You know what a stressful day is. You know that when you are stressed out, your pulse beats like you are running a sprint, your chest is heavy, and you have this terrible headache as if you are about to explode. Prolonged stress and poor reaction to stress may lead to other health problems. Some known medical problems related to stress include cancer, heart disease, gastrointestinal problem, and eczema.

Experts recommend people that are often stressed out to exercise regularly, eat right, and get enough rest. It is also best to plan ahead, change your attitude towards things, and resolve problems that may cause the anxiety.

Here are five more stress fixes that you may find quite surprising:

Kiss spontaneously

A recent study revealed that couples who kiss only when they make love are more prone to depression and stress compared to those who kiss spontaneously. Kissing helps people connect with others, releasing endorphins,which are chemicals that help counter depression and stress.

Cuddle

During an experiment, couples were asked to hug and hold hands while another group was asked to do nothing before talking about past events that made them anxious or angry. The group that cuddled before talking about the past events were not as affected compared to the other group who did not hug or held hands. The second group showed signs of increased blood pressure and heart rate. The cuddling stimulated nerves in the body that have an overall calming effect.

Lashing out less

Conflicts and arguments are normal occurrences with couples. A study showed that women lash out more often than men during an argument. The party who responds with some form of verbal hostility demonstrated increased levels of stress hormones. It is best to calm down first before talking about the issue at hand.

Disconnect from your gadgets

While gadgets have helped us to stay connected with friends and be more accessible to our colleagues, it has also stressed out a lot of us. Work-related worries should be left at the office. You should clearly define a boundary when you will be working and when you will be relaxing.

Is getting married better for your health? According to recent studies, married people get lower incidences of heart problems, lower rates of depression, lower potentials for diabetes, better sex life, easier access to healthcare, and so yes, married life is good for your health. Generally love makes life a lot better in terms of health among other aspect.

Life Span

Marriage gives one an average longer life span compared to not getting married. Longevity though favors men more, while the disparity in terms of rates of death among women are more modest. According to experts, you can attribute this to married people avoiding fatal accidents, surviving calamities, and violence better.

Stress

Men tend to be more stressed than women but studies show that marriage or romantic relationships help men respond better to stress compared to when they are single. Studies show that men have lower levels of cortisol handling stressful situations when they are romantically involved compared to single men.

Depression

Although a lot of people will say that their partner makes them crazy, partners actually tend to benefit the mental health. Women in particular showed lower occurrence of mental problems compared to their single counterparts.

Disease

Research also shows that married people can help prolong life because it lowers the risk of any serious disease like heart illness, diabetes, lung problems, Alzheimer’s, and other long-term health problems. The advantage seems to be equal for both women and men except for the occurrence of heart disease which favors men who has a lesser chance of having a fatal heart disease.

Vices

Men benefit a lot more hear as single men tend to lead more unhealthy lifestyles compared to married men. Singles are more likely to smoke, drink a lot, and have more vices.

Yoga is something that everyone in the world can do … and something that is fantastic for whenever you are stressed out … or thinking too much about something.  Do you ever notice that whenever you are thinking about something or worried about something, you are super stressed?

Well, yoga is a fantastic way to clear your head and truly make sure that you are completely and totally stress-free.  Yoga has been practiced all over the world and I have to say that the stretching of the muscles combine with the breathing techniques is a great way to ensure that your mind stays clear.

You want to be stress-free?  Try yoga.  If you don’t like it, you can stop but at least try it!

When it comes to your health, a lot of it has to do with what you eat and what you drink.  If you happen to eat a lot of fatty foods, most likely you are going to not feel at your greatest all of the time.  Did you know that you can still eat chocolate and it not become fattening?

Dark chocolate is one of those chocolates that has a ton of different benefits and to be quite frank, is actually extremely good for you.  Now, you can not overdo it of course, but if you have a little bit every day, you will see a difference.

Dark chocolate has a lot of antioxidants in there and to be honest, it is packed full of things that are healthy for you can will make you glow!

