STRESS AGAINST THE WORLD May 2014 | Page 6

El Salvador

In American studies, El Salvador is one of the most stressed out countries. They’re ranked at number 3 and have a score of57.6. They have a couple main stress relievers as well. The things they do to reduce stress is go to the beach, go to Fiestas Patronales, or just walking around. They enjoy going to the beaches because it’s free and it’s public. Going there to relieve stress can be made in different ways. You can go out there and relax and listen to the oceans and birds or you can go have a nice hangout with your friends at the beach. Beach’s noises help because they relax you, they relax you because it sooths your mind. If I could I’d go to the beach every week. Another thing they like to do to relieve stress is going to fiestas patronales. What are fiestas patreonales? It’s a festival called Patron Saint Celebration that they do before and on their own Saint Day. When they do these festivals it’s like a carnival with a lot of dancing, floats, and live bands representing the culture of El Salvador. Imagine going to parties like that? It’d be such a great way to get your mind off of school or house problems. It’s local, so it’s available to anyone. It’d be good for you to also bond more with friends and family. Lastly, since El Salvador is huge and has a lot of stores and malls it’s a good place to walk around and relax. Not only will it relieve your stress, but you’d be getting physical activity and shop for things you need while you’re there. Walking around from place to place can help you stay fit if you don’t like to exercise. It’s good to get exercise when stressed, symptoms to stress can be worse without physical activity.

Overall, we have different ways of reducing stress because of different cultures, religions, and land. They have a access to a beach, in Arizona we don’t. Their income is also lower so they wouldn’t enjoy paying for yoga not gym membership. No matter where you live around the world you’ll always be stress but there will also always be way to reduce it according to where you live.