Do you often feel as tired as if you’ve run a marathon when you haven’t done much?
Do you lie in bed at night, but your brain is like a conference? Emotions like a roller coaster, a little on the bomb?
Don’t panic, this may be cortisol (cortisol) in trouble! As a senior “stress hormone”, it occasionally helps you cope with crises, but long-term highs will make you anxious and weak.
Today, let’s not talk about complicated theories, directly on the 10 grounded methods, teach you to easily push the cortisol back to normal levels!
Breathe deeply
Breathe in for 4 seconds (imagine your stomach is a balloon and blow it up).
Hold your breath for 2 seconds
Exhale for 6 seconds (as slow as blowing out a candle)
3 times a day, 1 minute each time, personally tested than brush short video decompression much.
Walking: not walking, is to shake off the pressure
Cortisol is terrified of you moving! But don’t get a gym membership – just take a walk.
20 minutes of brisk walking every day (no running, but a little faster than walking the dog)
Pick a spot with trees (green = natural stress reliever) Don’t look at your cell phone
Eat the right snacks: Chocolate?
You think eating sweets can reduce stress? Wrong! Sugar can make cortisol ride the roller coaster.
List of Cortisol Friendly Snacks:
A handful of almonds (with magnesium, specialized for anxiety)
Greek yogurt + blueberries (probiotic + antioxidant double whammy)
Dark chocolate (go for 85% or higher, just bitter enough to cringe)
No cell phone before bed
Cortisol is most active at night
Turn off all screens (yes, including e-readers) one hour before bed.
Switch to: white noise/paperbacks/laze (yes, laze is serious!)
Petting pets: Fluffy = natural pressure reliever!
It’s scientifically proven that jerking off a dog for 10 minutes can lower cortisol! No pets? Try these pints:
Go to a friend’s house and rub up against the cat
Go to the zoo (alpaca eyes are super healing)
Even cuddle with a stuffed animal.
Write a “worry list”: dump your stress in the trash!
Have a messed up brain? Take a piece of paper and spend 5 minutes writing down all your worries.
Or mark what you can and can’t control.
Drink tea: soak away the stress.
Caffeine stimulates cortisol, try these alternatives:
Morning: black tea + ginger powder (refreshing without blowing up your nerves)
Afternoon: Chamomile tea (Europeans call it “plant Xanax”)
Evening: lemon mint water (pretend you’re drinking a mojito)
Social Disconnect: Stay away from “energy vampires”
When some people talk, your cortisol goes through the roof.
Recognize the signals:
You feel more tired after talking to them.
The topic of conversation is always complaining.
Countermeasure:
Limit chatting to a certain amount of time
Directly blocked (your health is more important)
Cold water to the face: 30 seconds of emergency blood pressure reduction
Cold water in both hands, bury your face in it for 10 seconds (activates the “dive reflex” instinct).
Repeat 2-3 times.
Faster than deep breathing, personally tested suitable for first aid before the meeting!
The great method of sucking: learn to say “who cares”
Cortisol fears that you don’t care!
An hour late in returning work emails? The sky’s the limit.
Interrupted your workout program? We’ll do it tomorrow.
What do people think of you? …Who cares!
Remember: you’re not an AI and you don’t need to be efficient 24 hours a day.
A little experiment at the end
Try it for a week and pick 3 ways to clock in
Which one worked best for you? Which one did you try and want to throw up in your mouth?
Stress won’t go away, but you can “lighten up” it. Now, put down your cell phone and go to the window and take three deep breaths.