Ventilation

• Reframing
• Positive Thinking
• Be Assertive
• Get Organized/Time Management
• Ventilation
• Humor Therapy
• Hydrotherapy
• Diversion and Distraction
• Diet
• Exercise
• Drink Water
• Music Therapy
• Positive Thoughts, Positive Feelings
• Taking Time To Do The Things We Enjoy
• Learning To Share Our Feelings
• Awareness and Self-Awareness
• Spiritual Needs
• Alternative Therapies: Aromatherapy

People who keep things for themselves without sharing with their friends or loved ones carry a considerable and unnecessary burden. Share your problems and concern with others. Develop a support system of relatives, colleagues or friends to talk to when you are upset or worried. When you are frustrated write it down. After you have vent the frustration, destroy the writing so that it is forgotten. Rereading the journal will reawaken the frustration and anger. So, do not keep it.

Seek social support. Studies have shown that close, positive relationships with others facilitate good health and morale. One reason for this is that support from family and friends serves as a buffer to cushion the impact of stressful events. Talking out problems and expressing tensions can be incredibly helpful. If things really get bad, seek help from a therapist, counselor, or clergyman/spiritual leaders.

Transference

Hold a rock in your hand and envision all your stress and anxiety flowing through your fingers and palm into the rock. After you "feel" that the bad stuff has been transferred to the rock, throw the rock away or bury it or toss it into running water. You can also "wash" the rock and rinse away the "bad stuff" and reuse the rock.