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1 Surfing Is in My Blood 2 Embrace the Life-Enhancing Rewards of Encouragement 3 Retirement Bliss in a Garden 3 The Best Vegan Loaded Baked Potatoes 4 3 Simple Ways to Ease Anxiety
3 WAYS TO SOOTHE ANXIETY IN TODAY’S TURBULENT TIMES Calm Amid Chaos
Exercise A regular workout routine benefits the whole body; the brain is no exception. Exercise reduces anxiety, stress, and depression by a substantial margin. It distracts you from the source of your worries, relieves tension, and alters your brain chemistry by pumping up your endorphins, or feel-good neurotransmitters. You don’t have to do anything too intense; any exercise will help. Limit Caffeine While it provides an essential energy boost, caffeine causes restlessness, insomnia, heart palpitations, and several other contributors to anxiety. You don’t have to eliminate caffeine from your diet entirely — just ensure you’re not drinking too much. Next time you consume caffeine, track how much you’re drinking and how it
It’s chaos out there: Inflation continues to skyrocket, Artificial Intelligence is disruptng industries, and new wars seem to start every other month. Anxiety is a typical response to so many stressful current events. It’s essential to fight this anxiety, as it causes several mental and physical health problems. There is no easy cure, but you can ease the apprehension in a few simple ways. Drink Water Water is essential for life, but forgetting to hydrate is easy. Dehydration is correlated with anxiety, depression, and stress. If you’re experiencing dry mouth, thirst, and headaches, there’s a good chance you need to drink more water. Then, drinking itself, especially cold water, can temporarily alleviate anxiety because it stimulates the vagus nerve. This nerve, part of the parasympathetic nervous system, calms the “flight-or-fight response” that puts the brain in survival mode, a frequent cause of stress.
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