SIX STRATEGIES TO COMBAT STRESS
In this article I speak of 6 strategies that explain how to reduce, prevent and deal with stress. At times in our lives we all have felt that there is nothing we can do to decrease the level of stress. The bills will not stop coming, there will never be more hours in the day for all the requirements, responsibilities of career or family will always be more demanding, for all the reasons that are more than plenty to see ourselves "trapped" in the meshes of stress. The good news is that we all have much more resources at our disposal than likely imagine. In fact, the mere awareness that we control (qb) in our life is the foundation of stress management.The focal point of stress management walking around the control: control of thoughts, emotions, calendar, their environment, and how you deal with problems. The ultimate goal is a balanced life, with time for work, relationships, relaxation and fun, adding a good deal of resistance and persistence ability to handle pressure situations in life and thus lead the challenges to a successful conclusion.
WHAT IS STRESS?
Stress can be considered any change to which you have to adapt. In a very general way, the stress response is an immediate and intense reaction that involves the general mobilization of the resources of the body, and is produced in situations that assume important requirements for the individual, whether it entails a loss (eg , death of a loved one or a sentimental rupture), or because it is a threat (whether by direct threat to your life, or by threat of a client cancel the purchase order or the employer threatens dismissal) or by a challenge (such as the possibility of winning a sports competition). This general reaction includes physiological responses (heart speeds up, aprecem cold sweat, muscles tense ...), cognitive responses (increased attention to stimuli present in the situation, faster thinking ...) and motor responses (basically run from danger or fight him), all these answers should serve to facilitate improved handling of the situation to present stimuli for a more effective response.
The stress response itself is not harmful. Rather it is an adaptive reaction that allowed us to survive over time. It is very useful and vital to provide answers to threatening situations. However when this reaction appears very frequent, severe or lasting way, can produce a wear on resources, leading to the emergence of various problems (eg, decreased income, physical and emotional discomfort, increased predisposition to diseases ...) which is generically called stress-related disorders.
THESE PATHOLOGIES ARISE IN VARIOUS CONDITIONS, IN CONCRETE WHEN:
a) the person is exposed to a large number of threatening situations or situations abnormally intense and lasting. Because they are situations involving novelty, uncertainty, ambiguity ... depend on the person's living conditions, but also of their own inability to resolve the situation, which contributes to a particular situation will continue and extend the time.
b) the person "cud" or makes misinterpretations about the situations that they face, so that:
• Identifies how threatening situations that are not
• Identifies a degree of unreasonable threat of the situation
• Slows in identifying a situation as stressful
• Did you not have strategies to cope with situations
c) The person activates physiologically, which is useless in most cases, as in the great modern society of the situations requires a little intense response (eg stepping on the brake, use the keyboard of a computer). This implies that much of the resources mobilized are not used, so that adds to the wear produced by the mobilization, the danger that these unused products to accumulate in certain areas of the body can deteriorate their performance.
d) The person emits inadequate responses to the situation:
• Because the person does not have a repertoire of strategies to address the situation
• Because despite having the strategies do not put in place at the right time, because it does not recognize the environmental clues that indicate when to put them into action.
• Because these strategies are inhibited by emotional responses
• Because there are obstacles to the issuance of appropriate behaviours
WHAT IS A FACTOR stressful
It is an event, a situation, a person or object perceived as stressful element that induces stress reaction. The stressors may vary widely as to the nature, ranging from psychosocial and behavioural components such as frustration, anxiety and overload until bio-ecological source components and physical, including noise, pollution, temperature and nutrition. The imagination and the anticipation can also act as stressors and trigger stress reactions.
IDENTIFY THE STRESS OF SOURCES IN YOUR LIFE
Stress management starts with identifying the sources of stress in your life. This is not as easy as it sounds. The real sources of stress are not always obvious, and it is very easy to ignore their own thoughts, feelings and behaviours of inducing stress. For example, you can be aware of who is always concerned about the deadlines in your work, but it might be your procrastination, rather than the demands of the job itself that generate you stress.
To identify the true sources of stress, you should do the exercise to look closely at their habits, attitudes and excuses:
You explain the symptoms of stress as temporary, "I just have a lot of things to do now," even if you can not remember the last time you took a break?
You identify the symptoms of stress as part of his work and his life, "things are always very difficult here," or as part of your personality, "I am very nervous."
You blame others or external events as responsible for your stress, or see it as normal and commonplace?
Tip: Until you accept the responsibility of the role it has in creating and maintaining their level of stress, this will keep out of your control.
REGISTER YOUR STRESS LEVEL
A daily log can help you identify the stressors in your life and the way it deals with them. Each time you feel stressed, sign it in your diary. The records will enable you to identify patterns and common events that put in its crippling stress zone.
Sign:
What causes your stress (risk a guess if you are not completely sure)
How do you feel physically and emotionally
How is acting in response to its crippling stress
What do you do to to feel better
CHECK HOW TODAY COPE WITH STRESS
Think about the ways you use to manage and cope with stress in your life. The daily log of stress can help you identify them. Strategies to cope with stress using are healthy or harmful, inappropriate or saboteurs? Unfortunately, many people cope with stress in their life in a way which further complicates the problem.
DEAL OF harmful FORMS WITH STRESS
These strategies may temporarily reduce stress, but cause more damage than long-term benefits:
smoke
Drinking too much alcohol
Overeating or eating very little
Remain many hours in front of the TV or computer
Away from friends, family and leisure activities
Oversleeping
Use medication or drugs to relax
Procrastination (constantly postpone the tasks that need to realize)
Avoid at all costs confront problems
Direct your stress to others (angry outbursts, physical violence, exacerbated review)
HEALTHY WAYS OF DEALING WITH MORE STRESS
If your methods of dealing with stress are not contributing to improve their physical and emotional health, it's time to find healthier ways. There are many healthy ways to manage, prevent and cope with stress, but all require change. You can change the situation or change your reaction. When deciding which option to choose, it is useful to think of the following 4 aspects: avoid, alter, adapt and accept. Since each of us has a unique response to stress, there is no single method that serves all or any situation, so you should try different techniques and strategies to realize the one that best fits you. Focus on what makes you feel calm and in control.
4 AS DEALING WITH FORMS OF SITUATIONS stressful
Change the situation:
Avoid the stressor
Change the stressor
Change the reaction:
