How to Get Out of the Way of Your Stress

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ing our anxiety instead of allowing our anxiety to control us.</p><p id="c3db">Life will always bring stress our way. It’s how we handle our stress that makes a difference.</p><h1 id="bcfd">What do you choose?</h1><p id="899e">Giving up control and allowing stress to take away your power?</p><p id="8634">or</p><p id="fd43">Keeping your control and enjoying a more peaceful life?</p><p id="a43c">Thanks for this writing prompt, <a href="undefined">Ellie Jacobson</a>!</p><p id="9977">Thanks for the tag, <a href="undefined">Nancy Blackman</a>! I appreciate you!</p><p id="0ef2">Here is Nancy’s ten-word challenge story!</p><div id="84f9" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/when-stress-wants-to-claim-too-much-space-9bc24907e3ad"> <div> <div> <h2>When Stress Wants to Claim Too Much Space</h2> <div><h3>Rest and recuperation are necessary</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*X8agFjretf-VRdXD6zERQg.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="6096">Here’s another ten-word story that packs quite an impact from <a href="undefined">Margie Willis</a>.</p><div id="2583" class="link-block"> <a href="https://margiewillis.medium.com/this-wont-take-long-7ca95a60d48a"> <div> <div> <h2>This Won’t Take Long</h2>

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Response to ten-word story challenge

Stress is a part of life. It can challenge us every day no matter what the reason.

I was a trauma victim for many years of my life. Trauma can cause anxiety and stress. I learned the hard way that if I did not control my stress, it would control me.

I learned how stress could cause debilitating physical illness for me, and it did. Stress made my life a living hell.

I had to discover ways to instill calm within my raging waters of anxiety and depression. I am grateful that I learned several different meditation techniques that worked for me.

Below are two ten-word challenge stories:

Meditation is about my breathing. Breathing is about controlling stress.

This is my favorite meditation to help ease my anxiety:

2. Breathe in, smell the flowers. Exhale, blow out the candles.

Slowing down our breathing can help slow down our anxiety. Stress is mostly about controlling our anxiety instead of allowing our anxiety to control us.

Life will always bring stress our way. It’s how we handle our stress that makes a difference.

Writing Prompt

How to Get Out of the Way of Your Stress

Response to ten-word story challenge

What do you choose?

When Stress Wants to Claim Too Much Space

Rest and recuperation are necessary

This Won’t Take Long

a ten-word story challenge . . .

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