Stress Relievers

Looking for a quick way to relieve stress? There are plenty of ways! Follow our list to get started. 

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• Have realistic expectations
• Recognize the problem
• Identify cloud shapes
• Schedule relaxation time
• Talk with someone you trust
• Learn different ways to say no
• Less texting and Facebook and more "in person" time
• Dance whenever you can
• Blow bubbles, play hopscotch, jump rope, color–embrace your inner child! 
• Pray, meditate, or do Tai Chi Chih
• Go to the Tranquility Room in Edwards Commons.
• Cry or laugh when you feel like it
• Just sit and do nothing–it really is okay
• Study instead of procrastinate
• Participate in LEAP
• Play disc golf–even if you're really bad
• Take deep breaths several times a day
• Check out the art in Kresge Gallery
• Do something nice for someone else
• Get off campus
• Do something spontaneous
• Take a nap
• Eat one of Brenda's desserts BEFORE your meal
• Pick or buy yourself fresh flowers
• Stay in the present moment
• Let someone do YOU a favor
• Go for a walk or hike
• Hula hoop
• Go for a drive and sing out loud
• Treat yourself to an ice cream or froyo
• Work out in the gym
• Play a "real" game rather than an online game, i.e. Uno, Phase 10, Skip-Bo, Yahtzee
• Do a Paint by Numbers
• Play the guitar, drums, flute, bagpipes–whatever instrument you enjoy playing or want to enjoy playing
• Read a book for fun, not for class
• Call someone who can make you laugh
• Express yourself creatively
• Face your stress rather than avoid it
• Listen to music
• Just "be"
• Swim laps in the pool
• Work a jigsaw puzzle
• Check out a hammock from the student life office
   

Thanks and credit to Hampden-Sydney College of Academic Success for ideas from the brochure "101 Self-Care Tips to Reduce Stress" and from a handout entitled "43 quick stress relievers" that is from an unknown source.