I often find that if I can reduce the amount of stress held in my muscles, I can reduce my overall stress level, so some ideas that are fast enough to not require actual time commitments:
Aromatherapy! I'm practically on an IV drip of peppermint tea this semester. It helps reduce stress levels and headaches, and has no caffeine (which I try to avoid, idk). Maybe that will work for you? Chamomile and lavender are other ideas.
Really hot baths! I took a hot bath once this semester when I was on the verge of losing my mind and nearly died from how relaxed I felt after. It's very good if you need a hard reset.
Your jaw is a huge place for holding tension; try to do some jaw relaxing techniques or learn how to massage the tension out of your jaw muscle, and it usually makes you destress really fast. You might also learn some facial massage techniques because they are pretty amazing (and useful to apply to other people). Google it!
15 minute power naps are seriously the shit. Whenever I can't take it anymore I just sleep. Fifteen minutes is fast enough that no one is going to miss you, and also not enough to putz with your sleep schedule, but enough for you to really feel a difference.
Um, I am 99% a healthy almost-completely-vegetarian person, but my only real indulgence is chocolate. I seriously bought a massive stockpile of superdark chocolate at the beginning of the semester (the cashier was like wtf) and I just gnaw on it. It's awesome.
Um, that's all I can think of right now. If I think of more I will leave another comment!
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Aromatherapy! I'm practically on an IV drip of peppermint tea this semester. It helps reduce stress levels and headaches, and has no caffeine (which I try to avoid, idk). Maybe that will work for you? Chamomile and lavender are other ideas.
Really hot baths! I took a hot bath once this semester when I was on the verge of losing my mind and nearly died from how relaxed I felt after. It's very good if you need a hard reset.
Your jaw is a huge place for holding tension; try to do some jaw relaxing techniques or learn how to massage the tension out of your jaw muscle, and it usually makes you destress really fast. You might also learn some facial massage techniques because they are pretty amazing (and useful to apply to other people). Google it!
15 minute power naps are seriously the shit. Whenever I can't take it anymore I just sleep. Fifteen minutes is fast enough that no one is going to miss you, and also not enough to putz with your sleep schedule, but enough for you to really feel a difference.
Um, I am 99% a healthy almost-completely-vegetarian person, but my only real indulgence is chocolate. I seriously bought a massive stockpile of superdark chocolate at the beginning of the semester (the cashier was like wtf) and I just gnaw on it. It's awesome.
Um, that's all I can think of right now. If I think of more I will leave another comment!