Stress Management
Once in a awhile all of us will experience stress. What is stress? Stress is the "wear and tear" our bodies experience as we adjust to our continually changing environment; it has physical and emotional effects on us and can create positive or negative feelings"
When you experience stress, there will be positive and negative effects. Positive affects us in such a way that it encourage us to action. It also can be resulted a new awareness and maybe open our mind by looking into a new perspective. On the other hand, stress create negative affects such as the feeling of distrust, rejection, anger and depression, in which it will lead to problems such as headaches, upset stomach, rashies, insomnia, ulcers, high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke. Other sources stated that, stress can cause "moodiness, anxiety and difficulty concentrating,"
According to TVF website, since stress not only negative affects but also positive affects on us, therefore, we should not eliminate stress but learn how to manage it and how to use it to help us.
If we experience not enough stress it will make us feeling bored or rejected, while if you have excessive stress, you will feel being "tied up". What we need to do is to find out what is our level of stress. You can test it here.
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You have high stress.
Take action now to reduce and manage your stress. Stabilize the amount of changes in your life and avoid unnecessary stress. Evaluate how you communicate, manage your commitments, and prioritize your time. Make stress-reducing lifestyle choices a priority: seek therapy or exercise.
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Some of the tips to relieving stress I found which include:
1. Exercise
2. Writing: Express yourself in writing (like what I did just now ~_~") can be effective way to reduce stress level.
3. Expressing your feelings: talking, laughing, crying and expressing anger (I did, and I feel better)
4. Doing something you enjoy: A hobby or healthy leisure activity or anything that can help you relax. (I did this too, I sing... )
5. Body-centered relaxation: breathing exercise, muscle relaxation exercises, massage, aromatheraphy, yoga and taichi, etc (erm... I just did the breathing exercise, it did help me relax)
6. Mindfulness activities: Self-hynopsis, medidation, listening to relaxing music (Did this too, listening to Winter of July by Sarah Mcbrightman)
Another way of reduce and avoid unnecessary stress...
1. Time management technique: Scheduling and priotizing your commitments can make you more productive and efficient
2. Effective coping strategies: Find ways of dealing with stress (like what I did now) and find ways to cope it.
3. Healthy Lifestyle choices: Balancing obligation, getting plenty of rest, eating well, not smoking, and limiting how much alcohol you drink (Well, i haven't drink alcohol for the 1 month now)
4. Support from friends and family: Social support network (Thanks to KaiKor ^^)
5. Changing ways of thinking: Stopping negative thinking that cause stress, working on problem solving, and learn how to communicate. (Still learning @_@, God Bless Me)
I told myself, I need to be strong, so~~~~~ need to be strong!!!!
