Stress management tips for physical and mental health

Management of stress

Management of stress in life should be an important goal for those under stress rather than its elimination, because elimination of stress is unrealistic, since stress is a part of normal life.

It is impossible to completely eliminate stress, and it would not be advisable to do so. Instead, we can learn to manage stress so that we have control over our stress and its effects on our physical and mental health.

The life is more stressful in modern world which is full of competition and new demands.

Try This Test:

• Are you chronically tense, frustrated, rushed and hurried?
• Do you frequently feel depressed, hopeless or burned out?
• Do you have a short fuse, blowing up quickly and easily when things go wrong or someone irritates you?
• Are you so competitive that a defeat in any contest leads you to lose it and be totally down on yourself?
• Do line ups and delays stress you off the scale?
• Do you feel lonely and disconnected at work or at home?
• Do feelings of anxiety or depression lead you to smoke, to avoid exercise and eat mostly high fat, high calorie foods?
• Do you tend to take everything seriously and rarely laugh?
• Does our job have high demands and lots of reponsibility, but little control?
• Do you work rotating shifts or have a long and difficult commute everyday?

Give These Tips a Try

• Practice relaxation and meditation to reduce blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol,
• If you feel depressed, especially after an event of trauma, such as an accident, disaster or a heart attack, seek proper diagnosis and treatment.
• Do not link self-worth or happiness to financial prosperity.
• Make efforts to change unhealthy habits.
• Making close and intimate friendship with people will certainly make you (and others) happy.
• If your job is overloading you or exhausting you, seek another job which may be less tiring or is less demanding. This new job may fetch you less pay; be happy with that.
• Instead of complaining about the work allotted to you, offer your boss concrete solutions that benefit him or her as well.
• It pays to minimize anger or direct it into positive action and increase your tolerance for frustration.
• Laugh as many times a day as possible and try to find humour in all situations. Try not to take yourself too seriously.
• Offer your services voluntarily according to the situation. It will make you (and others) happy.
• Adopt a hobby like art, music, the net or a pet. It may look trivial but it will make you healthier and happier.
• Be spiritual, people with some kind of faith are happier, healthier, live longer and are less depressed.
• The habit of identifying harmful stress, finding creative solutions and becoming emotionally stronger may be the most important factor in both preventing heart disease and creating lasting happiness.