I've been a ball of stress lately and my blood pressure is through the roof. It is taking a toll on my body. I've been exercising and trying to calm down but it doesn't seem to be having much of an effect. A couple times I thought I was having a heart attack and got excited to finally die but it turned out to be nothing.
Are there other methods to lower blood pressure? Any foods?
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PurestEvil on scored.co
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> I've been a ball of stress lately and my blood pressure is through the roof.
> How does one decrease blood pressure?
You attempt to fix a symptom, while you have a continuous cause. You have to fix the sources of your stress - be it *actually* changing your life to generate no stress (find a different job, move to somewhere else), or better dealing with it (exercise, meditation, psychological things).
One simple way is to stop giving a fuck about the outcome. Think through the bad outcome, what would happen if it occurs. Think about the positives and negatives. Is it really that bad? Isn't it an opportunity for you if it fails?
You lose your job? Well, take it as an opportunity to find a new job. Is it about grades in school? Stop caring beforehand, and just get your shit together for a few weeks. Is it the wife? That's a red flag you *have* to deal with as soon as possible.
Remaining in a continuous state of stress is bad for your body - well, obviously - like your blood pressure problems. You have to change your life to not be in stress continuously. You cannot medicate away your blood pressure problems but live in stress continuously.
That's rough. But you **have** to deal with your stress sooner or later, otherwise you will be the one who'll need help from his family to be sustained.
Something like a change in attitude. Talk with your wife about it openly, because some stress may occur due to the high expectation (you think) she has from you. It's a temporary situation, and it will get better (I assume), so assure her that you work on that, but that the stress is killing you physically. She may even support you somehow.
Not sure how your relationship with her is though, but anyway, don't appear weak, helpless or hopeless.
> How does one decrease blood pressure?
You attempt to fix a symptom, while you have a continuous cause. You have to fix the sources of your stress - be it *actually* changing your life to generate no stress (find a different job, move to somewhere else), or better dealing with it (exercise, meditation, psychological things).
One simple way is to stop giving a fuck about the outcome. Think through the bad outcome, what would happen if it occurs. Think about the positives and negatives. Is it really that bad? Isn't it an opportunity for you if it fails?
You lose your job? Well, take it as an opportunity to find a new job. Is it about grades in school? Stop caring beforehand, and just get your shit together for a few weeks. Is it the wife? That's a red flag you *have* to deal with as soon as possible.
Remaining in a continuous state of stress is bad for your body - well, obviously - like your blood pressure problems. You have to change your life to not be in stress continuously. You cannot medicate away your blood pressure problems but live in stress continuously.
That's the problem. My family depends on me and I keep finding jobs with low security.
Something like a change in attitude. Talk with your wife about it openly, because some stress may occur due to the high expectation (you think) she has from you. It's a temporary situation, and it will get better (I assume), so assure her that you work on that, but that the stress is killing you physically. She may even support you somehow.
Not sure how your relationship with her is though, but anyway, don't appear weak, helpless or hopeless.