Get moving to release feel-good chemicalsin squashing stress is fairly simple. Exercise causes your body to produce more endorphins, which are neurotransmitters that boost your mood. Movement also combats elevated levels of the stress hormone cortisol while improving blood flow.
Jessica Honig, a clinical social worker in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, said exercise empowers her clients because they realize that, through movement, they hold the key to reset and lessen their stress. "It's also one of the best ways to pause — to break up or revive energy from a spiraling, unproductive mindset," she said.
What types of exercise are best? While studies show aerobic exercise, such as swimming, running, dancing and boxing, may be the most efficient at getting mood-boosting endorphins rushing through your body, gentler forms of physical activity work, too. Think yoga, strength training and walking. In addition, sometimes less is more.
"What we're seeing from the data," Choi said, "is you actually need to move less than the recommended guidelines to seeSince stress loads may change weekly or even daily, Scrivener said it can be helpful to alter your exercise based on your mood. Feeling a cheery 8 on a scale of 1 to 10? Then go for a run. Barely hitting a 3? Opt for something gentle.
It's also important to remember that humans are geared to release stress physically, no matter their age, said Honig, the social worker. "We see in children the permission to throw their body into pillows to release intense emotions," she said. "We do not outgrow a need to physically release stress. We merely lose the outlets and social normalization of it."
LOL, that's a hilarious tweet coming from KSL. If KSL were Jack the Ripper, they'd be an OB/GYN.
Biased MSM doesn't help the situation.
Everyone should have time and access to counseling. Just being able to get things out to someone else can change your stress levels.
Delete your social media
Today is international Christian day of visibility.
Who’s fault is that ?
Meta news article. 🤣🤣🤣