Generally stress is a chronic condition, chronic frustration, grief, anxiety, and depression. Stress is a mental condition generally brought on by worrying about things you cannot change and/or feeling overwhelmed by a situation. It can erode your sense of self, and harmfully influence your blood pressure and even your mental stability. Stress, although often caused by external forces, is nurtured and magnified in the mind. Let’s examine what you can do to decrease, and even eliminate, it. Here are some important tips that will help you keep the stress away from you.
- Recognize that stress is good: Make stress your friend! Your body reacts to stress either by fighting it or fleeing from it. Identify your responses to stress. The extra energy you feel in fighting it can be re-channeled to enhance your performance at the right moment.
- Avoid stress spewers
- Learn from the best: Try to learn every thing from others who are managing stress well and observe what are they doing differently? What is their attitude? What language do they use? Are they trained and experienced? And learn from the best stress managers and copy what they do.
- Try to do breathing technique means take Breathe in slowly for a count of 7; then breathe out for a count of 11. Repeat the 7-11 breathing until your heart rate slows down, your sweaty palms dry, and you start to feel better.
- Try to avoid stress thoughts cut them off as soon as they pop up! Even if you have a ‘legitimate’ cause to worry, ask yourself: “what can one ounce of my worry do to prevent it or fix it?”
- Take care of your health: sometimes lack of sleep poor diet and no exercise will add to your distress so give sufficient rest and good nutrition.
