Managing Stress
No single person can escape from anxiety, tension or fear of something. So we call it stress. Exams are difficult to make students become stressed. Office employee stress job deadline. Children are difficult to 'set' cause parents stress. Not to mention the variety of economic hardship, the price of basic commodities to soar, the increase in fuel. It really makes stress!. So often the word stress is mentioned, what exactly is meant by stress? How to manage and friends with stress?
Stress
Stress is a state of 'normal' that even a part of everyday life. Various things can be a cause of stress. Arrival of any of a variety of sources. From work, school, family, relationships, health problems or various other live events.
Good Stress vs. Bad Stress
Although stress is often considered something that is bad and no one expected his arrival, but stress can actually benefit and may be invited "friends" with us. Good stress can make you work harder and do something well. In fact we all need a little stress to streamline functions and optimize the body's own potential. Of course, if coupled with optimism, and the seriousness of efforts to overcome the causes of stress.
As with the bad stress that too many experienced person to bring a negative effect. Reduced ability to lead yourself and control your emotions. Someone who had a bad stress will experience psychological problems such as depression and anxiety (anxiety) that may impact on physical health conditions. Among others, the stress in people with heart or high blood that could be fatal for the patient and even took the risk of death.
Signs and Symptoms of Stress
Recognize the early symptoms of stress to take advantage of it’s fire and not even burned by the heat. Ask yourself:
- Are there parts of your muscles that feel tense?
- Do you feel the thrill?
- Do your hands feel cold and sweaty?
- Are you able to concentrate normally?
In general, symptoms of stress can be recognized as follows:
Physical Symptoms
- Often a headache
- Dizziness
- Disturbance ear (the ears)
- Tremor
- Feelings of the heart or chest burning
- Diarrhea and constipation
Emotional and mental symptoms
- Sleep disturbance
- Anxiety or feeling frightened
- Depression, had no desire or passion for life
- Crying with sudden
- Feeling angry all of a sudden
- Unable to make decisions
- Unable to think to solve problems
- Unable to make decisions
How to Handle the Stress
Besides learning to avoid causing stress, you can also receive it realistically.
Trying to make friends and learn to manage stress properly so help you to live better physically and emotionally as well as giving birth and inner happiness. Some things you can do to cope with stress are:
Relaxation
Relaxation or practice to regulate how to breath healthily. With activities to relax the muscle nerves such as meditation, yoga, exercis, massage, while listening to soft music and quiet or the strains of sacred verse
Sport
Exercising regularly helps you reduce stress and increase self-confidence, besides the most important to boost immunity and prevent disease. The addition of energy for activity, improved sleep, concentration, feeling of happiness and confidence and reduced risk of heart attack is an important benefit of sport. Moderate exercise such as walking leisurely sipping fresh air for 20-30 minutes each day will be effective for reducing stress.
Smart Set to Manage Plan and Desire
There was never any prohibition to dream and want something. The ideals and hopes can even be amazing life power. But keep in mind is often stress arises due to the inability to accept the reality that different from the desires or expectations.
Willpower future such as getting married, buying houses, renovating a house, have children, or hoping to move from the work already done for years, could be factors that cause stress if not managed properly. For example, want all at one time or immediately without rests on the existing reality. Therefore, it is important for you to plan and limit any plans made by considering the capabilities and resources or opportunities that are held to be better prepared to face the truth later. Determine what's most important priorities in your life, make the plan realistic and tolerant practice to accept the reality that will come later though not to your liking is a clever way make friends and manage stress.
Being Assertive Personal
Embarrassed, shy, uneasy heart to refuse or say not often happen to someone Learn to be assertive person, who is able to say No and not Yes, when he did want to say No, it's hard. We often feel unable to refuse the request and eventually forced to accept and then felt trapped by the request. It makes us feel angry and helpless, and then culminate in the emergence of stress. Therefore, learn to deny the request (if we are not able to fulfill it), become very important if you care about your inner and outer health. Some things you can do to learn to say no:
Recognize and create a "classification" of people who asked the request :
- If a person who is not so significant for you will be easier for you to reject it. Of course this does not mean eliminating the nature of philanthropy and social sensitivity to help others. It is about how to realize your limitations to do at a time.
- Give reasons if you want to reject. For example, you can say to him: “I understand you need my help to finish some work tonight. I really want to do it but I already have plans to do an activity with family, so sorry, I can not do that.
- Say no strongly (firm) and polite (not to hurt feelings)
You can practice in front of the mirror to respond firmly. Your body language is important. Standing or sitting upright with shoulders upright and give a convincing view of the eye and spoke calmly but put pressure on the sound.
