Are on the verge of a meltdown, your feeling an impulsive urge to yell, scream, cry,? Do you know that every time you lose your cool, you are giving away your power. I know it’s often easier said than done But, when we react impulsively and unconsciously we become a victim of the circumstances; we become a passenger in our life rather than a driver.
When you give away your power, you become completely dependent on external circumstances to regulate your emotions. Life often becomes like a roller coaster – when things are going well, you will feel good, yet when your circumstances change, your behavior and feelings will shift.
The more emotional you feel, the less rational you’ll think Don’t try solving any problems when you’re feeling overly emotional. Distract yourself with an activity, like walking or reading, or deep breathing to help you calm down. Getting your mind off whatever is bothering you, even for a few minutes, can help you calm down so you can think more clearly and rationally.
Learn to just…. Breathe
Anxiety, frustration and anger cause physical reactions within the body you will experience elevated heart rate. Shallow, upper chest breathing is part of the typical stress response. Stop and take slow, deep breaths can relax your muscles and decrease your physiological response, which in turn can decrease your emotional reactivity.
I use Dr Weil’s 4-7-8 Breathing Dr. Weil MD 4-7-8 Breathing after I practiced this 2x a day after about 3 days I felt more peaceful, and after a couple weeks I felt this inner calm.
I do this even when I am not stressed, and then when I get stressed or angry I use it and it helps calm me so much. I even use it to fall asleep, or when I am getting a medical test like an mri .
Trying to maintain complete control in everything that happens leads to increased anxiety. Efforts to manage your anxiety by trying to control everything in your environment will backfire. Attempting to control everything wastes time and mental energy.
When we are overly stressed we operate from a fight-or-flight response your heart beats faster, your blood pressure rises, and your breathing quickens as adrenaline rushes through your body. By changing the rate, and pattern of breathing, we can change the messages being sent from the body’s respiratory system to the brain. Slow and controlled breathing can reduce the heart rate, reduce levels of stress hormones, and increase the feelings of calm and well being, bringing us back to a place that we can feel less likely to overreact.
I have Adrenal fatigue, and I was told my “fight or flight” response has been activated far too often in the past. So I am learning to relax, let go of stuff I cannot control and breathe…..I also pray I pray several times a day. I don’t ask for things I give thanks even when I am stressed, have fear, depressed, I have faith things will come to pass.
We have to learn stress will come, sometimes life is heavy and we will get over whelmed, we may get an illness, or disorder, deal\in chronic pain, or just not know how to cope in certain situations……stressing out will not solve the problem…..
EPH 1 16-21 you will get through any storm through God .
Philippians 4:13 New King James Version (NKJV)
13 I can do all things through [a]Christ who strengthens me.
Today I read
Ephesians 1 New King James Version (NKJV)
Greeting
1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,
To the saints who are in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus:
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Redemption in Christ
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, 5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He [a]made us accepted in the Beloved.
7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace 8 which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and [b]prudence, 9 having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, 10 that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, [c]both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him. 11 In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, 12 that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.
13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who[d] is the [e]guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.
Prayer for Spiritual Wisdom
15 Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, 16 do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, 18 the eyes of your [f]understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 19 and what isthe exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power 20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all principality[g] and [h]power and [i]might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.
22 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, 23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
Chronically Grateful Me by Deb Andio 
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