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Since my anxiety has gotten worse, I've been uncomfortable staying home by myself and since my mother and sister have to go to work today, I have no choice. Anything I can do to calm down?
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Since my anxiety has gotten worse, I've been uncomfortable staying home by myself and since my mother and sister have to go to work today, I have no choice. Anything I can do to calm down?
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Now, another thought I had is that if you choose to try an exercise regimen of "push-ups" particularly, I did have a problem with placing the palms of my hands flat on the floor, because this caused an unnatural twisting effect on my wrists, and THAT SITUATION ended up leading to wrist problems. To avoid this problem of the unnatural twisting effect, I started using two (2) 20-pound dumb bells to wrap my fingers around and that cause the hands to be elevated off the floor by about three inches. Doing this got rid of the wrist problem because my hands were then in a completely natural position.
I don't know about you, but I will say that when I was a whole lot younger, I used to do a lot of push-ups with my hands flat on the floor and NEVER experienced any wrist problems back then; but the problem NOW is that I am apparently not getting any younger and my bones are just starting to creak a little bit.
But even if you don't end up having wrist problems in the short term by placing your hands flat on the floor, it doesn't mean that you would not still be creating an adverse amount of stress on your wrists that could lead to problems down the road. If you don't have a couple of "dumb bells" to use like I do, then you can also purchase actual little "push-up handles" that are designed for this same reason; and you can buy those at probably any place that sells exercise equipment. They are a very inexpensive item at between $10 and $20 (USD) for a pair of two.
Just as a reminder, the important thing I wanted to point out here regarding the benefit of exercise for the purpose of immediately alleviating stress and anxiety is that - for me anyway - the exercise needs to be "intense" even if only for a couple of minutes. In other words, while taking a walk outside would be better than nothing and is a form of exercise, simply walking at a casual pace is definitely NOT an intense form of exercise. So with that being said, I have found where the benefit comes from short bursts of extremely difficult exercise activity, such as with doing push-ups.
By the way, the other thing you might find helpful is that exposing yourself to "natural direct sunlight" for several minutes, or even being outside on an overcast day will instantly make you feel better than being indoors with no natural sunlight. Again, I don't know what it is about natural sunlight that produces a calming effect for me, but I do know that NO AMOUNT of "artificial light" will work to have this effect. As soon as I step outside, I always feel better than being couped up indoors; and combined with the push-ups and the fact that I am proud to say I'm done with smoking cigarettes, then I am on my way to BATTING 100% these days!
Take care, my friend!
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