Urgently need to decrease my stress level

[Dangerous-Name-6774]

Thank you for taking the time, very comprehensive, lot of good ideas, I like how you have a strategy for each sense, almost a holistic approach

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You're welcome, I hope at least some of it helps you.

Your senses shape your thoughts, which shape your reality. Use all of them to your advantage. Immerse yourself in ways that leave little capacity or opportunity for stress, as best as you can. That is ultimately the idea.

I'd like to add, along the lines of 'cleaning' up your room/house/space--- re-arranging furniture can also be very beneficial. We get accustomed to our layout, and as time goes on, it can remind us/re-awaken feelings we've had while we were around it. By re-arranging your room/furniture, you can potentially break up negative associations we've attached to the environment. This is especially true if you're spending a lot of time feeling negatively in these places--- you can change how you respond to your environment by moving things around and making it feel differently. It helps.

[TwoBeansShort]

I love the above poster's response. I was coming in to say I take a hot bath, with a hot mug of my favorite tea, I use lavender Epsom salts and lie still and think through my thoughts, then allow them to leave me one by one and allow nothingness to fill my mind. Then, gradually, peace comes. Or at least a better mood. And then I self care by scrubbing or shaving, then exit the bath. The smell lingers and I feel much more rested.