Self-Care: 5 Ways to Handle Thoughts to Reduce Stress (PDF)

Description

Self-Care: 5 Ways to Handle Thoughts to Reduce Stress provides five strategies to help reduce your symptoms of anxiety and remind you that feelings, thoughts, and sensations come and go.

The 5 strategies include:

• Be aware of your thoughts. Work on catching yourself thinking a negative thought. Can you reframe it into a positive thought?
• Keep busy. Keep your hands and mind occupied to help keep negative thoughts away.
• Avoid triggers. Minimizing contact with negative people can reduce negative triggers and keep you positive.
• Get rest. Lack of sleep greatly affects your mood, causing you to feel anxious and irritable.
• Listen to music. Listening to your favorite music for 20 minutes a day can shift your stress levels and have a positive effect on your health and day.

This resource is part of the Anxiety series of Early Intervention resources developed by Miami

University’s Center for School-Based Mental Health Programs (CSBMHP) and the Ohio Mental Health Network for School Success (OMHNSS) as part of the Early Intervention Initiative (funded by the Ohio Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services, grant #2200368, https://mha.ohio.gov/).