Stress Case

Journal Entry 1

There are many different things I do to manager stress. Out of the five dimensions of health I use three of the five physical, intellectual and emotional. I am not at all a spiritual person, I do not and have not ever thought of myself as such and I never plan on being one. I also do not believe any kind of social interaction can help me with any kind of stress I have. The only thing that truly help me are the physical, intellectual and emotional dimensions of health. The biggest dimension that helps me is emotional. I always have to do something spontaneous just to help reboot my emotions. Just to help me through my daily life. Once a week I try to do something just random and out of the ordinary to help relieve some of my daily worries. I also try to once a month to meditate and forget about everything in my life to just truly relax for an hour or more. Without these two very important things in my life I don’t know how I would keep my emotions in check while I’m stressed. When I was younger I did not know how to control my emotions and I would lash out whenever I felt stressed out.

The other way I deal with my stress is with physical activates. I go on a daily bike ride to not only keep my body in a healthy condition but I also have to make sure I keep my stress as at a healthy level. I have to keep up on my bike riding or else I can’t even sleep at night. I need the mental rime to think over what is wrong with me or what went wrong that day. It makes me work out my problems and my body so that I’m in the best shape I can be. The other physical activity I do is walk my dogs. I have 3 dogs and I walk one a day. it doesn’t do much for my body or my mind but it makes me feel close to my dogs and they always seem so happy when I take them. The bond I have with them makes the world seem less lonely at times so I think just knowing I will always have that small bond with a animal that doesn’t