When life gets tough, what do you do to de-stress? 🧘

We asked the people of Bristol what they do to de-stress when life gets overwhelming.  #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #stressrelief

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00:00When life gets overwhelming, what do you like to do to de-stress?

00:03Hanging out with friends, you know, going down to the pub or something,

00:05you know, just something to take your mind off something that's stressing you out really.

00:08I like to sing, so I do a bit of singing.

00:11Spend time by myself, just like chilling.

00:13A bit of pampering, face masks.

00:15I tend to listen to quite a lot of music.

00:17I find that really helps because you can just distract from everything.

00:21Have a glass of wine, a bit of exercise always helps as well.

00:24What piece of advice would you give to someone dealing with stress?

00:28Ooh.

00:30Focus on the things that are stressing you out

00:32and allow them to be separated and compartmentalised away from your whole life.

00:39I can't top that answer, to be honest.

00:40I think to always remember that problems can be solved

00:44and if it's out of our control and we can't solve it,

00:46then there's nothing we can do and just take a step back,

00:49take a deep breath and try and look at it from a new perspective.

00:52Make a list.

00:52List of everything you need to do and then tick them off one by one.

00:56As soon as it's more manageable,

00:57then it definitely always feels better to be able to tick something off.

01:01In the future, it's not going to matter.

01:03In the long term, it's not going to affect your life forever

01:07and you've just got to sort of think past that

01:09and get on with life in itself and just be in the moment.