distinct glow that envelops us as we emit energy. Our auras are often vivid and colorful, yet nearly impossible to perceive for the untrained eye. While you may not be able to actually see them in either yourself or others, our auras are our constant companions and with us every step of the way.
Over time the color of our auras change as our energy morphs and changes as well. This is most often in response to inner turmoil, emotional changes, or personal growth and it’s a direct reflection of our personalities. It follows that whatever color your energy and aura is currently vibrating at, at this exact moment in life, is a direct manifestation of all your thoughts and desires on a deeper unconscious level.
In effect, there are a number of ways that the color of our auras may be affecting both us and the people all around us. Everything from our behaviors to how others view us is influenced by our aura in the most subtle and minor ways that you likely never even imagined or thought were possible. Think about it like this; the energy you’re constantly giving off is being received and absorbed by others and everything around you. When you feel some inexpiable sense of happiness or sorrow around a particular person, it’s their aura and energy you’re picking up on.
Which leads us to the inevitable question of what color is my aura? This simple quiz filled with beautiful images will provide the answer for you. It examines what your natural instincts and reactions to the series of pictures have to say about your overall personality, and in effect the color of your aura will then be revealed. Try it now to see what you get, have fun with it, and enjoy!
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8 Health Benefits of Slicing a Lemon Adding Some Salt And Placing It On Your Night Table Before Bed
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In recent years much has been written about the health and beauty benefits that the almighty LEMON can provide. Filled with a multitude of vitamins, and an acidity and freshness, which is naturally antiseptic which makes it a great cleaning agent for your body and environment.
The VIDEO you are about to watch below addresses the potency of LEMON SMELL which when cut and combined with salt, has the capacity to 1. Improve Air Quality when placed on your night table as you sleep. 2. By absorbing the toxins in the air, you 3. AWAKE feeling an 4. INCREASED ENERGY, 5. HEIGHTENED ABILITY TO FOCUS, 6. IMPROVED MOOD and 7. IMPROVED BREATHING. 8. If you have a cold you will find that both your sinuses and throat will feel much better as a result of keeping the cut lemon and salt near your head during the night.
Other Benefits and Uses of Lemon Juice Include:
1) RIDDING THE SCALP OF DANDRUFF: as it is a natural cleanser of the scalp and and OTHER SKIN ISSUES, such as ACNE, and the WHITENING of DARK SPOTS.
2) SOFTENS CALLOUSES in body areas where skin tends to thicken. By rubbing a half lemon on ELBOWS, KNEES and FEET, thickened skin will SOFTEN and EXFOLIATE.
3) WHITENS NAILS
4) FRESHENS BREATH
5) SOOTHS FOOT PAIN
6) DRINKING LEMON JUICE: aids WEIGHT LOSS, SOOTHES INDIGESTION, LESSENS ARTHRITIC AND RHEUMATOID PAIN, RIDS BODY OF TOXINS by FLUSHING KIDNEYS
7) RICH IN ANTIOXIDANTS which slow aging and prevent tumor growth
Watch the footage below for PROPER CUTTING of the LEMON with ADDED SALT at BEDTIME to gain the benefits for your ENERGY, MOOD, BREATHING and ABILITY TO FOCUS!
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Watch These 3 Awkward Sloth Bears Confront a Strange Pink Balloon and Attempt To Play With It.
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What do you think happens when a couple of bears come across a mysterious, completely foreign object that they’ve never ever seen before? Do they ignore it and walk away or does curiosity get the best of them?
This hilarious video clip answers these questions and more as it offers us a unique look into bear behavior. When the three bears that you see here came across a bright pink balloon they definitely didn’t shy away from it out of a concern for their health and safety! Instead, one marched right up to the strange thing bobbing in the breeze and decided to have a closer look at it. Rather than start off his investigation on all fours, he chose to teeter totter over on his two hind legs. When bears walk upright like that it’s awesome because not only is it so unexpected, it’s also just cool to see.
