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Meditation.
Mindfulness.
Laughter.
Sleep.
Exercise.
Voluntary work.
Mantras e.g. fuck it.
Self-care and having boundaries with one self e.g. cutting out a lover who treats you like a toy and picks you up or puts you down when they feel like it.
Self-respect.
Being assertive with others and saying no if you have too much on.
God / prayer.
Random acts of kindness.
Pet. Having a cat or dog etc.
Nature. Spending time with nature e.g. reading a book by a secluded picturesque lake.
Talking to the stress and telling yourself it is nothing.
Swearing at the stress and telling it to F off.
In a nutshell stress is when demands outweigh coping resources. So either decrease demand and increase resources or increase both to match. Increasing both means you could be on a knife edge and if something else happens it could tip the balance.
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