Stop the Madness - 7 Quick Sanity Tips
July 3, 2009 by admin
Filed under General Health, Mental Health
Recently Therese Borchard over at the PsychCentral blog asked readers for their sanity tricks - techniques that help them fight the forces of the dark side. I’ll share mine and then quote and link to the best ones readers submitted.
My Sanity Tip #7 - In with the good/out with the bad breathing. When severe anxiety hits, something that helps me is good/bad breathing. As I inhale deeply I say inside my rattled mind “In with the good: calm, peace, prosperity.” On the long, slow, cleansing exhale I say “Out with the bad: fear, worry, stress and sadness.” Change the words to fit your situation, be sure to do deep breathing and do as long as necessary until you find yourself calming down.
1. Learn the alphabet.
Do you know why the vowel “I” comes well before the vowel “U”? Because a person must take care of herself before trying to help someone else or the world. It’s the same logic that flight attendants use when they swear to you that your plane isn’t going to crash, but in the event that it does, you’d be smart to fasten your own oxygen mask before helping the kiddies. Do it in reverse, and you’ll all run out of air.
Read the rest of the 6 Tricks here.
