Stress and tension are part of most people lives and threaten your health in many ways. Stress can come in the form of accidents, financial difficulties, problems at work, family issues, and poor health. The way to manage stress has a lot to do with your mental, emotional, and physical health. The following are some ways that you can manage the stress in your life:
Try to find out what is causing your stress.
Take a close look at your life and see where you can make changes whether it be at work, at home, or your health.
Use massage, deep breathing, meditation, or yoga to help you relax
Make exercise part of your life.
Practice time management. Put your tasks into a priority list. When you make your list take into account yourself, your family, and your job. Using a check list will give you satisfaction when you complete a task.
Avoid sugar, fats, tobacco, caffeine, and alcohol to help your body and mind to cope with stress.
Make sure that you get enough sleep and rest.
Professional counselors and support groups will help if you have something bothering you. Your family and friends are also usually there to help you.
Find someone who needs your help. Helping others can give you a sense of purpose.
Take some personal time. This can include reading a book, watching a movie, listening to music, or any other personal time that you enjoy.
Recognise and deal with your anger.
A short holiday will help you deal with stress.
Dont take on too many tasks at one time. Learn to pace yourself.
Remember that nobody is perfect.
Try not to judge others harshly.
See the funny side of life. Watch funny movies and tv shows.
When your body is under stress the tension will often accumulate in your neck and jaw. Take a few minutes to gently and slowly move your head from one side to the other and then from front to back, moving in a slow circle.
Practice realistic goal setting using the SMART approach, set small and realistic goals to accomplish the tasks you have to do and reduce your stress. Try setting a goal using the SMART method:
SPECIFIC: Choose one little goal and write it down.
MEASURABLE: Can you count it or check it off a list?
ACHIEVABLE: How long will it take to finish it?
REWARDED: When you have finished, how will you reward yourself
TIME-LIMITED: Can you set an achievable deadline?
Laugh at stress. Laughter is your body's natural stress-release mechanism. Rent your favorite funny movie or record a TV show that you know makes you laugh. You can keep the recording on hand for those stress emergencies. Go to the library and borrow a book that you know will make you laugh. Or read the daily comics in the newspaper.
Cope with stress by going for a walk. If the stress is at work, go for a walk at lunchtime. Walking will give you time to look at the situation that is causing you a problem. Any other exercise will also help with stress relief. - 16004
Try to find out what is causing your stress.
Take a close look at your life and see where you can make changes whether it be at work, at home, or your health.
Use massage, deep breathing, meditation, or yoga to help you relax
Make exercise part of your life.
Practice time management. Put your tasks into a priority list. When you make your list take into account yourself, your family, and your job. Using a check list will give you satisfaction when you complete a task.
Avoid sugar, fats, tobacco, caffeine, and alcohol to help your body and mind to cope with stress.
Make sure that you get enough sleep and rest.
Professional counselors and support groups will help if you have something bothering you. Your family and friends are also usually there to help you.
Find someone who needs your help. Helping others can give you a sense of purpose.
Take some personal time. This can include reading a book, watching a movie, listening to music, or any other personal time that you enjoy.
Recognise and deal with your anger.
A short holiday will help you deal with stress.
Dont take on too many tasks at one time. Learn to pace yourself.
Remember that nobody is perfect.
Try not to judge others harshly.
See the funny side of life. Watch funny movies and tv shows.
When your body is under stress the tension will often accumulate in your neck and jaw. Take a few minutes to gently and slowly move your head from one side to the other and then from front to back, moving in a slow circle.
Practice realistic goal setting using the SMART approach, set small and realistic goals to accomplish the tasks you have to do and reduce your stress. Try setting a goal using the SMART method:
SPECIFIC: Choose one little goal and write it down.
MEASURABLE: Can you count it or check it off a list?
ACHIEVABLE: How long will it take to finish it?
REWARDED: When you have finished, how will you reward yourself
TIME-LIMITED: Can you set an achievable deadline?
Laugh at stress. Laughter is your body's natural stress-release mechanism. Rent your favorite funny movie or record a TV show that you know makes you laugh. You can keep the recording on hand for those stress emergencies. Go to the library and borrow a book that you know will make you laugh. Or read the daily comics in the newspaper.
Cope with stress by going for a walk. If the stress is at work, go for a walk at lunchtime. Walking will give you time to look at the situation that is causing you a problem. Any other exercise will also help with stress relief. - 16004
About the Author:
Lillian F Tighe is an advocate of healthy living and has written a book 10stepstohealthyliving which you can obtain for free on her healthyliving website
