Dealing with Stress a Few Simple Tips

Stress is an interaction between our body and a situation that generates an incredible amount of strain on our well-being. It is a psychological and physical state that manifests itself when our resources to cope with a situation(s) are not sufficient. This post Dealing with Stress aims to simply highlight some causes of stress with a few easy tips to consider when dealing with stress.

What Happens When We Become Stressed Out?

You may Feel Anxious, Irritable, tense, worried, depressed, vulnerable, forgetful, tired, sad, angry, and insecure …..

You may Behave aggressively, Become tearful, or withdrawn, Temporarily lose your assertive skills, Be unmotivated, Pessimism, restless, have A lot of Negative self-talk, your problem-solving skills are reduced or nor existence, and Possibly increase your use of drugs and or alcohol……

Your body may physically experience headaches, nausea, chest pains, palpitations, stomach upset, insomnia, reduced immune, and Low or increased appetite ……

Stress can be both short and long time, the longer it, however, goes on the more damage it may cause.

• Various life Events Can Lead to Stress
• Moving homes
• Job-related issues/conflicts
• Daily fights in Relationship
• Personal issue
• Loss of loved ones
• Health Problems
• Social problems
• Financial problems

A Few Tips to Master When Dealing with Stress

1. Mindset

What the mind continually considers, the mind believes; and what the mind believes, the mind eventually does~William J. McGrane. This is just to say how powerful our mind can be hence the reason we must nourish and feed our brains with beliefs that will serve us not stress us!

2. Set realistic goals

Our health and well-being will take precedence over most of our aspirations. Learning to recognize the point to stop and review whatever it is we are doing in order not to put a strain on our body, both physically and mentally is essential when dealing with stress.

3. Learn to relax

The current recession may not be making things any easier for most of us. But ensuring we integrate some form of relaxation i.e. taking a lovely hot bath, going for a walk, praying, gym, music, socializing, vacation and many more can be helpful when dealing with stress.

4. Open Mind

The way we view and interpret issues/situations will affect how we feel. The bad view(s) and interpretation(s) are generally what pilots us to worries which are equivalent to stress. Having an open mind can help you hear and learn from others to deflate stressful situations or events.

5. Negative thoughts

Need to be managed to the point of total elimination. You can read more here.

6. Be more organized and learn to prioritize

We become stressed mostly when our brains can’t cope with a given task. The organization followed by attending to what is more important first is another way of dealing with stress. This is a useful tool that may take practice to build into our day-to-day life. A to-do list can be a useful tool here.

7. Take charge

We all have to learn how to take charge of ourselves by continually enhancing our life skills, such as improving communication in relationships, good money, and time management, knowing when to walk away or avoid stressful situations, social skills, managing anger, problem-solving, and many more.

8. General well-being

Take care of your health as a whole, ensure enough hours of sleep, stay away from drugs or alcohol as much as you can, and see your general practitioner when needed.

9. Move On

There are some situations in life we cannot change, but changing the way we feel about it can do wonders for our well-being. Seeking help for a therapist or any other recognized helper here can be very useful.

10. Fun & Play

Drop everything and just have a great time. Our body is very good at rebelling when overworked and not pampered.

11. Humour & Laughter

I know it may sound crazy to do so when you are stressed out but according to research laughter is a great best medicine anyway and can transform the faintest glimmer of hope into an eternal spring. In addition, research has shown that humor can significantly increase a person's level of hope…