MOSCOW, May 19. Clinical psychologist Elena Dorosh spoke about three effective ways, which will help to calm down in stressful situations. According to the expert, a short physical activity aimed at displacing negative emotions will help to relax.
"Our emotions are "splash" certain hormones. Therefore, when feeling acute, negative emotions, we need to give the body the opportunity to adequately balance this state. For example, with fear, anger, the body enters the state "fight, run, freeze", preparing for a certain physical activity. It is important not to suppress these emotions in yourself, but to give them an outlet, "throw out" these hormones. Advice on type "beat the pillow" in this case will be the most effective. You can also take a brisk walk in the fresh air, run a few meters or jump on the spot. In extreme cases, you can retire to some place and wave your arms and legs for several minutes. The body must throw out the accumulated energy, feel a slight, pleasant fatigue", — said Dorosh.
The psychologist also recommended an exercise from the EMDR method of psychotherapy — eye movement desensitization and processing. This method is used to treat post-traumatic stress disorders and operates in a complex of several psychological steps, but one of the exercises — eye movement from side to side — was noted by the psychologist as an effective way to calm down and endure a stressful situation. «According to one of the scientific hypotheses confirming the effectiveness of this method, rapid eye movement has a certain effect on the nervous system.The principle is to help our brain process stressful information that it cannot perceive in the waking state.During deep sleep, our eyes move from side to side, it is in this moment the brain processes all the information it receives. Our task is to repeat the same process, but in the waking state, starting the process of processing information in our nervous system, «said the specialist.