Georgia Southern Counseling and Career Development Center

Relaxing Phrases

Presented by Dr. Wendy Wolfe
Sometimes it is helpful to repeat certain phrases to yourself in order to deepen your state of relaxation. A series of phrases are presented for you here.

File type: QuickTime*
File size: 1.1 MB ("Good")
Length: 6:14

Before you play the relaxation exercise, please take a moment to help us learn whether these exercises are useful. Your participation is voluntary, and this research has been approved by Georgia Southern University's Institutional Review Board. No identifying information about our visitors will be gathered, and all individual responses will be kept confidential. It is also expected that there will be little or no risk to those who participate. By submitting the form below you are giving your consent for participation. While people of all ages may use our relaxation exercises, you must be 18 years or older to participate in this survey. If you have questions about this research, please contact Prentiss Price, Ph.D.

1. BEFORE you do the relaxation exercise, take a look at the rating scale from 0 to 100 on the right. Based on the descriptions for some of the numbers, determine what number best describes how you are currently feeling. Your personal rating can be any number from 0-100. Please type in your rating in the box below.

Your rating:

2. Next, listen to the relaxation clip by clicking on the play button below.

3. AFTER you do the relaxation exercise, take a look at the scale from 0 to 100 again. Based on the descriptions, determine what number best describes how you are now feeling. Your personal rating can be any number from 0-100. Please type in your rating in the box below.

Your rating:

4. Please answer the next few questions and then submit your responses.

Were you able to complete the exercise as instructed, without interruption?
Yes No

Do you have any comments about, or reactions to this relaxation exercise?

Your Gender: Male Female	Your age:
Are you a: Georgia Southern student Georgia Southern Faculty/Staff Parent of a Georgia Southern student Student from another college Faculty/Staff from another college Parent of a student from another college Other	Your student status: I am not a student Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior Graduate Special Student Other

5. Please submit your responses.

Stress/Anxiety Rating Scale
0 \|	No distress at all. Feeling very relaxed and calm.
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10 \|	Feeling little if any stress. Okay-not quite fully relaxed.
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20 \|	Faint tension or mild stress. Perhaps some annoyance.
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30 \|	Some unpleasantness moderate stress.
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40 \|	Increased distress or discomfort. Mildly agitated.
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50 \|	Feeling moderately distressed. I can take it.
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60 \|	Becoming more uncomfor- table, affecting my attention.
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70 \|	Becoming very uncomfortable- painful.
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80 \|	Anixety is overwhelming, crowding my thoughts.
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90 \|	Great discomfort, almost unbearable.
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100	Extreme anxiety, severe- the worst possible.

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*This audio file is in QuickTime format. If you do not have the latest version of QuickTime, you can download it for free by clicking on the image below.