Whether you realize it or not, stress is part of everyday life. And as we become busier and more time poor stress is only likely to rise. But stress isn't always bad. In fact some stress can be quite helpful. Stress helps to keep us alert and on the go, and is quite often required in order for you to achieve your best.
On the flip side, constant high levels of stress can cause us many problems. In fact, over 90% of disease is in some way caused by stress. Stress prevents the body from naturally repairing itself when infection or illness occurs and from protecting itself from those problems in the first place. This can lead to issues such as (but in no way limited to) constant sickness, disease, obesity, depression and insomnia.
Stress is such a powerful and harmful force that it is vital that you learn effective stress management techniques. Why? To make sure it doesn't take control of you of course! Life is short and it's about time you lived a successful, happy, and healthy life!
The bad news is that life inevitably brings stress. Life is stressful - plain and simple. Situations and factors that form our daily life are stressful. Catching the bus causes stress. Cooking dinner causes stress. Walking the dog causes stress. Not all of it creates health problems, but there is an element of stress in all of it. But the good news is that it is not the situations that are hard to deal with, it's actually just our approach in dealing with them that needs to be altered. In other words, how we react to stress is the root of the problem (if there is one!) So let's look at five tips to help us handle stress.
Tip 1 - Identify what makes you stressful and uneasy. Making a list of your stressful experiences is useful. When you immediately deal with the issues that you can change (for instance waking up earlier for work in the morning, not leaving things until the last minute, and delegating tasks when you are taking responsibility for everything) you can deal with them more easily. Forget about the issues that you cannot influence like being stuck in a traffic jam or not getting into the elevator because there is no room for you.
Tip 2 - Step back and chill out. When you feel yourself getting stressed it's time for a time-out - from yourself! Remove yourself (or excuse yourself) from the situation and take a few minutes to breathe slowly and take yourself back to a calm state of mind. If you are tense find a way to release that tension (stretching or walking around can often be very helpful). The worst thing you can do it stay exactly as you are allow the stress to take full control of you.
Tip 3 - Your stress will disappear sooner or later. It's important that you keep reminding yourself that stressful events and stressful things eventually go away. The stress will end. So when that happens, will you have continued to push ahead or did you freeze completely and shut down? If you continue to focus on what you need to do even though you feel stressed you will inevitably get more done.
Tip 4 - Get to know yourself. Are there things that are constantly causing you stress? And if so, what are you doing about them? Is there some way you can change your environment to make life easier or less stressful? There is no need to beat your head against the wall. If something is causing you stress on a regular basis then it's time to start thinking about a way around it (or through it faster!)
Tip 5 - Learn to use your relaxation response. Just as we all have within us the stress response, we also have an opposite response, which is the relaxation response. A person should elicit that on a regular basis. The relaxation response involves two steps. Repetition - the repetition can be a word, a sound, an expression, or a repetitive movement. The second step is to ignore other thoughts that come to your mind while you're doing the repetition, and come back to the repetition. The technique should be used once or twice a day for about 15 minutes. Sit quietly and choose a suitable repetition, such as the sound "Om", or the words love, calm or serenity now! Or you can do a repetitive exercise such as yoga, meditation or jogging. When you can incorporate a repetitive exercise into your everyday life, you become calmer and better able to handle the stress. Practice makes perfect and the more you practice relax your mind, the easier it gets.
Stress happens - so there is no need to think you should be leading a stress-free life. The most important thing you can do is take a better approach to dealing with stress. If you change your attitude and find a way to remain calm and relaxed when faced with stress you will find everything will improve. You will feel happier and the stress will subside.
It is important to understand that what we focus on, we energize and create more of. The more you continue to think about the factors that cause your stress, the more energy you give it. So it is vital to let go and focus on relaxation instead. Consequently, you're less likely to be upset by stress, and thus less likely to have its harmful effect impact you.
