How to calm your nerves?

In general, this issue can be approached in different ways. Sometimes you need to calm your nerves in a particular situation, when you are about to break up and tell (or do) extra. And sometimes under the tranquility of nerves is meant the removal of not immediate, but chronic stress. We will try in this article consider both cases.

How to calm your nerves here and now

Sometimes there are situations that "bring usto the handle ", and all the accumulated negative threatens to splash out on others. But if you give vent to emotions, it can lead to negative consequences - we risk thus spoil relations with many people. Or you have a responsible event (a date, an interview), and the heart pounding like mad, because you are afraid that something will go wrong. How to calm nerves in this situation?

About the most common way - deepbreathe in and count to ten - we often remember when it's too late. Therefore, such actions must be brought to automaticity. One of the methods of rapid calm - soothing breath. It allows you to find peace of mind in 30 seconds.

You do not need to breathe at a certain pace. Your task - Watch the process of breathing, mentally speaking through all its stages. Approximately so: "I breathe in ..." the air passes into the trachea through the nose ... now it is in the bronchi ... in the lungs ... I exhale carbon dioxide through the bronchi ... it passes through the trachea ... comes out through the nose ... again I breathe in ... ». By focusing on the process of breathing, you will be distracted from the stressful situation.

There are also express method. When there are all signs of intense excitement(heart beats too fast, hands tremble), you need to click the so-called "first aid point". It is under the nose, on the upper lip. You should press it as hard as possible for three seconds. If you do not even calm down completely, you will have enough of this time to get distracted and put your thoughts in order.

You can still remove a negative on some subject, for example, a piece of cloth. It is necessary to squeeze it in your hands and twist it as hard as possible, as if you squeeze water out of it (but the fabric should, of course, be dry). To twist it is necessary with all forces: as much as possible strain all muscles. Then the hands need to be sharply relaxed and unclamped, allowing the fabric to fall to the floor. Feel how relaxed your body is (especially your arms and neck). The downside of this method is that there is not always a scarf or towel at hand.

How to calm your nerves: a long-term perspective

But emergency methods can not completely get rid of stress. You just prevent an attack of anger or panic, and negative will continue to accumulate. How to calm nerves "in the long run" and not allow negative emotions to poison your life?

Many immediately turn to sedativesmedicines, believing that pills can help with everything. Perhaps you will calm your nerves in this way, but the liver will hardly thank you for it. So it's better to start with natural soothing agents. Calming the nerves will help vegetable juices: carrot, beet and pumpkin. A glass of freshly squeezed pumpkin juice before going to bed will help not only to calm down, but also to conquer insomnia. In the freshly squeezed carrot juice, it is better to add cream or vegetable oil (so the vitamin A is better absorbed), and beet juice is insisted for 6 hours before consumption.

Helps to calm the nerves and pion tincture, but if you have problems with the stomach, before using it you need to consult a doctor, because it increases acidity. With nervous disorders helps to fight tincture of walnut. Fill septums of 30 nuts with 200 ml of vodka, insist in a dark place for 2 weeks and drink before eating 25 ml each.

A soothing effect essential oils lemon balm, lavender, mint or juniper. You can hang bunches of dried herbs in the room, put a pillow filled with herbs at the head of the bed or use essential oils in the aroma lamp. Still can help breathing practice, auto-training, massage, relaxation music or sounds of nature, walking in the fresh air.

But no tinctures and essential oils will not help to calm nerves, if you do not put order in your life. Try to find harmony and do not demand too much from yourself: to become ideal is not given to anyone, but overstated requirements towards oneself is the right way to stress.