Stress, Insomnia and Depression Often Appear Together

So many times, insomnia is the result of stress caused by anxiety or excessive worries. That’s why many sufferers find that insomnia and depression often go hand in hand. If you feel that reducing your stress levels would help you sleep better at night (HINT: it usually will) then take a look at the article below from Chris Green.

Chris has written a book called “Conquering Stress“ and it covers how to overcome stress, depression and anxiety quickly, naturally and permanently. You will notice that some of his tips overlap quite nicely with my “Natural Sleep Made Simple“ approach.

5 Easy Stress Relief Tips

If you’re feeling like everything is getting on top of you, or you’re finding it difficult to cope and function as you normally do or perhaps you’re feeling down in the dumps, then try these 5 easy stress relief tips.

1. My favourite stress relief tip of all. Take a relaxing bath. Add music, candles and a glass of your favourite drink: beer, tea, hot chocolate, wine or even champagne. Close the door and forget about everything else for an hour or so. This helps to increase levels of calmness and the calmer we feel, the less likely we are to get stressed out or depressed. A luxurious way to find stress relief.

2. Comedy night: get in your favourite nibbles: chips, tortillas, salsa, crackers, cheese, pizza, chocolate, cookies, ice cream etc. Crack open a bottle of wine or pour yourself a beer or two and spend a full evening watching your favourite funny films or comedians. Finding stress relief through laughter will raise your spirits and is a great antidote to the pressures of modern life.

3. Need stress relief quickly but feel overwhelmed? Get out of the firing line. Just scoot off for some peace and quiet for a day or better still a weekend or a week. Take a journal, relax and gather your thoughts. When you’re under pressure or struggling to cope with a major situation or event in life, seeing solutions to problems can be really difficult. Distance from problems can bring clarity. I love going to the coast when I feel like this and it always, without fail, helps me to quickly find stress relief and the calmer I am, the easier I discover solutions. I don’t know why, but being near the ocean helps me find stress relief almost instantly. Being near water, come to think of it.

4. Find stress relief and feel great by indulging in massage. Share a massage with your partner – create a relaxing atmosphere by softening the lights and have oils and towels to hand. Lavender oil is particularly relaxing. Or, treat yourself to a massage from a professional masseur or masseuse. For a really invigorating massage, visit a Turkish baths if you’re fortunate enough to have one nearby. Massage is very relaxing and increases intimacy between lovers. It’s an excellent way to get stress relief but be warned, it’s addictive! Not a bad thing to be addicted to though, and it will do you the world of good.

5. Spend a week without watching any television. Television can fill your mind with negativity, bombard you with image manipulation via commercials and give you a distorted view of reality by showing you everything that’s bad about the world. Famines, disasters, murders, violence, war – the list is endless – and news programmes and soap operas are full of such events. Continually watching such things will cause you no end of stress! Find some much needed stress relief by giving your mind a break from this assault on your senses. Abandon the television for a week and do something more rewarding instead: Read a book, listen to music, socialize, workout, go for a walk or try your hand at something new. If you need to hear the news, listen to a radio news bulletin once a day. But try and avoid them for one week, replace them with something more life enhancing. Out of all the stress relief tips, this is perhaps one of the easiest. Try it, see stress levels drop.

The above stress relief tips are very easy to implement but they are also very effective in helping to relieve stress, depression and anxiety. Give them a try and watch your mood levels rise!

For more stress relief tips, and information about finding permanent natural stress depression and anxiety relief without talking antidepressant drugs, please click here.

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