The first lone bear was naturally a little apprehensive about the pink balloon. Who wouldn’t be if they were in his position, it must seem so alien-like from his perspective. However, when his two bear pals come over to join in it seems to raise his courage because that’s when he takes his first swipe at it. His clumsy paws cause the balloon to bobble around and float off a ways, with the curious bears hot on its string-tail! At one point or another they all take turns walking upright chasing after the balloon, sniffing it, and trying to pin it down in one spot. When one of them finally does, the inevitable happens!
The shaggy looking bears in this video are called sloth bears. The adorable animals feed mostly on insects, termites are their favorite snack, and live on the greater Indian subcontinent where they have become threatened by over-hunting and habitat loss. Many also end up captured and are forced to perform and entertain because of their easy to train nature and tame-ability. These three live at the Beekse Bergen Safari Park which is in Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands. They may be a long ways from home but at least they’re together and safe from the poachers, leopards, and tigers that hunt them as prey.
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6 Clear Signs You Shouldn’t Ever Let Your Partner Go. Don’t Ignore These Signs.
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Finding someone that you connect with on every level often takes time. As a popular saying goes “You have to date a lot of frogs before you finally meet your prince.” However, when you finally do come across that someone special you just know, feel, and can sense that they are the one for you.
Relationships, dating, falling in love, and everything else that comes along with it can be intense. While we all want the fairy tale, in reality no relationship is perfect. Oftentimes our love lives are filled with drama and confusion, yet we stick them out through the high points and the low ones.
We’ve all wondered at some point in time about whether or not the person we are with is the right one for us. Spotting the red flags is usually easy to do, but what about the signs and signals that tell us our partner is in fact a great match and we should stay with them? Below are a few of the top qualities that your significant other should exhibit and the main feelings they should bring out in you. If your partner does these six things, plus the ones covered in the accompanying video, then it’s best to not let them go!
1) They are always there when you need them the most:
Someone who is reliable and by your side no matter what is a keeper. We all need people who support us, but if a relationship is to last then your partner needs to be one of your main supporters. Knowing that they always have your back and will show up whenever you need them the most is something you should never take for granted or let go of.
2) They let you do your own thing:
Having someone who recognizes the need for freedom in a relationship is crucial if you want it to be long-lasting. When your partner lets you do your own thing without trying to somehow control or manipulate you, it means that they trust you and have confidence in what the two of you share. Rather than ending up jealous, hurt, or angry when you go out to meet up with friends or whatnot, they’re happy for you and don’t question your motives or whereabouts.
3) They share your sense of humor:
Having someone that cracks you up and makes you smile is always important to a healthy relationship. When your partner appreciates and understands your particular type of humor, and vice-versa, then you’ll always have a great time together. Laughter is what gets us through not only the easy, fun times, but also the tough, trying ones. So if they can always somehow manage to put a smile on your face, hold onto them.
4) They don’t try to rile you up:
When you’re with someone who knows everything about you, then they should always try to help you relax rather than ruffle your feathers even further if you become agitated. Having a partner who is a positive, calming influence in your life will help make tense or hurtful situations go a lot easier than not.
5) No matter what happens, they still love you in the end:
If your partner sticks with you through not only the best of times but also the worst, then they absolutely love you for exactly who you are. They won’t build you up into someone you are not or pretend that you’re flawless. Instead, they recognize and know who you are on the inside and love you for that. When you have a partner who loves you unconditionally, cherish them and don’t let them go!
6) They make you feel like you can accomplish your dreams:
If your partner always believes in you and encourages you to achieve your goals, no matter what happens in life or how far-fetched your dreams may be, then keep them! Someone who truly loves you will want only the best for you. They won’t stand in your way, be jealous, or go against you. Instead, they’ll help you out however and whenever they can and through it all they will never stop believing in you.
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9 Clear Signs You Are Allergic/Intolerant To Gluten. Do You Have a Gluten Allergy?
