Most of us have many sources of stress in our lives: work, kids, family, money, love - you name it! Some of us have ways of coping with that stress: eating, drinking, sex, exercise, and meditation (to name just a few). Well since those don't involve batteries or gadgets (wait - that's not exactly true but never mind you get the idea) they're not exactly what I was looking for. But the StressEraser is.
It's a slick, well-designed biofeedback device the size of a deck of cards. There's a lot of info on the company's web site about the science behind and I'm not going to repeat it. Here's how it works: you stick your index finger on top of a sensor and then you follow instructions on the display about when to breathe in and when to breathe out. That's it! And it actually works. After 5 or 10 minutes I actually find myself getting drowsy.
There's a catch though... you can't do anything else while you're using the StressEraser. No listening to music, no reading, no watching television, no speaking with someone. If you start getting distracted, even if it's only by a thought, you'll get immediate feedback about how it's affecting you.
The hardest part about using the StressEraser is making the time to use it.
