That driver cuts you off on the highway. Someone closes the elevator door just as you are about to get in and you have to either wait for the next elevator or take the stairs. Your kid takes the last piece of fish from the serving plate and you have not had your first piece of salmon. All these and other potentially stressful situations need to be addressed so your diabetes does not get worse.

It's how we act when these situations show up. It is not the situations that make us stressful. For some of us some situations are easy for us to deal with and those same incidents drive others crazy. Yet we get all tensed up with some stuff that your best friend finds amusing.

Why it's bad to have more stress if you are a diabetic?

Stress provides a deep blow to the body. When we become stressful because of either a good situation like your daughter just got a scholarship to college or a bad situation like your contractor will be four days late laying the patio our bodies react the same way. Because we are either fearful or anxious our hormones wake up. Then extra sugar is released into your blood stream for the energy that is needed to address the issue or event. More sugar in the blood stream is not the best thing for a diabetic.

Being aware of these or similar stressful situations is the first step.

You cannot do anything about these events unless you are aware of them. That is the first step. Awareness. You can start asking yourself questions like what can you differently when stressful situations begin to come forward. Knowing what some of these stressful situations are for you is a key component to handling them. What may be tense for you may not be tense for others. So know your stressful self.

Now that you are aware of some of your stressful situations what do you do next?

Creating stress relaxers will help you ease the situations as they come up. Have your arsenal ready to go when a situation arises. Let's say you get very tense when you hit some traffic and have to be somewhere at a specific time. The facts are this. You cannot move as quickly as you would like and some people are depending on you to be somewhere. You can call them address your lateness. But what can you do about moving so slowly. Look for alternative routes and if that does not work, find some relaxation techniques that will not drive your hormones crazy. Think about good times you had on some vacations, or happy times you spent with your loved ones. Do something that will give you freedom from the situation. Because you cannot do anything about the traffic anyway. Why not enjoy it? You and your diabetes will be better for it.

You may need to practice these new methods for a while until they become natural for you. Keep yourself open to new actions will be part of the relaxation process. Reducing your stress hormones is a key to reduced blood sugar. Stay on course.

Relaxation techniques will help you ease your diabetes. They are a part of a complete diabetes natural solutions care program. Go grab your free e course about creating a all-inclusive diabetes program for yourself.