may is mental health month so I think it's a pretty good time to talk about
stress relief stress doesn't just negatively affect our mental health it
can also cause physical problems in the long term we can't avoid stressful
situations for the rest of our lives but taking the effort to relieve stress
helps us improve our own mental health and before I start this video I want to
give a huge shout out to my friend Ollie axe for creating a video about PTSD and
Mental Health Month and how it relates to fishing all the X has been a huge fan
for a while and seeing his filming and editing skills along with his weight
loss journey has really motivated me and inspired me so go check out his video
after you're done with this one if you're curious love you ollie axe some
forms of stress relief vary from person to person and experienced yogi may find
stress relief in practicing yoga but a new student might find that trying yoga
or any other sort of fitness class for the first time is actually another
stressful experience this example also shows that facing some forms of stress
can help us relieve stress over time finding the best forms of stress relief
may require some trial and error so it's a number one for you guys is to analyze
the moment stressing yourself out about being stressed is not going to boost
your mood you need to try to be patient when you notice yourself feeling stress
now mindfulness can help us analyze the root cause of our emotions and maybe
prevent further emotions of stress if we can avoid stressful situations we can
also avoid the stress also gently assess your feelings and what events have
happened in the past couple days weeks or even months it may have led up to you
feeling stressed or overwhelmed stress is simply a chemical reaction in the
brain and when we understand the root causes of this reaction events that have
happened in your life we can learn how to address a situation in a calm manner
and adjust our behavior to encourage more positive chemical reactions stuff
like the release of endorphins and serotonin stay mindful throughout the
day whether you're stressed or not if you find yourself in a moment where you
feel particularly happy or maybe calm record that moment write it down and
what you're doing since stress relief may vary from person to person you want
most effective stress release tips and tricks' may be very personal for example
some people feel very calm when they're taking a shower or maybe performing a
tedious task keep track of these activities or things that make you feel
calm remember them and resort back to those activities when you find yourself
being stressed tip number two is to breathe deep even if we feel stressed we
can trick our minds into thinking that were calm cool and collected when we
take deep breaths we send a message to our brain that we're in a safe
environment take some time out of your day to focus on your own
breaths the great thing about this exercise is that you can most likely do
it whenever and wherever you want if you find yourself getting distracted or
bored while you breathe or maybe even during meditation try a technique called
stair step breathing this type of breathing requires constant attention to
your own body and mind while you breathe step number one inhale through your nose
and direct the breath to fill up your stomach while you count to two step
number two continue to inhale and direct the breath to fill up your entire chest
while you count to two number three exhale through the nose and feel the
breath leaving your chest while you count to two number four continue to
exhale and feel the breath leaving your stomach while you count to two and step
number five is just to repeat these steps over and over again you can extend
the count two four six eight maybe even ten depending on how slowly you breathe
slower and calmer you breathe the calmer you will feel tip number three for you
guys is to exercise if you're stressed it might be time to hit the gym or maybe
even just a little bit of cardio exercise helps to boost the release of
endorphins in your brain endorphins are basically the chemical that make you
feel happy now if you're new to exercise you don't have to immediately jump into
an intense finish routine and most likely if you do it won't last very long
even just a thirty minute walk around your neighborhood can get you out of
your chair and encourage endorphin production if you are doing a calm
exercise remember to breathe deeply and consciously tip number four is sleep
sleep and stress are very closely related but this relationship can often
be frustrating if you're not sleeping well you may get very stressed and most
people that don't sleep well usually are a little perturbed when they're woken up
if you sleep very stressed you might not be able to sleep well if you need to you
can plan out a nap but make sure you get at least seven hours of sleep in your
schedule at a time where you won't have to worry about completing other projects
or other people waking you up do not put off sleep to complete projects that you
can complete the next day if you can get a full night's sleep you are more likely
to complete the project faster at least in my own experience another tip for you
is something called creative activities stress relief feels just like that it
should be relief for many people creative projects are a fun way to stay
occupied stay maybe disconnected from the other types of stress and produce
something fun while relieving stress so find a project or an activity or maybe a
fun hobby that will allow you to get rid of all your stress and just enjoy the
moment you can experiment with different types of creative activities including
rioting drawing painting sculpting or other things like that if you're worried
about your own skill level this is not a good thing because you might stress
yourself out even more trying to find stress relief
so don't compare your painting abilities to the person next to you if you find
yourself stressing out about what other people think of your art then maybe you
need to keep your creative activity private at first try learning from
online tutorials and after a while you may gain the confidence to branch out
and take classes or even join groups with similarly creative people
interesting though I actually did a poll on my channel and out of over 10,000
people who voted literally half of them answered being alone for a while and
mindfulness as an answer of ways to relieve stress so for a lot of people
just being alone being away from other people maybe my channel is full of
introverts but mindfulness is one of the best things other answers on the pole
where to push through it hang out with family and friends weirdly enough some
people pick drugs and going to the gym I also think this is why my friend all eyx
and his friends get so much benefit mental health benefits from fishing it's
more of like an alone sport I mean you can definitely fish with friends but
you're in nature most of the time you're alone and it's a perfect situation to
practice mindfulness the last tip I have for you guys is to reach out to a friend
we all know someone who can help us relieve stress in an instant someone we
can go to and talk to and if you don't have that person check out my video on
meeting new friends or I guess you can direct message me on Instagram whether
it's our mother's voice or our best friend's laugh talking to a person can
help us see our situation from a more calm
and if this person isn't available in the moment watch photos or videos of you
and this person together a simple quick hug can release a ton of serotonin and
endorphins in the brain which are both chemicals that make us feel happy
remember stress is only a chemical reaction but it can do a ton to your
body and your mental health so with mindfulness conscious action and
a few deep breaths you can put yourself on a road to a stress-free moment so
thank you guys so much for watching I hope you gained value from this video
and I would super really appreciate it if you went and watched all the X video
on mental health and how phishing is connected to mindfulness thank you guys
for watching and I'll see you later