Cathy Carr, a 43 year old doctor, starts her day with putting on her make up, nukking oatmeal for her three kids and dashing out the door By 7:30 am she’s rushing around the Indianapolis hospital where she works, dealing with heart attacks and miscarriages Evenings are no better:” My purse isn’t off my shoulder when I hear, “What’s for dinner?” she says Carr’s remedy for the building stress? Every few months, she and a friend check in to a hotel and treat themselves todismiss a quiet aday While skeptics lot of of room this, serviceclaims and sesame-oil massages Wicken she can lower her anxiety But,a this is the wrong way to deal in less than minute with stress So says a growing body of that millions of us 2.research TAKE Awhich DEEPsays BREATH manage stress out Sitting atincorrectly-stressing a desk increases stress all day, then deferring relaxation to How? Most people raise their shoulders isolated time likeand evening when they blocks sit at aofcomputer they yoga classes and weekend begin to breathe more getaways shallowly says Erik There is a of problem with this Peper, a professor San Francisco approach to stress management: State University He recommends The constantslowly exposure daily, chronic breathing and to regularly anxiety is the form Researchers findmost thattoxic this is oneof of the stress.ways The to body releases chemicals fastest trigger the body’s under high stress that can damage the relaxation response immune system, increase the risk of damage your memory and can 3.illness, GET SNACKING lead to attacks And youare eat to Itsheart late afternoon andifyou cope, it you fat machine Go staring atcan themake office vending ahead - give in to temptation! MIT researcher Judith Wurtman says your body is looking for stress relief Eating carbohydrates triggers production of serotonin, a neurotransmitter with a calming effect Your exposure to stress isn’t managed by having an evening bubble bath or vegging in front of the TV It is how you spend your days that matters The latest research examines how some people glide through stressful situations while others wind themselves tighter Researchers have found a number of coping strategies that can be described by one word - resilience Resilient people recover quickly, physically and mentally when faced with stress.That It is isn’t how they breathe and how an excuse to binge on often theybars laugh, a set subtle chocolate Eat yourofway to a calmer behaviors them ease in and out state withhelps low fat carbohydrates likeof `stress mode` pretzels or popcorn The effect can be We about need to how we react felt after 20change minutes to stress, as it happens with these four strategies: 4, STEP BACK Many stress coaches try to teach 1.clients PLUG one IN key skill: perspective their Notice when you are University stressed by What Pam Pecke of the of signals like fast breathing and tight Maryland calls the “ability to see things muscles, in your jaw or from ten especially paces back.” shoulder muscles Thenusalter yourstressful Experts advise to rate breathing (deeper is better), drop your situations on a one-to-ten scale (with 10 shoulders and relax your muscles being something catastrophic, likeand death) change what you are problems, thinking Imagine This helps put minor like being you are a beach or somewhere late, intoonperspective And gaining relaxing Do helps whatever you need to perspective you cope with to more return without your body to a state of stressed calm stress becoming more This is what stress resistant people out naturally Article adapted from The Wall Street Journal By Jane Spencer What is the main idea of this reading? a You should go on a holiday or get more down time if you feel stressed b People who are stressed should eat more carbohydrates to calm them c Everyone should develop their resilience to stress with coping strategies d Stress causes toxic chemicals to be released into the body Write summaries of the coping strategies suggested: 1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _