Health: Stress Management Strategies.

You may feel that there is nothing to do about stress, sometimes it inavitable, but it's managable no matter how vast it can be.
Stress is upcoming by nature, but its never a part of life as assumed. Its mainly employed of which, nomatter how powerless you may feel with stress host, you have control over your lifestyle, such as your habits, your thoughts, emotions and your strategies of managing your challenges.

To defeat a problem, you must know the source, to fight stress, you should know the host. So that is why you need a stress piece or a journal.  There you can identify,

A. Whats the orgin of the stress, how it started and where it headed.

B. How you have felt previously during the approach, both mentally and physically.

C. How you responded, good enough or not.

D. Did you ever feel better at some point?

These points above can easily be identified, stress hosts are mainly not hidden, although it might be complicated, but you can always guess on something and maybe end up been right to a vast extent.

As a result, most people have chosen habits they relate to thier ways of fighting stress. They are strategies, no doubt but they are un - healthy medically and can cause more damage in there shortest service.

They are;

- Smoking
- Consuming certain pills & stress related drugs
- Pounding on junks
- Procrasinating; by avoiding tasks which needs to be done.
- Launching your stress outcome on others
- Relegating self from family activities.

These are un - healthy ways of dealing with stress, strategies most persons have already chosen, but you can swap to the more healthier way of fighting stress, certified and health recommended.
Its needless, if you have to fight something and fall back into something deeper and harmful than what you fought. That is why you need to learn the healtheir ways of dealing with stress, just to be on the safe side.  They are as follows;

1. Adapt to a healthier Lifestyle:

Below are healthy lifestyle choices that can increase your resistance to stress.

Eat a healthy diet. Well-nourished bodies are better prepared to contain with stress, so be concious of what you eat. Begin your day right with the right form of breakfast, and keep your energy up and your mind clear with balanced, nutritious meals throughout the day with adequate, regulated diets.

Reduce caffeine and sugar. The temporary "highs" caffeine and sugar provide often end in with a crash in mood and energy. By reducing the amount of coffee, soft drinks, chocolate, and sugar snacks in your diet, you’ll feel more relaxed and you’ll sleep better.

Relegate acohol, Avoid cigarettes, and drugs. Self-medicating with alcohol or drugs may provide an easy escape from stress, but the relief is only temporary.
Don’t avoid or mask the issue at hand; deal with problems head on and with a clear mind. You certain will be able to ascertain the changes with a clearer mind.

Get enough sleep: Getting enough sleep, helps grease your mind, as well as your entire body. Feeling tired will increase your stress because it may cause you to think irrationally.

2. Make out time for Relaxation and Fun:
Come up with a list of healthy ways to relax and recharge your mind and body Try to implement one or more of these ideas each day, even if you feel great.

- At your spare time, go for a walk, get air. If you have a pet, then walk the pet around.

- Spend time in the mist of nature

- Call a good friend, there is a magic in companionship, especially with someone whose is not stress inbuilt

- Play a competitive game of tennis or play station.

- Take a long bath

- Light scented candles

- Savor a warm cup of coffee or tea

- Spend up time with a good book or proper journals and magazines

- Watch a comedy, TV shows, Romance movies

3.  Adapt to things you naturally cannot change:

Many sources of stress have been confirmed unavoidable. You can’t prevent or change stressors, such as the death of a loved one, a serious illness, or a national recession. In such cases, the best way to cope with stress is to accept things as they are. Acceptance may be difficult, but in the long run, it’s easier than railing against a situation you can’t change. Conquer the mind and leave the events you passed, whether it went wrong or not, most especially when you cannot change it.

- Don’t try to control the uncontrollable;
Many things in life are beyond our control—most especially, the behavior of other people around. Those you meet at work and along. Rather than stressing out over them, focus on the things you can eventually control, such as your strategy on how to manage challenges.

- Look for the upside; When facing major challenges, try to look at them as opportunities for personal growth. If your own poor choices contributed to a stressful situation, reflect on them and learn from your mistakes.

- Learn to forgive and make it a habit. Accept the inevitable fact that we live in an imperfect world, we are neither perfect and that people make mistakes unknownly or knowningly. Relegate anger and die further actions before it rises. Free yourself from negative energy, save the some by simply forgiving and moving on.

4. Adapt to Stress host;

Adapting to the host, gives you a clue on how you think can have a clever effect on your stress levels. Each time you think a negative thought about yourself, your body reacts as if it were in the paroxym of a tension fully regulated situation. Recharge your sense of control by changing your expectations and attitude to stressful situations.

- Reframe problems;

 Try to view stressful situations from a more positive perspective. Rather than letting out long sighs about a traffic jam, look at it as an opportunity to pause and regroup, listen to your favorite radio station, or enjoy some alone time.

- Spread your mind; 

Take perspective of the stressful situation. Ask yourself how important it will be in the long run. Will it matter in a month? A year? Is it really worth getting upset over? If the answer is no, focus your time and energy elsewhere.

- Set up your standard and let your result be adequate;  

Perfectionism is a major source of avoidable stress. Stop setting yourself up for failure by demanding perfection. Set reasonable standards for yourself and others, and adapt to be fine, been good enough is very encouraging.

5. Avoid un- necessary stress;

Although it’s not healthy to shy out a stressful situation that needs to be addressed, but it may interest you, the magnitude of stress hosts in your life that you can eliminate.

- Learn how to say “no” ;

Always recognize your limits and make sure you stick to them. This should be highlighted in every aspect of your life, whether personal or professionals. Taking on more than you can handle is a sure is like sucide in the languge of stress.

Distinguish between the “probablities”,  “adequates” and "must achieve".
Stay away from people who are stress inbuilt, limit the way a person depenses stress on you, limit the range of time you spend with such persons. 

Take control of your environment ;

Taking out time to relax, is what the stress fighter preaches, but in the situation where the evening news makes you nervous, turn the TV off. If its a program, do the same. If traffic makes you tense, take a longer but less-traveled route. If going to the market is an unpleasant adventure, mayeb the crowd and conditions, pick another time to so, or you plead with someone to help.

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