A few years ago, I needed help with coping with depression and anxiety. I went to classes to learn. I don't usually tell people this, but it helped me learn so much. It helped me then and it is helping me greatly now! A lot!
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That's good to know. I wonder if the relaxation method would lower my blood pressure if it happens to get too high.
Oh yes, btw...I am a retired nurse. Anytime you can relax your body especially in this lying down position, it would lower your heart-rate and blood pressure. Anxiety raises your blood pressure, also tension. This is good if you suffer with headaches, muscle aches and more. Hope this helps you! Good luck!
I bet it would. I suffer from what my doctor calls "White Coat Syndrome." I get nervous at the doctor and it makes my blood pressure shoot up. The nurse now has me breathe and close my eyes for a bit. My blood pressure is always lower after I do this.
Hi Jess, it is very true. Nervousness, anxiety both can raise your BP. But, little tips like just, deep breathing and simple counting in your head, takes your mind off what was making you nervous.
My doctor also suggested taking my blood pressure whenever I run into one of those grocery store machines. That way, I get more and more used to having it taken.
I had to go to the emergency room last Saturday with my finger. They took my blood pressure and it was 232/104. It usually runs 120-140 over 60-65. I guess I was stressed out as to what was wrong with my finger.
Well, you did the right thing. Next time you feel your BP go up, (I'm sure you know or feel it when it is high), You will do the deep breathing and add the counting to it also. The counting makes you forget what was making you nervous. Thank you for commenting. I wish you well.
Thank you so much for posting! It is my belief that we should be teaching coping skills to children as soon as they reach school age! Live is so hectic for everyone, even before the virus-that we should all learn these skills!
Yes, I totally agree. Children are living in a very fast pace society. There parents are running from job to job trying to make ends meet. Children are not given the amount of attention that children used to get. They are on their own more these days.
Thank you so much for posting. I work at a Junior High school, and it is my belief that we should teach students these skills as soon as they are old enough to go to kindergarten. Our lives are so full of stress-even without the virus-that we all need a helping hand to learn how to calm our minds and bodies. Thank you!
Thank you for replying and your comment. I cannot agree with you more! Life these days is not how I grew up or many of us grew up. I don't remember growing up with stress, fear, violence or parents with mental illness. I am sure it existed, but not at today's rate.Every day life for people now (pre-virus) has been stressful, over worked parents, kids left alone until parents get home from work.
Thank you for replying and commenting. I just answered this similar comment right above. Thank you both for addressing kids on this serious topic. If taught early enough, these children will possibly not run into as many problems or mental illnesses caused from stress, and more! Kids are the future of our world!
This is a meditation practice and it's fantastic! You don't have to be a member of any religion (such as Buddhism, for example-- where meditation came from) to learn these healing techniques. I am learning them through a book, Meditation for Dummies, a website called buddhismguide.org/
Thank you for your great suggestions. I have taken courses in "Mindfulness." It is so a very deep rooted psychological based theory of how the mind works and solves situations. I loved this course. Thank you for mentioning this! It is such a very helpful tool to learn and use to help yourself deal with problems/situations. That was very good feedback...
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