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| public libraries and bookstores. Creativity itself is not only relaxing, but boosts your self-esteem. Try your hand at knitting, crocheting, clay sculpture, or dust off that guitar you have not played for years. |
| One thing that helps many people is to sit down with family or close friends and invite them to brainstorm ways to de-stress your life. You may be surprised at how many good suggestions even young children can offer. It helps them, too. Often the people closest to someone with CFS are frustrated because they want to do something positive for you, but don't know where to start. This gives them the opportunity to help. Counseling or self-help books can also help you relax. |
| Three favorite books on eliminating stress from your life are Deep Healing: The Essence of Mind/Body Medicine, by Emmett E. Miller, M.D., in which he gently suggests how you can restructure your thinking and your life through simple visualization and other techniques; Stress and Natural Healing: Herbal Medicine and Natural Therapies for Depression, Anxiety, Insomnia, Heart Disease, by Christopher Hobbs and Successful Stress Control: The Natural Way by David Hoffmann. |
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