Friday 26 August 2011

Controlling Continuous Stress With Three Methods

By Ann Mary


Stress can do a lot more than just affect your mood. Studies show that the physical and emotional ramifications can be significant. Just two areas that chronic stress can impact are your energy level and the health of your immune system. This is why it is imperative that you learn how to manage stress and this article will offer some advice on how you can do it.

Put things into perspective. Individuals tend to practice creating huge circumstances out of small things, which means they view the world as being worse off than reality. You have in all likelihood, done this ten hundred times. Every time you thought it was the end of the world because you were five minutes late for an appointment or that you would end up losing your job because you gave your boss a funny look, you have been guilty of this. A plan of attack is to breathe and find out what the importance of the stressful situation will be in the immediate or not so distant future. Will your boss even remember how you looked at him? Not in all likelihood. Just place all things in the right mind-frame and you will discover your life is less anxiety filled and easier.

Visualize the future. Some particular event or person is causing you stress right this very second.

Allow yourself time. Frantic schedules is one of the largest beginnings of stress that the majority of people experience. Toiling day in and out to provide nourishment, hurrying to claim the kids from school to give them a ride to practice, back to home again cook dinner and so forth is what people do every day. As a result, we forget to take time for ourselves and appreciate the fact that we are alive. So, set an appointment with yourself at least once a week when you will simply sit back and appreciate your life. Take a bubble bath. Read a book. Talk a walk in the park and enjoy the beauty of nature. Just take a time out from your hectic schedule, even if it's for five minutes, and really look around you. Remember that life is beautiful and you will find that your stress simply melts away.

People like this don't have any type of daily routines and this, in and of itself, can cause stress. They live with their heads in the clouds waiting for everything to fall into place for them. So many people feel trapped in their lives and can't really believe that they have any control over what happens to them. All they do - all they think it's possible to do - is respond to whatever come along each day. When you spend your day just bouncing from crisis to crisis, you will obviously experience major stress. If you are in control, this won't happen. You need to get organized, set goals and determine what your priorities are. These steps will experience better time management and, therefore, get more done. Better time management means that you aren't running around all the time and better organization will take the stress out of handling day to daily problems. As you practice these suggestions, you will notice your stress level decreasing. One of the reasons for this is that you now have the time and patience to take care of yourself.

Chronic stress is not a rare condition and can be caused by many things. Yet there are also many ways to treat it. All you have to do is open your mind and try a few of the strategies mentioned in this article. If you've been suffering from stress for a long time and find it overwhelming, the best option is to seek some kind of counseling, therapy or look for a support group in your area.




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