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RELAX. STOP for a moment. SIT and calm down.
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Breath-in deeply at least five times. Inhale; exhale slowly VERY SLOWLY.
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Count to 10 or better to 20. Recite the alphabet out loud.
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Make a call to a friend or relative and do your best to enjoy the conversation.
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STILL ANGRY? Hit a pillow. Or bite a fruit like apples, pear or nectarines.
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Look through a magazine, a newspaper, a photo album...check your email.
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Exercise. Jog. Grab your bike or skatesÂ…even play the stereo and dance.
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Write down your thoughts, the things that bother you and also what makes you happy.
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Take a hot bath or cold shower.
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Lie down on the floor or elevate your feet, perhaps rest them on a pillow.
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Listen to the radio or your player with your favorite band or singer. Any thing that really makes you happy and peppy. ( AVOID AGRESSIVNESS)
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Water your plantsÂ…that is a very relaxing activity.
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If you like to cook fix a nice meal, go to your porch and sit in your favorite chair and count the cars passing by.
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If the children are all over you, explain that you are not feeling well and to be cooperative, that means to play in their rooms or watch some TV.
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If that is simply impossible and you are the only adult in your house, performing these suggestions is a little bit difficult, grab the kids, buckle them in the back of the car, play your favorite music and go for a short slow ride around the block or to a nearby shopping mall, perhaps buy some ice cream at the next gas station.
