{"id":1124,"date":"2013-12-17T21:56:26","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T21:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oxygenworldwide.wordpress.com\/?p=1124"},"modified":"2023-05-08T09:39:12","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T09:39:12","slug":"managing-christmas-stress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/fr\/managing-christmas-stress\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing Christmas Stress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.abbotsburypractice.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/w4r3-300x187.jpeg\" alt=\"w4r3\" \/>Christmas can be a very stressful time for anyone \u2013 you want to buy presents for your friends and family, plan a trip, plan a family meal and a get-together, and handle the cold weather that you might be experiencing. All of this can be hard to handle for someone who is in full health, not to mention for someone who has a chronic lung condition, such as COPD, or for someone who needs to <b>portable oxygen concentrator<\/b> on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<div>The key is to not out-do yourself. Buying presents and working yourself into a stressful situation isn\u2019t worth taking a toll on your health. It\u2019s important to keep in mind that your friends and loved ones would want you to stay healthy above all else this time of year.<br \/>\nHere are some ways you can manage your busy holiday season, so you aren\u2019t trying to do too much at once and wearing, as well as ways to relax and just enjoy this special time of year.<br \/>\n<strong>Staying Calm and De-Stressing<\/strong><br \/>\nWrite down what you have to do on a calendar and space these things apart so that you have plenty of time between each event or activity. This gives you a time buffer, just in case something comes up. You won\u2019t feel stressed out with a quickly approaching deadline.<br \/>\nKeep it simple with your finances. Shopping and thinking about your loved ones shouldn\u2019t send you into a tizzy \u2013 it should be more enjoyable than stressful.<br \/>\nKeep your spending realistic and don\u2019t stress out if you can\u2019t afford to get your grandchildren or children that iPad that they want.<br \/>\nHave friends or family help you set up your Christmas decorations, which will save you some work and exhaustion, so you can enjoy the decorations, as well as the time spent with others. This kind of enjoyment is important to keep your stress levels down. After everything has been set up, sip some hot chocolate and watch Christmas films and enjoy the decorations. Scents are important when you are trying to relax. Natural pine scents, candles that smell like vanilla or freshly baked cookies that will help you relax.<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas can be a very stressful time for anyone \u2013 you want to buy presents for your friends and family, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,6],"tags":[41,73,93,28],"class_list":["post-1124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-going-on-holiday-with-medical-oxygen","category-portable-oxygen","tag-making-a-difference","tag-back-up-service","tag-advice-on-health","tag-oxygen-travel-europe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5291,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124\/revisions\/5291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}