LOH 201 - MY PRESSURE VALVE

Indeed life has been filled with a lot of things that stresses one out and for some reason we always see ourselves keep going and being hopeful that something will change for the better. Recently, after my birthday, I had so much to do at school and I was so overwhelmed by everything because I had deadlines to meet up with and also I needed to give my best too. Good thing was, I did meet up with the deadline but then I became so weak and that made me fall sick. It was on a weekend luckily for me, so I just used it to take care of myself but during that time I realized almost everything wasn’t interesting to me at all.

I kept trying my best to be the active Hope that everyone once knew me as but then it was so hard for me. I love music so I tried listening to my favorite songs but I just wasn’t able to listen to it for long because I was having a severe headache. At that point I just knew I needed some time off to get myself back. In as much as I wanted to do something to get back to my usual self, everything proved futile so I just had to give me time to get myself back. Just when I was still trying to look for a way to get myself out of that strange stress and sick mode I was, a friend called.

Just seeing the call from him brought a smile to my face because it’s actually been a while we’ve talked and at that point forward I realized that might just be a what I needed to relieve my stress. I talked with him for a long time, even though I was still feeling sick, I was still able to talk more than I normally do when I’m sick and that somehow was part of the reasons why I was able to get better in a shorter time. I did use drugs too but I think the fact that I was able to talk to someone also helped me too.

Well, personally, there are so many ways I can relieve my stress but then it all depends on what is stressing me out. Some other times, I might not appreciate taking to someone, maybe listening to a song will be better then or maybe going for a walk or even taking a good nap. Or… I can as well just clean my room and keep everywhere clean as that also help in making me feel better. But all of these things like I said, depends on the cause of my stress and most especially on my mood. But basically, I think my number one stress reliever is TIME. Sometimes it’s just some time I need to get myself back.

Nothing is more satisfactory than being able to overcome stress when it comes because the more it persists, the harder it becomes for anyone to focus on what really matters. It’s even harder when it is your mind that is stressed so it is always good to be intentional about relieving your stress as much as possible to keep your body and soul in check.

This is my response to the ladies of hive question 2 chosen by @elizabethbit for week 201.