If you are like many people out there, you may have a very hard time believing some of the new age treatments out there.  In this blog – we not only focus on things and natural ways that you can relieve stress, but we also focus on your overall health and feel – and all of it is natural.

While some people are believed to be healers of the earth, a lot of the new age stuff is based on energy.  That is what Wave Therapy is all about –balancing and increasing how your natural energy flows – which in turn, will provide you with a better sense of feeling and overall, make you feel better.

Wave Therapy is a fantastic way to influence female hormones and can actually stop the pain and discomfort of periods as well as menopause.

We all know that precious gems are something that many, many want to find in order to make jewelry out of – however, did you know that they can actually help with your stress as well.  Whenever your spirit is not in check, you can actually use precious gemstones to help with spiritual healing.

This is something that has been around for quite a while and was practiced by every culture from Chinese all the way to Indian.  The ancient beliefs are now actually used in a lot of modern crystal therapies and have been proven to work wonders on your body.

We all know that stress is something that can take over our life, but if you take care of it via spiritual healing via precious gemstones, I can promise you will feel better.

So you have gained some weight – it happens to everyone and there is no sense making a big huge fuss out of it.  However – if you can not lose the weight, that is something that can be extremely stressful.  Believe me, I know.  There are many different ways that you can lose weight, but you want to make sure that you do it as healthy as possible and that is why acupuncture is something that can help you!

There are many benefits to getting acupuncture done and weight loss is one of them.  However – you want to make sure that you ask the right questions to ensure that this method is going to be the best for you.  Firstly, you need to acknowledge that while many – many people have had success through acupuncture with their weight loss – it is not proven as is just a tool.

You also need to understand acupuncture in general – this is where research is going to come into play.  So make sure you do that before committing!

While most people do not associate music with any sort of therapy, it really is.  Think about it – whenever you are stressed out, what is the first thing that you usually do?  For me?  I turn my music onto a song I know is going to cheer me up or at least match what mood I am in.  Music therapy, while it might seem strange is a great way to relieve some of the stress that you might be feeling due to your job, home or even just life in general.

Music therapy can actually promote wellness, eases pain and actually helps with the expression of feelings, enhances a lot of memories and finally can truly improve your communication skills – which is something that a lot of people need right now.

Whenever you are feeling stressed out, just run yourself a bath, slip your iPod on and let the music just take you away to a place that is not stressful at all!

In this blog, we have covered a lot of different things that you can do in order to relieve your stress but one thing that I do not think that we have touched base on it acupuncture.  There is probably a reason for that … I hate needles.  Acupuncture is not something that I think I could ever bring myself to do if only because of my fear of needles, however, I have watched it get done in someone that is always stressed out and as soon as she had it done, her stress melted away and all of her pain was gone.

Acupuncture is something that is not only fantastic for your stress levels, but it is a great way to get rid of the pain that seems to go along with stress.  Your back, shoulders and neck pain can all be relieved with acupuncture and that is something that is very comforting to know about.

Acupuncture has been practiced by the Chinese for years and years and if you go to a licensed acupuncture therapist, you should feel absolutely no pain when the needle goes in – just relief and I think I may have to give acupuncture a try.  I’ll let you know what I come up with!

If there is one thing that you should do when you are stressed out, it is going to be relax.  While there are many different ways to relax, one of the greatest herbs in the world to help you relax and wind down is going to be lavender.  There are many different ways that you can use lavender to your benefit and that is exactly what we are going to talk about now.

One of the greatest ways to use lavender is going to be via aromatherapy; however that is not the only way.  Did you know that there are many different bath products that use lavender so you can truly relax your body in the hot water with a scent that is calming?  Another way to use lavender is in your food – eating things with lavender in it is a fantastic way to ensure that you are going to calm down.

Lavender is something that so many people have used in the past and continue to use.  All around, it is a fantastic herb and can really help you in the long run.