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In recent years we have all heard about “Gluten-free” diets. There have been misconceptions about Gluten, as it has taken on a a fad-like essence. Some people came to believe that eliminating Gluten would result in weight loss, while others thought that being on a Gluten free diet is a healthier way of eating for everyone; BOTH OF THESE NOTIONS ARE NOT TRUE.
However, GLUTEN SENSITIVITY or INTOLERANCE IS NOT A MYTH! In the VIDEO you are about to watch below, Dr. Axe explains that Gluten is the sticky protein that is found in wheat, rye, and barley. The Gluten found in our foods is different than the protein of yesteryear. It has become a hybrid, most probably due to environmental changes in farming and pesticides, which may explain why more people today find it challenging to digest, than in years before.
You may be one of those people who have a sensitivity or intolerance to Gluten, but could be unaware. So the question arises as to the how to find out if you are suffering from this. Dr. Axe discusses the SYMPTOMS, SIDE EFFECTS and WARNING SIGNS that may be indicative of GLUTEN INTOLERANCE:
1) DIGESTIVE ISSUES: after eating a meal with Gluten you experience gassy bloating, diarrhea and constipation.
2) FOOD ALLERGIES: To Eggs, Wheat and Dairy.
3) CHRONIC FATIGUE: Trouble concentrating and feeling of restlessness.
4) FIBROMYALGIA
5) Little red bumps on the back of your arm that itch.
6) UNEXPLAINED STUBBORN WEIGHT GAIN
7) JOINT PAIN such as Arthritis or Brain Inflammation. This is caused by Gluten eventually TEARING A HOLE IN YOUR GUT and leaking through, causing inflammation throughout the body!
8) AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES eventually result from the gluten leakage throughout the body, as cells perceive it as a foreign body attacking.
9) MOOD SWINGS: worsening of symptoms of depression, anxiety, ADD, ADHD and Autism.
Dr. Axe goes into more depth about disorders, that present CLEAR WARNING SIGNS, that you probably are sensitive to Gluten. He recommends an easy-to-follow way to go gluten-free, known as the “GAPS DIET”, and a process of eliminating certain foods and reintroducing them to ascertain whether Gluten is the culprit!
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Cat Notices a Printer Swallowing Paper For The First Time. He Proceeds To Throw a Hysterical Fit.
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When you think about typical cat behavior many adorable and endearing things likely come to mind. Yet out of all those charming feline quirks, they are perhaps most well known for their curiosity. That age old saying “curiosity killed the cat” has nearly came true for many of the inquisitive kitties in the world, that’s why it’s so great that they’re also blessed with nine lives!
As unpredictable as our cat friends can be, they are oftentimes just as equally predictable! Take for example when cats come across something new and completely foreign to them, like a printer. They will immediately head right on over to the device, sniff all around it, and then either walk away uninterested or, if they deem it worthy of further investigation, they’ll proceed to paw at it. That’s usually how it goes as our four legged furry feline friends simply love nothing more than sticking their little pink noses into everything that piques their interest.
Such is the case with the adorable kitty cat that stars in this home video. The white, black, and light brown spotted cat was hanging out one day when his owner needed to print something. As soon as the printer was turned on the cat was alerted to it by the noise it made during its initial set-up. Naturally the curious cat made a bee line for the machine and stood right in front of it on high alert.
When the printer suddenly started to warm up and get ready to print, the cat became mystified and had to stand on his rear paws in order to get a better view of what was happening. Seconds later, he goes straight into attack mode, swiping and batting at the paper tray! It’s as if he’s trying to kill the darn thing!
His full attention is completely focused on the printer, both ears are standing up as he repeatedly paw punches the machine. The message he’s sending is clear, he’s not a fan of technology. Making this clip all the more entertaining are the sound effects that have been added, they’re awesome! However, the best part comes at the very end. I won’t give it away here since it comes off best when you’re watching in anticipation for it! Check it out and enjoy!
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