Eat
healthy food. A good diet is key. When you feel stressed it can be easy
to skip meals and fill up with fatty snack foods, sweets and take-away
foods. A diet that includes plenty of bread, rice, pasta and other
grains, vegetables and fruit will help you cope better.
Don't dwell on problems or failures you've had in the past, or worry
about bad things that may happen in the future. Concentrate on living in
the present.
Talk to someone. Talking about problems can sometimes help solve them,
or at least make you feel better about them. Sometimes other people can
give you new ways of looking at problems or of dealing with them.
Contact your local community health centre and ask if they know of any
relaxation courses or relaxation tapes available in your language.
Get expert help if nothing you do seems to help. People who can help you
include bi-lingual counselors or social workers at community health
centers.