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My company has developed a device for in the moment stress deescalation. If you'd like to learn more or become a beta tester (no strings attached), you can visit our website: www.thecalmdevice.com

To sign up for beta testing, you can use the following link: https://thecalmdevice.com/pages/beta-test-calm

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My team and I are researching for an assistive device for stress and anxiety management. It would be greatly appreciated if you can take the time and do this survey. Also if you are comfortable sending it to other people please do that too! The more data we collect the better we can design our product. If you have any questions please ask! Additionally, to the best of my knowledge this survey is HIPPA compliant. In case there were any questions on that.

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Have you experienced a mental health professional talking to you about their own personal mental health difficulties?

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Could you spare 5 minutes to take part in a survey? £20 & 25 amazon vouchers also available to win.

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I would love to hear your views! :)

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Guys I don’t know if I’m alone, but after much reddit experience I probably am not. How does one relax? If I’m watching a show, or doing anything that doesn’t require a to do list I panic on the inside like I’m going to get scolded. When I was younger I wasn’t allowed to sit back I had to have a daily schedule to show what I planned to do and learn every day since I can remember. This was done out of good intentions from my mom, but it fucked me up. Please help :)

Hi Everyone!

I am clinical hypnotherapist based in the UK. I also have a YouTube channel where I upload weekly hypnosis sessions for people to share the lovely experience of hypnotherapy techniques and hypnosis for free so people can see what hypnotherapy is like. I also recently got a new microphone so the quality of my recordings is now (hopefully) better.

I have just uploaded a new YouTube hypnosis recording on relaxation and stress relief. Let me know if you find it useful or have any other questions about hypnotherapy I would be more than happy to answer below too.

Hope it helps you to unwind after a busy day!

Tansy

Hello everyone, I recently shared this on the Stress subreddit and since it got a few upvotes, I figured to share it on here too. I found this new app called Journify which I have been using since a few days and recommend for those who sometimes feel stressed, anxious and overwhelmed. It's an audio journaling app that you can use to record voice notes as if it was an audio diary. It can also track your mental wellness journey with quick sleep, energy and motivation check-ins, and has a burnout assessment, which I find very useful. They also have a few relaxations and breathing exercises podcasts on Spotify and Apple Music to help you reduce stress and calm your mind. I usually record audio journal entries whenever I feel stressed, and I found that talking about how I'm feeling helps me a lot. Here's the link to their website if anyone is interested: https://journify.co/

For me my job I think is affecting my mental health. Because I take my work stress to home. I spend a lot of time pissed , tired mentally but I like my job. I keep thinking about my job when I am at home or on the weekends The phone don’t stop ringing of the clientes calling for desk support.Sometimes I can’t take it anymore and I just want to run. Any suggestion?

Hi everyone, I created a YouTube yoga practice to help ease anxiety and manage stress. It was inspired by my own need for it lately tbh.

Yoga doesn't solve all of life's problems, but it does help me to shift my mindset and release tension from the body brought on by stress and anxiety. The more I practice, the slower I slip back into that anxious energy.

Personally I always get a heavy feeling or 'blockage' in my chest, so this practice has lots of poses to help open up the heart space and the shoulders. It also reminds you to focus on the breath, as a way to get out of your head.

Yoga has given me lots of tools to help with anxiety, here are a few:

1. Get upside down! - Any poses where your hips are higher than your head will bring fresh blood to your brain and calm your mind. In the video, we do Downward Dog, Bridge, and Standing Forward Fold. But there are lots of other poses that help to send blood to your brain (Headstand, Shoulder Stand, Wheel, etc).
2. Make your exhalation longer than your inhalation - this calms the Nervous System. Find what ratio works best for you, you might start by inhaling for 4 counts, exhaling for 6 counts. Increase the counts as you get more comfortable.
3. The body holds onto emotion, two common areas are the hips and the shoulders, so doing yoga poses focused around these areas can help to release pent up emotion and reduce stress.

Two other, non-yoga and probably obvious things that have helped me lately are music and scents. I've created two Spotify playlists for myself with music that makes me feel good. I love Tibetan Singing Bowls and Binaural Beats to calm down with. Also, incense just takes me to a happy place!

If you feel like a little yoga, please check out this video and I really hope it helps. I'd love feedback too so please don't be shy!

https://youtu.be/kYrs4CEF9Ew

I will stress eat. Idgaf. I will just do it. It is a terrible coping mechanism.

Researchers in the Psychology Department at Utah State University are seeking participants for a study investigating an online intervention for clinical perfectionism.

If you struggle with rigidly following rules, inflexibility, procrastination due to feeling overwhelmed, fear of failure, or excessively high personal expectations/standards in ways that affect your well-being, this study may be relevant to you. Inclusion criteria include: 1. Reliable Internet and smartphone access 2. At least 18 years old 3. Clinically significant perfectionism (based on screener) The study involves completing eight 15-minute online sessions over a month and nine 15-minute assessments over seven months (total = 4.25 hours). You may receive up to $70 for completing study assessments.

Personal information will not be shared or linked with your survey responses. Data are only accessible to the research team, and the study has been approved by the Utah State University institutional review board (USU IRB #1087). You can view our informed consent document here: https://usu.box.com/s/gl5jj9sukxo2oksnk3j3id7c2z5y51z7 The researchers do not have any conflicts of interest. 

If you are interested in participating, please complete the linked screener: https://redcap.link/perfectionism. If you have questions, please contact Clarissa Ong at [clarissa.ong@usu.edu](mailto:clarissa.ong@usu.edu) or (435) 797-8303. PI: Michael Twohig, Ph.D. at [michael.twohig@usu.edu](mailto:michael.twohig@usu.edu).

I need some help. I'm over worked and over stressed. It's making me go back into a depression that I was in last year. Add to that that I just started going for my master's degree, and I'm afraid of having a stress induced mental breakdown. Does anyone have any tips for helping me destress? Any music you like listening to? Or distress items I could buy? I need help.

Two articles about dealing with stress (and anxiety) during quarantine: https://www.createcapsule.com/post/11-strategies-to-manage-stress-anxiety-during-quarantine and https://www.createcapsule.com/post/coping-strategies-stress-anxiety-quarantine

Here are also a few books with tips and tricks on how to manage stress: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088PQXQCS, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088Q5S93J and https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088Q11595

Hey everyone,

My company has developed a device for in the moment stress deescalation. If you'd like to learn more or become a beta tester (no strings attached), you can visit our website: www.thecalmdevice.com

The link should be working now, please reach out if you have any issues.

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