What you know now is that stress is a choice. It is something that can be controlled. What matters is how you respond to stress and what you do to help yourself become more relaxed. Start using the five tips and you will be in full control of your stress before you know it. Good luck!
On the flip side, constant high levels of stress can cause us many problems. In fact, over 90% of disease is in some way caused by stress. Stress prevents the body from naturally repairing itself when infection or illness occurs and from protecting itself from those problems in the first place. This can lead to issues such as (but in no way limited to) constant sickness, disease, obesity, depression and insomnia.
Stress is such a powerful and harmful force that it is vital that you learn effective stress management techniques. Why? To make sure it doesn't take control of you of course! Life is short and it's about time you lived a successful, happy, and healthy life!
The bad news is that life inevitably brings stress. Life is stressful - plain and simple. Situations and factors that form our daily life are stressful. Catching the bus causes stress. Cooking dinner causes stress. Walking the dog causes stress. Not all of it creates health problems, but there is an element of stress in all of it. But the good news is that it is not the situations that are hard to deal with, it's actually just our approach in dealing with them that needs to be altered. In other words, how we react to stress is the root of the problem (if there is one!) So let's look at five tips to help us handle stress.
Tip 1 - Identify what makes you stressful and uneasy. Making a list of your stressful experiences is useful. When you immediately deal with the issues that you can change (for instance waking up earlier for work in the morning, not leaving things until the last minute, and delegating tasks when you are taking responsibility for everything) you can deal with them more easily. Forget about the issues that you cannot influence like being stuck in a traffic jam or not getting into the elevator because there is no room for you.
Tip 2 - Step back and chill out. When you feel yourself getting stressed it's time for a time-out - from yourself! Remove yourself (or excuse yourself) from the situation and take a few minutes to breathe slowly and take yourself back to a calm state of mind. If you are tense find a way to release that tension (stretching or walking around can often be very helpful). The worst thing you can do it stay exactly as you are allow the stress to take full control of you.
Tip 3 - Your stress will disappear sooner or later. It's important that you keep reminding yourself that stressful events and stressful things eventually go away. The stress will end. So when that happens, will you have continued to push ahead or did you freeze completely and shut down? If you continue to focus on what you need to do even though you feel stressed you will inevitably get more done.
Tip 4 - Get to know yourself. Are there things that are constantly causing you stress? And if so, what are you doing about them? Is there some way you can change your environment to make life easier or less stressful? There is no need to beat your head against the wall. If something is causing you stress on a regular basis then it's time to start thinking about a way around it (or through it faster!)
Tip 5 - Learn to use your relaxation response. Just as we all have within us the stress response, we also have an opposite response, which is the relaxation response. A person should elicit that on a regular basis. The relaxation response involves two steps. Repetition - the repetition can be a word, a sound, an expression, or a repetitive movement. The second step is to ignore other thoughts that come to your mind while you're doing the repetition, and come back to the repetition. The technique should be used once or twice a day for about 15 minutes. Sit quietly and choose a suitable repetition, such as the sound "Om", or the words love, calm or serenity now! Or you can do a repetitive exercise such as yoga, meditation or jogging. When you can incorporate a repetitive exercise into your everyday life, you become calmer and better able to handle the stress. Practice makes perfect and the more you practice relax your mind, the easier it gets.
Stress happens - so there is no need to think you should be leading a stress-free life. The most important thing you can do is take a better approach to dealing with stress. If you change your attitude and find a way to remain calm and relaxed when faced with stress you will find everything will improve. You will feel happier and the stress will subside.
It is important to understand that what we focus on, we energize and create more of. The more you continue to think about the factors that cause your stress, the more energy you give it. So it is vital to let go and focus on relaxation instead. Consequently, you're less likely to be upset by stress, and thus less likely to have its harmful effect impact you.
What you know now is that stress is a choice. It is something that can be controlled. What matters is how you respond to stress and what you do to help yourself become more relaxed. Start using the five tips and you will be in full control of your stress before you know it. Good luck!
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