Article: If you panic while you're swimming you are at risk for drowning. Focus on your breathing and your form. If you're in the deep end of a pool, calmly find your way to the shallow end. If you're out in a larger body of water, look for something to stand on or something to hold on to. If you need help calming down, float on your back and focus on breathing deeply. When you panic, you become short of breath. This can make it harder to float. If you aren't a confident swimmer wear a lifejacket, especially when you're swimming in large bodies of water. An inexperienced swimmer can usually make it to the edge of the pool, but they might have trouble making it to the shore. Fortunately, you can use the correct dog paddle form when wearing a life jacket. If you don't want to wear a lifejacket but still want to be safe, use a Safer Swimmer. This is a small life buoy that attaches to a belt and floats behind you as you swim. When in doubt, have children wear a life jacket. It's better to be safe than sorry. Never swim alone. If you have a panic attack in the water or have trouble staying afloat your friend will be able to help you. Try to swim at pools that employ lifeguards. Lifeguards are trained to help you if you're drowning and to administer basic first aid. Have a cell phone nearby when you swim just in case you need to call your local emergency number. Always obey pool rules and regulations.
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Stay calm. Wear a lifejacket. Swim responsibly.
Article: Doing two things at once limits how aware you are of what you're doing and how much you can focus. Eating on the phone or in front of the TV can increase your intake by around 20%! It'll also help you truly taste your food. Savoring it can make you feel fuller, too! Sit down. Don't eat while standing up. There's a very, "onto the next" idea when we're standing. You don't relax, you don't commit, you end up pacing -- so do your appetite a favor and when you eat, chillax and sit down. Get comfy. Enjoy it. Your body takes around 20 to 30 minutes to tell you, "Hold up -- I'm full!" To keep from gorging before your body realizes you're gorging, chew slowly and taking smaller bites. If you're in a group, watch the slowest eater and try to match them. Try taking deliberate breaks, too, especially if your food doesn't have to maintain a temperature. You may realize you're not hungry anymore halfway through! You know those days when you skip lunch because you're running low on time and you're all, "Woo! I didn't eat lunch! I'm having a skinny day!" and then because you're so hungry, you end up eating an entire pizza to yourself? The worst. Instead of setting yourself up for the binge, eat often. 5 small meals a day can keep you from ever feeling hungry and ever wanting to eat that entire pizza. Phew! Dodging bullets left and right. This doesn't mean eat more, for the record. Instead of sitting down to a huge dinner, have a snack at 3 and a small meal at 7. Because of your afternoon snack, you won't need to gorge yourself when dinner rolls around. Remember that work thing we talked about? You can make yourself work with your utensils. Try these three tricks to slow yourself and make eating less mindless: Turn your fork upside down. If you can't scoop with it, you'll be forced to stab everything. One. Kernel. At. A. Time. Put it in the other hand. Using your non-dominant hand will slow you down significantly. It'll help you concentrate on your food, too! Use chopsticks. Unless, of course, you're a chopstick ninja when it comes to pasta, peas, and other elusive foods.
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When you eat, eat. When eating, chew slowly and take smaller bites. Eat often. Turn your fork upside down.
Article: Remember that just because you have a lot of friends or are in a crowd, doesn't mean that lots of people will cure your feeling of loneliness. Use being in a crowd to meet different people and identify people you can form quality relationships with. Sometimes we feel lonely or alienated from a group because of the people we're around sometimes we view them as friends are mean to us, make fun of us, or are not supportive of us. Don't spend time with these people. Leave the group and find another group of people (or individuals) who do appreciate you for being you, who are positive, and who are supportive. Identifying good friends and enjoying their company in a crowd or at a party is important to not being lonely in a crowd. Your friends will not only offer you support and make you feel connected to the crowd, but they can act as a bridge to meeting new people. If you don't connect with one individual or group, look for others. Don't give up. There are a lot of different people out there. You might find that you feel completely out of place with one group, but totally connect with another group. Sometimes you might not be able to find others who are like you. Instead of withdrawing into yourself, try to view this as a good thing and try to get to know people who are much different from yourself. You'll potentially grow as a person. You might discover that people you share much in common with people you thought are different than you. You'll come to appreciate and enjoy diversity and differing opinions much more. " Being shy or different is no reason to feel lonely in a crowd. If you embrace these labels and use them as an excuse for your loneliness, chances are, nothing will ever change. Studies have shown that people often avoid socializing with people who seem to be shy or withdrawn. Instead: Try to see yourself as a social person. View being shy as something that you can overcome. Realize that there are people like you out there, too.
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Understand that it's the quality of friend that matters, not quantity. Avoid people who make you feel bad. Surround yourself with friends. Be persistent when it comes to finding people you like to associate with. Embrace the fact that everyone is different, and enjoy it. Rise above labels such as being "shy" or "different.