49 Tips Overcoming Feeling of Restlessness and Boredom

How to Deal with your restlessness

In this article you will learn the following

-49 Healthy ways to deal with your restlessness - tips on Overcoming your Restlessness

-21 Signs you should take notice and seek immediate help [especially if they are happening for more than a week without any reasons like - trauma, tragedy, setbacks, Major failures and crisis etc.]

-12 triggers which can cause restlessness - this is an indicative list - there are many more things which can cause restlessness

All of us feel restless time to time - often this is temporary and you get back into your energetic, hopeful and action-oriented state - soon.

But if you are experiencing restlessness frequently along with frustrations, irritations, depression or agitation - you need to take urgent measures.

If this state of un-resourceful, demotivating and draining-emotions continues for long - you will find your quality of life deteriorating and going downhill very fast and becoming very negative, stressful and miserable.

In many cases it can spiral into a disorder needing urgent as well as long-term medical attention.

Prolonged restlessness can also make you go for poor and unhealthy and unsafe coping tools, techniques and lifestyle choices - which would magnify your sufferings manifolds.

21 Signs you should take notice and seek immediate help [especially if they are happening for more than a week without any reasons like - trauma, tragedy, setbacks, Major failures and crisis etc.]

• 1.When you are unable to focus, concentrate and think in structured way
• 2.When you are unable to be calm
• 3.When you find yourself overthinking and overanalyzing
• 4.When you find your imaginations making you catastrophize
• 5.When you are unable to do your regular chores properly
• 6.When you find it difficult sitting still while working or relaxing
• 7.When you are experiencing high palpitations
• 8.When you are anxious but cannot identify why
• 9.When you are unable to sleep
• 10.When your eating habits have changed drastically - either you are eating too much or ignoring eating
• 11.When your expectations are completely unrealistic and you are only relying on hopes and prayers
• 12.When You Feel out of control or find yourself losing self-control
• 13.When You feel ineffective and inadequate
• 14.When you are feeling alone, helpless and lonely
• 15.When you feel like crying but don't know why
• 16.When You notice that Your restlessness starts after a new medication which has been changed recently
• 17.Your heart is racing or beating irregularly
• 18.You're having trouble catching your breath
• 19.When You are confused or having difficulty seeing
• 20.When You are having auditory or visual hallucinations
• 21.When You have a new severe pain
• 22.When You are having thoughts of hurting yourself or others

12 triggers which can cause restlessness - this is an indicative list - there are many more things which can cause restlessness

• 1.Medical conditions like - ADHD, Depression, Bi-polar, Anxiety, Social-anxiety, Fear or Phobia about certain future events, Parkinson, Dementia/Alzheimer etc. Overactive thyroids, Alcohol/illicit-drug withdrawal etc.
• 2.Certain medicine's side effect or interactions between different medications you are taking - including medications for depression etc.
• 3.Any important future events on which you are banking heavily - like an important interview, presentation
• 4.Few hormonal, medicinal, or neurologic triggers and issues
• 5.Your food habits - eating mostly junk food, high consumption of caffeine, artificial carbonated sweetened drinks, drugs and alcohol
• 6.Vitamin, mineral deficiency
• 7.Low blood sugar
• 8.Low blood pressure
• 9.Premenstrual dysphoric disorder
• 10.Heart conditions with rapid heart rate such as atrial fibrillation
• 11.Metabolic problems
• 12.Sleep apnea and other sleep disorders

49 Healthy ways to deal with your restlessness - tips on Overcoming your Restlessness

• 1.Talk it out - Share your concern with your loved ones
• 2.Use healthy venting techniques including - crying, shouting at wall alone
• 3.Become aware of your feelings and emotions - without judging or forcing or suppressing them
• 4.Do something that relaxes you and what you enjoy doing
• 5.Sleep it off - at regular hours only - but if you are extremely fatigued just sleep it off
• 6.Identify what types of unhealthy coping technique you use - on impulse
• 7.Create healthy and uplifting ways to deal with sudden changes in life which triggers restlessness in you
• 8.Create positive distraction tricks that work for you
• 9.Avoid social media
• 10.Instead go, meet and spend time with people who make you feel good about yourself
• 11.Think, create and cook a new dish
• 12.Make self-care your priority
• 13.Take care of your loved-ones in most meaningful and fulfilling ways
• 14.Eat enough protein
• 15.Drink enough water every day
• 16.Practice good sleep hygiene
• 17.Schedule time to recharge, rejuvenate and revitalize yourself
• 18.Spend time on your hobbies
• 19.Make learning newer skills, newer language, a musical instrument and dancing your priorities
• 20.Maintain healthy social interactions
• 21.Create a varied background of friends and social, professional contacts
• 22.Meditation, breathing exercises, running, swimming, vigorous aerobic exercises
• 23.Practice yoga and mindfulness
• 24.Volunteer for a meaningful social cause
• 25.Identify activities that gives you joy
• 26.Develop the art making others laugh
• 27.Change the environment time to time and vary your routine
• 28.Seek appropriate therapy or counseling like CBT - cognitive behavior therapy,
• 29.Identify what unhealthy Lifestyle and habits you have and then create plans to Change it
• 30.Build psychological flexibility and resilience - by taking actions that are aligned with your values and not as per your mood
• 31.Learn to handle setbacks and bouncing back from failures and crisis
• 32.When feeling overwhelmed - take One step at a time
• 33.Lower your consumption of coffee, tea, soda, chocolate or energy drinks
• 34.Ask your doctor to change a medication to reduce restless
• 35.Establish an Ideal Schedule -Monitor Your Moods - note down the mood swings triggers situations, persons and time
• 36.Learn to manage your Anxiety and fears
• 37.Identify what coping mechanism you use currently - identify what healthy techniques you can use to replace ineffective methods
• 38.Learn to visualize peaceful, serene, and safe environment by Mentally taking you away from current state
• 39.Practice Progressive Muscle Relaxation
• 40.Spend Time in Nature
• 41.If your restless is due to boredom - learn how you can manage your boredom productively - rad my blog on this
• 42.Learn to manage your anger, sadness, grief, pain, hurt, shame and guilt - read my blogs on these
• 43.Learn to maintain emotional balance
• 44.Get out and play a physical team sports
• 45.Stay active even when you don't feel like it
• 46.Shift your focus to what you actually can control and then take actions which are within your area of control
• 47.Notice positive around you - Practice generosity by appreciating and applauding others success and achievements
• 48.Create a task which creates mental stimulation within you
• 49.Know your big picture and goals - revisit, review and rewrite

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