Meditation

It helps sometimes to know that when life becomes overwhelming there are things you can do to help ease the stress. I've tried them all. Meditation, prayer, crying, screaming, silence etc. There are as many ways to deal with stress as there are people on this planet. What you have to remember is that what may work for me, may not necessarily work for you. But, that doesn't mean you give up when whatever it is you are doing doesn't work. you simply do something else.

It has taken me a long time to learn how to quiet the mind and I'm still not all that great at it, but I've gotten considerably better. The trick to quieting the rambling mind is to immediately focus on something. Anything. Your foot. Your arm. Your nose. Just by the mere shift in focus, you can successfully hush the tornado in your head. Start with a few seconds at a time...then grow from that. It will not be something you achieve in a few sessions...but like anything else once you have a strong foundation, you can build anything.