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I, for one have developed an idea that the thinking of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Galaxy” should be applied to everyone’s life.  Do Not Panic or Don’t Panic is simple enough words to say to one’s self in any given situation.  There is always a solution if you are willing to allow the situation to play out.

Granted at the time of a grave situation the only feeling you may have is one of Panic and even a bit of despair.  However, when you compare any situation with the worse day of your life you can soon find that you are far better off than you realized at first.

Having done a google search of Don’t Panic and found some very interesting links on the first page. Naturally, “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” was among these and the terms of Anxiety, as well as a brief story line for “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don’t_panic

The point of this article is to show that when one stays calm and does not panic everything happens for a reason.  Good or Bad.

One of the most useful tools I have found is writing in my Journal.  I use a very inexpensive program simply known as The Journal. You can try this program out for a full 45 days to see if it will do the job for you.  It is one of the most complete word processing secure programs on the market and for a very reasonable price.

I found that keeping tabs on my stress level was a very good idea.  This idea being born from the pain level list that I have as well. More on that later.

Here is the stress level list.  I will make the text file available for download as well.

0 – Sleeping restfully

1 – Awake and alert Normal

2 – Agitated and annoyed passes fairly quick

3 – Agravated feeling hostile – tends to hang on till mediation is done

4 – Conflicted feelings – Need to talk but having trouble communicating

5 – Antisocial – Need to be alone

6 – Angry and losing control

7 – Unreasonable ranting

8 – Extremely hostile about everything

9 – Black outs

10 – Rubber room

When I feel that I am starting to rise to one of the higher levels I also check my pain level for if it doesn’t rise right away then it is bound to do so soon.  I hate pain and so I do everything I can to avoid it.  I also do not like to take narcotic pain medications as they tend to cause me to feel impractical and out of control.

Here is my pain level list for those who suffer from chronic pain

0 Pain Free                    No medication needed

1 Very minor annoyance -occasional        No medication needed
minor twinges

3 Minor annoyance – occasional            Mild painkillers are effective. Aspririn, Ibuprofen)
stron twinges

4 Can be ignored if you are really        Mild painkillers relieve pain for 3 – 4 hours
involved in your work, but stil
distracting

5 Can’t be ignored for more than 30        Mild painkillers reduce pain for 3 – 4 hours
minutes

6 Can’t be ignored for any length of time,    Stronger painkillers (Codeine, Vicodin, reduce pain
but can still go to work and participate    for 3-4 hours)
in social activities

7 Makes it difficult to concentrate,        Stronger painkiller are only partially effective. Strongest
interferes with sleep. You can still        painkillers reduce pain for 3 – 4 hours
function with effort

8 Physical activity severely limited        Stronger painkillers are minimally effective
You can read and converse with effort        Strongest pain killers reduce pain for 3 – 4 hours
Nausea and dizziness set in as factors
of pain

9 Unable to speak. Crying out or moaning    Strongest painkillers are only partially effective
uncontrollably – near delirum

10 Unconscious. Pain makes you pass out        Strongest painkillers are only partially effective

This is just a guideline.  Adjust these lists according to you.  Have a wonderful day.

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