In these times of global or worldwide health catastrophe, it is important to find creative outlets to deal with stress or anxiety. Constant or high level of stress can lead to uneasiness, disquiet, uncertainty, and apprehension. These consequential effects can highly affect your mental and physical health.
Sometimes you will feel sad, upset, anxious, angry or hopeless for no valid reason. There are ways of coping with these feelings through creative outlets.
By expressing ourselves more, we can let out our emotions freely, thus, having catharsis within ourselves. With this, you may not notice yet what good it will bring to you.
Nevertheless, catharsis or abreaction within may really change your mood and relieve you with your own tensions, fear, and pressures.
Your creative outlet can be anything as long as it brings you joy, fulfillment, and peace of mind. It will give you a radiant day and the relief you need.
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic or this pernicious global virus, quarantine protocols have impacted our psychological, mental, and emotional well-being
Taking care of our minds is always important, least noticed, yet gargantuan benefits. Having this kind of mindset will guide an individual about what will be his personal priorities.
Stress-Relieving Activities
Keeping busy, whether physically or mentally may provide a person with first aid as regards feeling anxious, worried, fearsome, and the like.
Consequently, here are some tips and techniques in finding a creative outlet to deal with anxiety that can help you get through your predicaments.
Strengthen your support system
When you feel alone or lonely just reach out to your loved ones. Always set aside time to speak with family, friends, or colleagues every day or whenever you have time, or whenever you need it.
Connecting to others releases feel good hormones that help to relieve stress. Having someone you can talk to or having someone that makes you feel that you are not alone is a good way to make you feel better.
By simply knowing that you are not alone with what you are experiencing, you will be able to boost your confidence in battling with the tensions and pressures permeating and infiltrating your mind.
Knowing that there will be somebody who will eventually listen and be by your side to accompany you during your dark times will greatly help you to stay strong and calm.
When you tell your problems to someone, you will notice that even if you haven’t resolved your problem yet, you feel better.
With someone beside you that you can share your frustrations in life is a big help to lessen the negative thoughts in your mind and the burden within and inside your heart.
Keep your faith
Let go and let God, when you offer everything to him, all of the pain, burden, and anxiety that you are feeling and experiencing will never stay in your mind.
Allow other people to help you. Allow god to rescue you. Always think that all of your worries and stress are just in your head.
Kindly do not let yourself be defeated by your own negative and detrimental thoughts. You should always remember that everything happens for a reason, and that there will always be a rainbow after the rain. Nothing is permanent in this world; only changes are permanent.
Your current predicament, dilemma, and ordeal may have just part of a better, brighter, and bigger future.
Therefore, instead of going too hard on yourself, celebrate how far god has brought you and has been caring for you, and rest in the hands of a loving and faithful father.
Meditate through music
Did you know that music can help alleviate pain and reduce stress? Listening to music that will relate on how you feel is a great creative outlet, as well.
Paying attention to music can change you mood, it will help you express your emotions and encourage you to let go of negative thoughts in your mind.
Lending your ears to your favorite songs or to any music, which relates on how you feel, sometimes, creates flashbacks of good memories.
Remembering those good old days will put a smile on your face. Sometimes, listening to emotional piece can help you feel better. This may assist you in releasing your emotions that somewhat relates to what the musical subjects are going through.
You should, likewise, try to find songs that reflect on your thoughts and experiences. Music is said to have a secret healing effect or power.
It changes your mood and makes stress go away easier. The same can divert attention from painful thoughts and can cause sleeping to be even better and more relaxing. The effects of music on one’s sanity are just amazing.
Spend some time on something you really enjoy
You should try giving yourself a break. Think of your hobbies and the activities that you really enjoy and all the things and stuffs that you are really passionate about.
Read your favorite book or novel or watch your favorite movie or TV series. Writing down your feelings can also be very helpful in fighting depression.
Writing poem and lyrics about your feelings can help reduce depressive symptoms. It is a form of release that will make you happy and make you feel better.
Therefore, while giving yourself the needed break, you should do the things that you enjoy most.
Crying can be a healthy coping mechanism
When is the last time you cry? In times of pain and stress, crying can help ease both physical and emotional pain. It is not unusual to cry. On the contrary, it is better to weep when you feel a pain inside your heart or within yourself.
Expressing how you really feel and accepting the fact that there are things that are beyond our control will help you calm your mind.
Do not pretend that you are okay. Pretention will only make you look strong but it will not help you. It will just make the situation worse.
It is time to face your reality. When you don’t show how you feel, the pain and stress in your mind will be heavier and all of the things that are running in your head will confuse your mind more.
Sometimes releasing your emotions though tears is a good creative outlet to relieve all the negative vibes that anxiety gives you.
Practice breathing exercise | Strategic inhalation and exhalation
If you are feeling anxious, just close your eyes and take a deep breath. It allows you to refocus and stop you from over thinking things.
Strategic breathing relaxes your body and will help you overcome the feeling of anxiety. Try the breathing technique exercises. You will eventually feel relaxed and calm.
Concentrating on a controlling your breathing is a scientifically effective way to make you feel calm and to avoid panic to arise.
Final Thoughts
There are hundreds of ways or creative outlets that you can explore. They can help you deal with anxieties, predicaments, and dilemmas.
Some people reach out to, and embark on, unhealthy things like smoking and drinking alcoholic beverages or even eating unhealthy foods just to get by. However, these will do more harm than good in the long run.
You need to avoid these comforts because there are a lot of beautiful things that will change your perspective and views about life. You should always think in a positive way. Treat your setbacks as challenges for you to become a better individual.
However, there are situations that you should need to seek medical advice if you are battling with anxiety. Everyone must know that anxiety is real and everyone’s feeling is valid.
Just always remember that feelings of sadness or anxiety are temporary, it will pass over time. Focus on the things that you can do and erase those negative thoughts that are beyond your control.
