Managing Stress: Need of the hour
We all want to live a healthy and peaceful life with
our family and friends. None in this
world want to face the hassle or trouble in their life but still there are many
unavoidable situations where we can’t avoid these difficulties in life. Facing these difficulties doesn’t mean at all
these problems are there in one’s individual life only. Every individual is facing some or the other
stress or problem in their personal or professional life.
The dictionary meaning of stress is worry
or pressure which is caused due to over-thinking about any problem. I
am considering the over-thinking here because there is no problem while facing
any hassle or trouble but the problem is in the mind if you are thinking about
that particular situation all the time. Stress
is a feeling of emotional imbalance into the mind of any individual.
To avoid the situation of stress, the individual
should be emotionally strong. In case,
you find yourself emotionally weak, and you don’t want to portray it to others
then, it will be problematic situation for you.
There are numerous ways to face the situation of
stress. Of which some of the tips are
follows:
·
Avoid (learn how
to say no),
·
Express your
feeling to any other who is very near/dear to you.
·
Alter (try to
find out the ways to exit from the situation in case you are not able to avoid
the situation),
·
Adapt (try to
find out the opportunities in your problems and look at the bigger picture) and
try to recall the essence of Geeta (Hindu scripture) that whatever happened in
the past was good with the will of God only and what is happening is good and
whatever will happen in future will also be good with the will of God
only. In brief, have faith, in your
supreme deity (i.e. bhagwan, allah, rab/waheguru, jesus etc.)
·
Accept (Sometimes
you can’t change the situation, then the only situation is to accept the
situation as it is for the better future)
·
Improve your
physical activity and indulge yourself into many social activities rather than restricting
yourself from your social circle. In short, interact with more and more people.
·
Get busy into
more and more work.
To face the situation of stress, it is very
important to discuss your problem either with your family member/s or with any
close friend/ relative. If you are not
able to discuss your problem with any other person then there is no harm to
consult any psychiatrist.
Many of the people don’t like to consult a
psychiatrist as they believe that people with mental illness or insane people shall
only consult a psychiatrist. There
should be a change in the mentality about a psychiatrist in the society
too. The institutions could also hire
the psychiatrist so that the employees could discuss their mental state with
these people and get the counseling done.
The educational institutions could also appoint the psychiatrist as now-
a-days, stress is also common amongst teenagers/ youngsters as the family
system has been changed from joint to nuclear family which is causing more and
more cases of suicidal activities in our Indian society.
Dr. Shishma Kushwaha
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