Listening to music is the choice of the majority to eliminate stress

Last Updated on Sunday, 1 August 2010 08:07 Written by putra Monday, 26 July 2010 02:39

Not have a job, loss in business and various problems in daily life can make a person stress. Regular exercise is known to relieve stress. But very few people who did it and choose another way.

Instead of exercising for example, Americans prefer watching movies, playing video games and more.

In the report of American Psychological Association’s annual “Stress In America 2009″, a total of 1568 adults surveyed online to find out what means the most widely performed to eliminate stress.

Most participants claimed stress from lack of motivation in her life. Stress can also be caused due to emergence of high blood sepeeti disease, heart disease or hardening of the arteries.

“Stress will trigger the production of adrenal hormones that will increase heart rate and the potential to trigger high blood tekanana. Migraine headaches also increases the likelihood of stress,” says Dr. Joseph W. Stubbs, an internist from the American College of Physicians, Albany, as reported by Forbes.

A study led by researchers from the Emory Institute for Advanced Policy Solutions, also mentions that the workplace is where the most stressful.

“For that every workplace should have a program like sports with stress relievers, relaxation techniques, cognitive therapy (brain) or multiply time socializing with colleagues,” said Ken Thorpe, professor of health policy from Emory University.

In ways that many people choose to eliminate the stress that is:

1. Listening to music (49 percent)
2. Strolling (44 percent)
3. Reading (41 percent)
4. Watching movies (36 percent)
5. Hanging out with friends or family (36 percent)
6. Playing video games or browsing the internet (33 percent)
7. Nap (32 percent)
8. Pray (32 percent)
9. Eating (28 percent)
10. Spend time doing activities hobbies (27 percent)
11. Go to a religious place (19 percent)
12. Shopping (15 percent)
13. Smoking (14 percent)
14. Alcohol drinking (14 percent)
15. Sports (10 percent)
16. Go to the spa or massage place (10 percent)
17. Meditation or yoga (7 percent)
18. Visiting expert mental or psychiatric (4 percent)

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