50 Ways To Raise Your Stress Level

1. Hold grudges.

2. Keep your problems bottled up and bottled in.

3. Binge watch TV shows.

4. Avoid 20 crunches. 

Raise your stress level and don't do a happy dance for happy things

Happy Dance

5. Don’t read a good novel.

6. Don’t take a walk when you need to talk.

7. Avoid People.

8. Don’t do a 5 second happy dance in celebration for little things.

9. Avoid hugging your loved ones.

10. Do not eat a slice of piping hot New York City pizza dripping with cheese along with a Coca Cola.

11.  Don’t keep beautiful plants in your room.

taking a break to pet a dog

Never ever pet a furry creature - Add to your stress level

12. Do not pet a soft creature like a rabbit, cat or dog.

13. Don’t read this next corny joke:  “There are three kinds of people - those who can count and those who can't."

14. Don’t hike into the forest and enjoy a nature bath.

15. Don’t get up every 25 minutes from sitting down at your work station to move around.

16. Don’t eat a Baklava Cheesecake when you have a chance.

17. Avoid Kale, Spinach, and all vegetables.

18. Please don’t listen to the audio book of Animal Farm.

19. Don’t tell your loved ones you love them.

20. Forget to pray.

shower - the ultimate microphone

The Ultimate Microphone, The Ultimate Concert - Photo by Ginger Hendee @citydweller

21.  Forget saying excuse me and thank you, even for little things.

22. Don’t drink 8-10 glasses of water a day.

23.  Don’t go to sleep at 10:00pm, 11:00pm or 12:00 midnight.

24. Don’t do at least 25 squats a day.

25. Don’t stop until you get enough.

26. Demand everything, and never wait for anyone or anything. 

27. Complain about the weather, the traffic, the texture of your soft-boiled egg.

28. Stand over little children and never stoop down to their eye level to speak with them.

29.   Never roll down your window on a road trip and scream out loud: “Woooooooo! Hooooooooo!”

30. Don’t read poetry.

31. Don’t doodle.

Girl enjoying a road trip

“Wooooo to the Hooooo” Photo by averie woodard @averieclaire

32. Imagine the worst possible scenario every time and watch your pressure boil and then it never happens.

33.  Just mindlessly scroll.

34. Don’t send a “thinking of you” text.

35. Don’t send a “thinking of you” letter.

36. Don’t ever pay for someone else’s groceries behind you.

walking barefoot on the sand

Don’t every walk barefoot on the sand - Photo by Ramesh Iyer @rameshiyer

37. Don’t walk barefoot on grass or sand.

beautiful little african girl

Add to your stress level - Never stoop down to speak to a child. Photo by Muhammadtaha Ibrahim Ma'aji @planeteelevene

38. Go to sleep with your socks on.

39. Don’t sit by a campfire or fire pit with a stick and a marshmallow.

40. Leave your house angry.

41. Never ever, I mean ever, say I’m sorry.

42.   Don’t ever take deep belly breaths.

43. Always talk down to people.  They are all ignorant.

Love your Neighbor

Another way to raise your stress level - Don’t Love Your Neighbor - Photo by Nina Strehl. @ninastrehl

44. Remember there’s no human race.  Every color is a race and they all look alike, think alike, and act alike.  

45. There are no individuals.  Everyone thinks exactly like you.

46. Your opinion is the best; never listen to anyone else’s.

47. Don’t ever ask for help.

48. Don’t ever share your feelings.

49.  Never sing in the shower.

50. Don’t bike ride.

51. Use your phone in bed.

52. Constantly check your social media every two minutes.

53. Listen to all negative comments from people you’ve never met.

54. Binge watch the news all day, every day.  

55. Never skip. But if you do, skip breakfast, the most important meal of the day.

Please comment below if you have anymore options for this list.