Comments on: Calm Computer Depression with Stress Relief Techniques http://formerlyfrazzled.wordpress.com/2009/01/05/calm-computer-depression-with-stress-relief-techniques/ Feel Calm, Centered, and In Charge - Advice from a Holistic Nutritionist & Stress Consultant Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:14:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: formerlyfrazzled http://formerlyfrazzled.wordpress.com/2009/01/05/calm-computer-depression-with-stress-relief-techniques/#comment-7 formerlyfrazzled Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:14:54 +0000 http://formerlyfrazzled.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-7 Dear Allan, Thanks for your comments and it's so true that the longer one sits at a computer the more stress they will have both mentally and physically. Your 4 step mindfulness techniques on your blog are great. I agree people need to limit their time on the computer, get out in nature and just move! Dear Allan,
Thanks for your comments and it’s so true that the longer one sits at a computer the more stress they will have both mentally and physically. Your 4 step mindfulness techniques on your blog are great. I agree people need to limit their time on the computer, get out in nature and just move!

]]> By: Allan Goldstein http://formerlyfrazzled.wordpress.com/2009/01/05/calm-computer-depression-with-stress-relief-techniques/#comment-6 Allan Goldstein Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:51:31 +0000 http://formerlyfrazzled.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-6 Great article. More Stress relief for when your computer has not crashed. We once roamed the earth as hunter gatherers driven by primal instincts. When threatened by a stressful event, our sympathetic nervous system was activated, triggering a “fight or flight” response. The same is true today only now we live at computers with conscious or unconscious stress being present and no one to fight and nowhere to run. As a matter of fact reading this you are a computer right now! Stress and Pain as a result of computer use A lot of the tension from the fight or flight response results in tightening of the neck and shoulders. Interestingly, the eye muscles are attached to the back of the skull, along with certain neck and shoulder muscles. This is one reason why eye strain from looking at a computer screen can have an effect on the muscles of your neck and shoulders. It’s all connected. Along with personal coaching I’m a licensed massage therapist. One of my first questions to my clients is, “where do you hurt?” Almost 90% of people complain about having shoulder, neck pain, and tension. With further inquiry there seems to be a direct correlation between the amount of time they are at their computers and the degree of their suffering. The following is a simple four step mindfulness technique I coach people in which has proved helpful in relieving computer-based stress. These four steps will help bring you into the present moment and provide insight into the state of your mind and body. Great article.
More Stress relief for when your computer has not crashed.
We once roamed the earth as hunter gatherers driven by primal instincts. When threatened by a stressful event, our sympathetic nervous system was activated, triggering a “fight or flight” response.
The same is true today only now we live at computers with conscious or unconscious stress being present and no one to fight and nowhere to run. As a matter of fact reading this you are a computer right now!

Stress and Pain as a result of computer use

A lot of the tension from the fight or flight response results in tightening of the neck and shoulders. Interestingly, the eye muscles are attached to the back of the skull, along with certain neck and shoulder muscles. This is one reason why eye strain from looking at a computer screen can have an effect on the muscles of your neck and shoulders. It’s all connected.

Along with personal coaching I’m a licensed massage therapist. One of my first questions to my clients is, “where do you hurt?” Almost 90% of people complain about having shoulder, neck pain, and tension.

With further inquiry there seems to be a direct correlation between the amount of time they are at their computers and the degree of their suffering.

The following is a simple four step mindfulness technique I coach people in which has proved helpful in relieving computer-based stress. These four steps will help bring you into the present moment and provide insight into the state of your mind and body.

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