We present the best tips for keeping a cool head that will instantly improve our mood. After all, everyone has bad days: r times!
Missed the train, messed up your presentation, forgot your best friend’s birthday: there are days when things just don’t work. Our anger rises to level 1000 – not only at the others, but above all at ourselves. The good thing: At some point it will get better and in the end everything is half as bad.
10 tips to better deal with frustration
1. Sport
Sounds obvious – but it should by no means be neglected! Sport is the ultimate frustration killer. Movement clears our minds and allows us to react in a great way. In addition, our bodies produce happiness hormones during exercise, which improve our mood. And afterwards we feel good and are proud of ourselves. Win-win-win! Outdoor sports are particularly suitable for reducing frustration – fresh air and nature ground us and often shift our perspective on their own in such a way that the frustration trigger suddenly no longer seems so frustrating to us.
2. Take a deep breath
In many situations of frustration, we cannot simply run away or punch in the punching bag. But we don’t even have to – because it often helps if we just breathe consciously or do special breathing exercises. It doesn’t even have to be yogic. Simply breathe deeply into your stomach until it is round, and then breathe out again.
3. Open your ears, get rid of frustration
Let the world outside for a moment. Turn on your favorite playlist or start a new, humorous audio book or podcast. Faster distraction is not possible! And professional tip: It works even better with noise-canceling headphones.
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4. Write from the soul
Pen in hand, piece of paper or diary in front of your nose and off you go! Just write away your frustration. In the age of cell phones, tablets and the like, pens and paper are pretty out of date, but these tools are still unbeatable when it comes to getting rid of emotions and processing them. And psst, notes with frustration keywords can also be destroyed or burned later.
5. Take with humor
Sounds unbelievable at first, but: If you force yourself to laugh instead of being frustrated, you are signaling to your brain that the situation is weird. That in turn does what it does in real weird situations – with the result that you actually feel better and happier. Besides, doesn’t everything in life have at least something funny …?
6. Reward
Discipline with all due respect, but some situations can only be overcome with the prospect of reward. So when you get to work at work, treat yourself to a piece of chocolate during the next coffee break or a glass of red wine with soul food from your favorite delivery service in the evening – you’ve earned it!
7. Out with the language
Small reminder: You are not alone – especially not with frustration! Find a good listener who can upset you or calm you down as needed, and just let the frustration out. It’s so much easier to talk to someone! If, on the other hand, someone in particular triggered your frustration in the first place, this person should be your contact person – maybe you can even hit two mosquitoes with one clap and solve the problem right away.
8. Sex
Well at least almost. Sex can turn the pendulum on the mood scale from “just before the explosion” to “the world is so beautiful” within a few minutes. No wonder with the happiness hormone cocktail that we indulge in. But of course, cuddling or a hug also helps to release the calming hormones.
9. The latest craze
Admittedly, this tip is not suitable for people. But if you take a walk in the lonely forest, you are welcome to get loud and scream the frustration from your soul. And for whom that is not possible: The latest craze in Japan are the so-called scream vases, which simply intercept and dampen verbal failures
10. Feelings are ok
Last but not least, a lot of what we do is designed to avoid fear and sadness. We are afraid of arguments or things that the other might say that will hurt us. That’s why we prefer to remain silent or talk around the subject. It is more liberating to let in fear and sadness. They allow us to have conversations that may be painful at first, but liberate in the long run. So frustration is totally ok and by no means the end of the world.
