Stress Management

Stress is our body's response to certain situations. In the psychological studies, stress is a feeling of emotional strain and pressure. Stress is a type of psychological pain.Stress can be good and bad or positive or negativeSmall amounts of stress may be desired, beneficial, and even healthy. Positive stress helps improve athletic performancewhereas negative stress adversely affect our health. Stress is subjective in nature because something that is stressful for you may not be stressful for someone else. There are different types of stress and not all of them are bad. Stress can help you act speedily in an emergency situation or help you to meet a deadline.Stress can affect our physical health, mental health, and our behaviour too.

Why is stress harmful?

Regular exposure of the stress retort on our body is proven to lead to enduring psychological and physical health issues; these include heart disease, diabetes, anxiety,and depression and so on. 

 

Stress management 

It consists of making changes to your life if you are in a constant stressful situation, preventing stress by practicing self-care and relaxation and managing your response to stressful situations when they do occur.

 

Tips for Stress Management

 

1. Try to understand your stress.

How do you stress? It can be different for everybody. Try to understand what stress looks like for you?

 

2. Identify the sources of your stress

What causes you are to be stressed?

 

3. Try to recognize stress signals or symptoms.

What are your internal alarm bells? Low tolerance, headaches, stomach pains.

 

4. Try to recognize your stress coping strategies.

What is your active tactic for calming down? For example, some people cope with stress by self-medicating with alcohol, overeating, smoking etc.

 

 5. Implement healthy stress management strategies.

It’s good to be mindful of any current unhealthy coping behaviours so, you can switch them out for a healthy option. For example, if overeating is yourcurrent go to, you could practice meditation instead, or make a decision to phone a friend to chat through your situation. The American Psychological Association (APA)propose that switching out one behaviour at a time is most effective in bringing positive change in our behaviour.

 

6. Give priority to a self-care

When we took time for ourselves, we put our well-being before others. This can make you feel selfish initially, but it is like the aeroplane analogy—we need to put our oxygen mask first before we want to assist others. The simplest ways that promote well-being, such as enough sleep, healthy food, and exercise,which we are often overlooked.

 

7. Ask for support when needed

If you’re feeling overwhelmed and want help then reach out to a friend or family member you can trust and talk to. Talk to a healthcare professional they can also help you to reduce stress, and help us to learn healthier coping strategies.

 

Active Steps to manage Your Stress

• Keep a positive attitude towards life.
• Accept there are events and situations that you can’t control.
• Be always assertive instead of aggressive. Assert your feelings, opinions, or beliefs instead of becoming angry, defensive, or submissive.
• Learn and practice relaxation techniques like exercise, meditation, yoga etc. for stress management.
• Exercise regularly because our body can fight stress better when it is fit.
• Eat healthy, nutritious, and well-balanced meals.
• Time management should be learnt to manage your time more effectively.
• Set limits for yourself and learn to say no to requests that would create excessive stress in your life.
• Spent time onyour hobbies, interests, and relaxation.
• Get enough rest and sleep. Our body requires time to recover from stressful events.
• Do not depend on alcohol, drugs, or compulsive behaviours to reduce stress.
• Try to be sociable and spent time with those you enjoy as it gives you support when you are in need.
• Seek treatment with a psychologist or other mental health professional trained in stress management techniques to learn healthy ways of dealing with the stress in your life.

Finally, I can say that stress is one who adversely affect our life and life processes. We should aware of it and try to keep it away from our life and life of our loved ones. So at last I can say that stay happy, spread happiness around you and where ever you go.