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Consult with someone

Speaking out about your problems and concerns can help you sort out your feelings and thoughts. Also, if you have a problem, simply calling or e-mailing a consultation service will make you feel better.

Read book

　Time can fly by quickly when you are immersed in a book. Time spent immersed in a book can suppress the functioning of the amygdala. This allows us to forget about our real-life worries and anxieties.

　However, it is important to note that reading books with difficult content before bedtime can activate the brain.

Laugh

　Talking with friends and laughing at a comedy show helps to regulate the autonomic nervous system, activates cells called NK, and so on. There is also a case in which a diabetic patient's blood glucose level dropped when he was shown a comic performance.

Mindfulness

　Continued mindfulness helps balance the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. This allows for better sleep and improved stress tolerance.

①On a chair, sit with your back straight. On the floor, sit cross-legged.
②Lower your gaze slightly and close your eyes.
➂Think only about own breathing.

　The key is to think of nothing but your breath. If you get distracted, immediately shift your attention to your breath.
Learn more→Mental Training

Eat something sweet

　When we are stressed, we crave sugar to release serotonin, which relieves stress. So, when we eat sugar, serotonin has a relaxing effect. However, be careful not to eat too much of it for your health.

Make a Coping list

　A coping list is a summary of how you deal with stress when you feel it. Keeping a record of how effective you were at doing certain things or relieving stress with a score makes it easier to be aware of this on a daily basis!