If you've been told you're a workaholic, it's wise to take note. You don't have to have a 8 to 5 job to be a workaholic. When the scale is tipped towards constant work of any kind instead of balance between work and play, you probably know it, but may not be listening to the signs and symptoms along the road.
By ignoring the signals, stress can cause major health break down.
Your body may tell you it is under too much stress through insomnia, desire for binge eating, fatigue, and foggy thinking with trouble remembering and focusing. I add binge eating, because many head straight to comfort food when stress compounds.
Your body may tell you it is under too much stress through insomnia, desire for binge eating, fatigue, and foggy thinking with trouble remembering and focusing. I add binge eating, because many head straight to comfort food when stress compounds.
As stress continues to burden the body, the immune system will be affected and system breakdown is inevitable. Below are some suggestions to rise victorious over stress and fatigue once your body starts to wave a red flag:
1) Take inventory of your life to determine if there is anything you're deeply unhappy about, including work, relationships, weight, etc. If any area in your life is shouting for attention, then address it. Either seek help from a professional or friend or go on a retreat and regroup your priorities.
2) Are you eating too many sweets? Sugar is addicting and well known to cause ill health. Either decrease your sugar intake or totally eliminate it from your diet. Poor nutrition will affect your mood, specially too much sugar.
3) Exercise daily, even if it is for 15 to 20 minutes per day. Exercise does not have to be aerobics or heavy. Gardening, walking, or dancing around the house to your favorite music will do you a world of good to improve circulation and fatigue.
4) Regular massage relieves any toxins and tension that may have built up in your muscles from stress. Take your own bottle of emu oil with you and ask to have it rubbed into sore muscles. Your skin will feel silky smooth and you'll get temporary relief from painful muscles as well.
5) Make sure the emu oil you buy has the seal of the American Emu Association on it, or it may be contaminated. You can find the highest quality Emu oil at http://www.cleure.com/.
6) It is always a good idea to retreat to a beautiful and tranquil setting either for a day or a weekend to re-energize. When you get back you will see things with a clearer mind.
7) Be productive and content on focusing only on today. The load of yesterday's problems plus worries of tomorrow can be too heavy to carry. The heavy load weighs on you and fatigue sets in. The overload makes you want to sleep, but the worrisome thoughts create insomnia.
8) Take the day off and visit a homeless shelter to volunteer and give to others. Your spirit will be uplifted with gratitude and thankfulness.
9) Take a day just to daydream. Your mind can manifest whatever you focus on and believe in. If you constantly focus on worries and problems, you magnify and attract those things into your life. Instead magnify the good things you would like to see in your life. You should exercise this for at least a few minutes daily.
10) Be grateful for what you have. Make a list of the good things in your life and think about them daily. Stay away from multi-tasking. Studies have proven we get more done when focusing on one thing at a time.
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