subject: Your Guide To Coping With Stress [print this page] Considering the pace at which lives are moving today, there is always going to be a factor which triggers high stress levels in you. The bills arent to going to stop pouring in, and there will be never enough time in your day to meet all your deadlines. But that one thing that you can truly control in your own life is your approach and how you let these triggers impact you, your health and your personal happiness.
Effectively Managing Stress
Over a period of time, as an individual it is important for you to realize how to draw a balance between, work, family, time for yourself and the expectations you have out of yourself and the people around you.
1. Identification of the Sources of Stress
Coping with stress first begins with detecting the factors in your life which give you stress. There may be a number of known and even unknown factors which induce thoughts and feelings that are a reaction to that pressure or stress. For example, if you believe that your relationship with your life partner is a stress factor, you may assume it is the other person who is at fault as against your lack of communication with your partner.
2. Healthy Ways to Manage Stress
If you stress is getting to you, it is time to retrospect and think about how you handling these stressful situations. Avoid resorting to unhealthy techniques like smoking, drinking, binging, withdrawing from social activities and spending time with family and friends, sleeping too much and procrastinating.
Instead, be a bigger man and face these factors with your head up. Talk to close family and friends and ask them to help you through the tough time, if you are finding it difficult to express, vent out in a journal or a private blog. Also, every once in a while, it is important to take some time off by treating yourself with a body massage or doing any other activity with de-stresses you.
a. Pursue a Hobby
b. Dont shut yourself from loved ones
c. Do not resort to physical or verbal violence, but sit back and think of stress free ways to organize your life a little.
d. Always keep your family and friends together.
3. Avoiding Unnecessary Stress-
Many a times, we as human beings tend to bring stress factors in our lives on our own. It is time to start avoiding unnecessary stress by following these simple tips
a. Know your limitations and accept them. Learn how to say no when a situation calls for and accept responsibilities only to the extent at which you are capable of following through. This is applicable in your personal as well as professional life.
b. Take control of the environment you work and live in. Identify things, people and activities which stress you out and avoid interacting or engaging with these factors.
c. Organize your life. Make a to-do list and analyze your days, weeks and months. Cut off all the unnecessary errands and prioritize ones that need to be taken care of immediately.
The ideal way to live a stress free life is by organizing your thoughts and accepting who you are.
