Stress symptoms? THIS easy everyday habit can reduce work and lifestyle related anxiety
WORK stress symptoms can be reduced by this everyday habit, which experts say helps with anxiety relief.
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The average adult spends two hours and 11 minutes of everyday feeling stressed, a study has revealed.
This can cause a number of undesirable side effects, as well as having some long term health implications.
The NHS characterises symptoms of stress as including headaches, muscle tension or pain, dizziness, sleep problems, feeling tired all the time and eating too much or too little.
Stress may also take an emotional toll, causing feelings of irritability, anxiety, as wells as constant worrying and difficulty concentrating.
Work stress symptoms can be reduced by everyday habit for anxiety relief
Work stress symptoms can be reduced by cleaning everyday for anxiety relief
It was recently revealed that a stressful life event has a devastating impact on the brain and can age it by at least four years each time.
New research has found adults spend the equivalent of five-and-a-half years over the course of a lifetime stressed.
Researchers found heavy work-loads, financial worries, health problems and family dramas means the average adult spends the equivalent of more than 15 hours a week feeling under pressure.
But as well as going for a walk, having a glass of wine and watching a film to relive stress, more than half turn to cleaning to calm them down.
And six in ten of the 2,000 adults polled by household cleaning experts Kärcher, claim that having a clean and tidy house instantly makes them feel calmer and less stressed.
Work stress: More than half of British adults turn to cleaning to calm them down
More than three in ten Brits even clean as soon as they get home to unwind, with 34 per cent even admitting to cleaning things which didn’t need it just because they were feeling stressed.
Jack Sweeney, from Kärcher UK said: “Our lives are becoming more stressful than ever before, so it’s important to take some time to relax and calm down, particularly after a long day.
“While reading and listening to music are well-known stress relievers, it seems the old adage ‘tidy home, tidy mind’, also rings true.
“Not only does cleaning your home leave you feeling satisfied and house proud, but being able to sit down in a tidy room is often relaxing in itself.”
Work stress: Adults spend the equivalent of five-and-a-half years over a lifetime stressed
The study, of 2,000 adults, found more than two-thirds of the population (69 per cent) often struggle with the daily demands of modern life.
Over two-thirds of Brits who clean their home say the feeling of productivity associated with it helps to alleviate their stress.
Top ten chores to do when feeling stressed:
1. Washing up
2. Vacuuming
3. Laundry
4. Wiping down the kitchen surfaces
5. Tidying things away
6. Dusting
7. Cleaning the bathroom/toilets
8. Cleaning windows
9. Ironing
10. Mopping the floors