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And that's not really about the usual health risks associated with stress - premature grey hair, heart attacks, sagging, impotence and all that malaky. No - what I'm talking about here is subjective time, and time distortion.
Have you ever heard people say, "When I was a kid, a week seem to last forever. Now that I'm 50, time just seems to flash by so fast!"
Yeah - that would be subjective time, or time distortion at work.
When you're stressed, things speed up.
Subjective time becomes shorter.
This is bad news on many different levels.
For one, your response time becomes shorter - you don't have the time to respond right, or get everything done that needs to be done.
Not because there's not enough time, but because what there is has been distorted into a kind of fast forward mode.
This is a direct effect of stress, and has a direct cause and effect relationship with stress, meaning that the more stressed you are, the faster time starts to run.
Which leads to feeling out of control, that there isn't enough time, that you're constantly running at full speed but never getting anywhere, and that creates even more stress all around.
So what is to be done?
It's simple.
As soon as you notice that there doesn't seem to be enough time, you need to STOP.
STOP and employ one of the many, many de-stressing techniques there are available, on the spot. Many only take SECONDS and you can feel the stress ebbing away.
At the same time, notice that your vision expands - you're getting your periphery back - the colours are getting brighter, objects are more sharply defined and clearer; you become aware of sounds that you didn't hear before, and, most importantly, TIME SLOWS RIGHT DOWN.
Now there's plenty of time all of a sudden to react quickly to what needs to be done, and to see what is important to do.
Now, things that were difficult become easier and often, difficulties simply disappear altogether.
Every time you de-stress, you GAIN LIFE TIME.
Both ways - health wise a few extra seconds of living are gained, and in subjective time, which is our memories and eventually, all of time we actually know as human beings.
So remember when time seems to run away from you, or simply if you want to make the most of your time of life, DE-STRESS.
Not at the end of the day, or once a year on holiday, but LITTLE DE-STRESSING HOLIDAYS inside of the days themselves.
That's what slows down time for you and leads in every way to a much better life all around.
"Time is my friend."
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