Dizziness & Sweats Q: "Stress is really getting the better of me with dizzy spells, sweating & palpitations in difficult situations ... help, please?"
By award-winning author and stress-relief expert Susie Mantell
Dizziness & Sweats Q:
"Stress is really getting the better of me with dizzy spells, sweating & palpitations in difficult situations. Help, please?"
by award-winning author / stress-relief expert Susie Mantell
The "good" news, I suppose, is that the symptoms you describe are surprisingly common and there are many, many tools and techniques to try in order to prevent, or to cope with, such episodes.
First, it's always a good idea to check out any ongoing symptoms with a trusted health care professional. If the problem seems, in fact, to be stress-induced, there is real hope for rediscovering balance and inner peace.
It is said that, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." In these stressful times, it's important to collect a wide variety of stress-relief techniques and strategies. No one stress-buster is going to work every time for anyone. Just as stress is cumulative and its deleterious effects accumulate and manifest in physical, emotional and mental distress, stress relief is also cumulative. Finding practices that are personally soothing, and realistic to incorporate into everyday life before a crisis occurs is the best way to prevent escalation of stress symptoms.
I would also suggest looking for classes in both breath-work and meditation. Very few of us breathe properly, deeply, , and often symptoms we experience such as dizziness, sweaty palms, head noise, flushing, palpitations etc. can be diminished with slow, mindful breathing and various forms of meditation. You might enjoy falling asleep to gentle music or a soothing relaxation meditation like my own "Your Present: A Half-Hour of Peace" or others. Spend some time browsing around our website, and look at more tips that might be helpful on www.relaxintuit.com
In the Meantime...
Take 2-3 minute mini-breaks once per hour in your workday, and commit yourself to doing a minimum of one fun thing every single day, without exception.
A few to you might like to try:
• Call up an old friend
• Take yourself to a funny movie (Or a tearjerker! Crying is a great release.)
• Get some moderate, pleasurable exercise
• Watch a goofy TV show
• Organize a pile/drawer/closet (This one's not fun until afterwards!)
• Buy yourself flowers
• Do something kind for someone else
• Take a long, hot bath
• Go out for a nice, healthy-but-really-delicious meal
• Get hugged
• Dance like crazy --all by yourself
• Listen to music you love
• Go someplace beautiful ... a drive, a museum, a garden
Many people find great relief in acupuncture, massage or other body work and energy work. Others enjoy the buoyancy of swimming. Some short-term counseling to explore work-related stress, and how to let things go a little more,can also work wonders!
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Award-winning stress-relief expert Susie Mantell ...is the author of the deeply soothing relaxation CD, "Your Present: A Half-Hour of Peace,” clinically approved for symptoms associated with stress and sleeplessness, depression and grief, anxiety, P.T.S.D., Fibromyalgia, caregiver stress, cancer, pain, divorce and addiction recovery. Featured in The Los Angeles Times, NBC, ABC, CBS-TV, Town & Country, The American Pain Society, Hazelden and The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, listeners include The Mayo Clinic, Memorial Sloan-Kettering, The Betty Ford Center, V.A. Hospitals,and Canyon Ranch (#1 Spa.) Customizing stress-reduction for Fortune 500 companies, distinguished hospitals and spas, Mantell has facilitated thousands in relieving health-related, work-related, chronic or traumatic stress. Her multi-sensory, mind-body techniques appear in national media, medical and corporate publications. Susie Mantell's Stress-Relief & Wellness Tips are intended as an adjunct to, not a substitute for, professional health care. Order “Your Present: A Half-Hour of Peace” and find more of Mantell’s stress-relief tips at www.relaxintuit.com