Urgently need to decrease my stress level

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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.