7種簡單的減壓方式
No doubt life is hectic, and there will always be stressful situations. The bad news is that you can’t do anything about that. But the good news is that stress is in the eye of the beholder. How you react will make all the difference to your mental and physical health! To help you out, therapist Dr. Karen Sherman suggests seven smart ways to deal with the stress of daily life.
毫無疑問，生活是很忙亂的，而且總存在壓力。壞消息是你無法爲此做任何事情。但是好消息是壓力是因人而異的。你對壓力做出的反應影響你的心理和身體健康！爲了給你提供幫助，臨牀醫學家Karen Sherman博士建議七個巧妙的方法解決日常生活中的壓力。
Breathe: Though you may not be aware of it, you might actually be holding your breath. Or, you may breathe in a shallow way, breathing just into your chest. Start to consciously notice your breathing by placing your hand on your stomach and train yourself to bring your breath into this area.
呼吸：雖然你可能沒有意識到，但是你真的會屏住呼吸。或者，你會進行淺呼吸，只吸入到胸部。開始注意你的呼吸，把手放在腹部，訓練自己將氣帶到這個部位。
Relax Your Body: If your body is tight or tense, you’re more likely to jump at a situation. To help ease bodily tension, as you’re waiting on a line or in traffic, do a muscle tightening and loosening; start at your toes and work up the different muscle groups. Any time you notice tightness in your body, make sure to relax.
身體放鬆：如果你身體繃緊或緊張，你就更容易陷入困難處境。爲了幫助減輕身體緊張，當你排隊或堵車在等待的時候，嘗試肌肉收縮和放鬆；從腳趾頭開始，然後喚起不同的肌肉組織。任何你注意到身體緊張的時候，確保要放鬆。
Hear The Birds: It’s so easy to get caught up in all the things you have to do that you forget to notice all the beauty that’s around you. Make a point of listening to the birds, of seeing the flowers, of looking at the movement of the clouds. It’s important to open up your focus.
聽聽鳥叫聲：你很容易陷入所有必須做的事情中去，然後忘記周圍所有的美好事物。特別要聽聽鳥叫聲，欣賞花草，觀看天空中雲的移動。這對擴展你的注意力很重要。
Learn To Be Positive: Research has shown that people who are more positive experience less stress. As suggested in classes on Positive Psychology, each night write three things for which you’re grateful. These should be small things like you found a quarter, you didn’t have to look long for a parking spot, and the line at the supermarket was short. The more small things you see that are positive, the more positive you’ll see.
學習樂觀：研究已經表明，比較樂觀的人壓力較少。正如積極心理學上所表明的，每晚寫出你要感謝的三件事。這些可以是一些小事，如你找到25美分，不用太久就找到停車位，和超市的隊伍很短。越多你看起來樂觀的小事，你就會越樂觀。
Make Time For Friends: Social support is one of the best buffers for stress. Friends are especially important for women’s health. And if your time together consists of some laughs, even better since humor is a wonderful stress-buster.
騰出時間給朋友：社會支持是壓力的最好緩衝器之一。朋友對於女性的健康尤其重要。如果你們在一起的時光充滿着笑聲，甚至更大型的，因爲幽默是減壓的極好方法。
Manage Your Thinking: Become aware of your thoughts. If they’re negative and self-critical, learn to do thought-stopping as negativity will only make you more stressed out. Also learn to reframe a situation; that is, look at a situation in a different way so that it doesn’t bother you as much.
控制你的想法：注意你的想法。如果你消極，自我批評，學習思維停頓的消極情緒只會增加你的壓力。同樣學習重新理清情況；即是用不同的態度看待問題，以致這個問題不會那麼困擾你。
Remember YOU: Just like the airlines tell you that if the oxygen masks come down, put yours on before helping others, the same goes for stress. If you are constantly overwhelmed, you will burn out. It really is okay to refuel by taking time for yourself … even if it’s only with small actions like quietly drinking a cup of tea or visualizing a “safe place” for five minutes.
記住“你”： 就如航空公司告訴你的，如果氧氣面罩壞了，先戴上自己的氧氣面罩再幫助別人，對待壓力也是一樣。如果你不斷受到打擊，你將會心力交瘁。通過給自己時間恢復能量真的很好，即使只是一些很小的行動，如安靜地喝杯茶或想象一個“安全地方”5分鐘。
