A Stressful Moment Research Paper

I was never the “breathing” type of person. By that I mean when it comes down to how I relax in stressful situations. Yes, I’m aware that humans need to breathe everyday. It’s a necessity for everyday life. When it comes down to someone telling me to “calm down,” “just breathe,” or “listen to me.” All that nonsense only makes me stress or get more angry. For example, When I was going into labor and I was already 10 cm dilated. The nurses and doctor would say “breathe, breathe, I’m going to need you to breathe.” In that moment I literally said “Shut up! I’m the one that needs to be pushing. Let me do this my own darn way!” The nurses and doctor let me be and out came a healthy baby boy. I mean either way the baby was coming out. In highly stressed …show more content…
The first was the mind-to-muscle relaxation technique: Meditation. I’ve tried this in the past for a few months and I did not like to do this with other people around. I found it hard to concentrate on my breathing while hearing other people’s meditation cues. So I thought I’d give it another try. When a stressful situation like dealing with tests, whether it be mid- terms, finals, or just financial situations. I would stop and find a quiet place and meditate. I have meditated for a couple of weeks and I did feel like that helped, but every time I quietly said my meditation cue I would sing it instead of quietly saying it. I would then refocus on my breathing and it seemed to help but again, I would sing my meditation cue. I then decided not to say a meditation cue and only focus on inhaling and exhaling. I would get sleepy and fall asleep. After I woke I would feel sluggish, however I got on with my day and didn’t think about why I was frustrated. Yes, meditation helps with calming me down in stressful situations. I’m going to work on this technique more and see if I can get better with …show more content…
I can use the rhythmic breathing technique when I’m stuck in traffic and need to relax quickly. I’ll use the meditation technique when I have enough time to find a quiet spot and focus for a few minutes. I mentioned in the paragraphs before that I need to work on the meditation technique more to get it down perfectly. I think if I focus more on this technique that I will understand it better. I like both techniques. If someone were to ask me which one works better, I would tell them that the rhythmic technique does. I’ll give them an example of what I do with it but that they can go by how the technique is supposed to be. The meditation technique is good too. If you’re a beginner with that technique it’s going to take awhile before you get it down the way you’re supposed to. Turns out I’m a breathing type of person after all! Just don’t like to be told when to