Relaxation is one of the key benefits to a healthier life.
Us at Girl just relax believes it is important to effectively manage stress and anxiety.
When we feel stressed, our bodies react with what is called the "fight or flight" response.
Our muscles become tense, our heart and respiration rates increase and other physiological systems become taxed.
Here are some benefits to relaxing and how to relieve some of that stress.
Take some time to relax more, because your worth it!
Increases your limbo.
The most common reason for women and men to lose that "lovin’ feeling" is stress!
Keep your cool when dealing with difficult situations that may arise and do more activities that you find actively relaxing.
Heart protection.
You’ve probably heard stress can increase your blood pressure, which can lead to heart attacks and other heart problems.
When your body experiences a sudden stress - your body releases an amount of adrenaline which sometimes is too much for the heart to handle.
So keep yourself relaxed by using your individual tools/techniques that help you cope with stress more rationally.
Boosts your memory.
It’s true when your mind gets overwhelmed from stress it is hard to think straight, so it shouldn’t come as much of a shock to learn that stress plays a toll on your memory too.
Over coming stress and learning to relax more will help your memory stay young.
Keeps you slim.
Stress can make it harder for you to resist the comfort foods that help you relax and feel calmer.
Most peoples comfort foods are high in fat and sugar meaning you may pack on the pounds, it also increases your appetite and may also increase junk food cravings, so staying calm is good for your waistline!
Lowers stroke risk.
Again, you’ll have heard stress can increase your blood pressure which can lead to strokes and other heart problems.
There have been studies showing people who cope better with stress have a 24% lower risk of having a stroke.
Elevates Mood.
In humans, the prolonged presence of stress hormone cortisol can reduce levels of serotonin and dopamine,
which are linked to depression. So staying relaxed or coping with stress better can elevate your mood.
Helps you make better decisions.
It’s no surprise that when you’re under stress, you might not always be thinking so clearly, but it can actually cloud your judgement when making any form of decision.
Remember to make time for you!
I hope these examples are enough to convince you that you are important!, i can't stress that enough, for some ideas on creating some "me" time, Click here.
