Stress: Ways to Manage Stress and Stressful Situations

Stress is a silent killer, and sometimes you may not be aware that it is affecting you. It does, with our without your awareness.

The most effective solution is to find the source of your stress or anxiety and address it. Unfortunately, this is not always easy or possible. A first step is to take an inventory of what you think might be making you “stress out”:

  • What do you worry about most?
  • Is something constantly on your mind?
  • Does anything in particular make you sad or depressed?

Keep a diary of the experiences and thoughts that seem to be related to your stress. Are your thoughts adding to your anxiety in these situations?

Then, find someone you trust (friend, family member, neighbor, clergy) who will listen to you. Often, just talking to a friend or loved one is all that is needed to relieve stress.

Some great ways to manage your stress or stressful situations are:

  • get enough sleep
  • take work breaks
  • exercise regularly
  • spend time with people you enjoy
  • balance fun activities with responsibilities
  • eat a well-balanced healthy diet, don’t overeat
  • learn/practice relaxation techniques ~ mediation
  • limit caffeine, nicotine, recreational drugs, alcohol

Coping is not managing stress. It only puts a situation off until . . . your health suffers.

Living a stressful life and coping through mechanisms of overeating, or drinking, or the like, only creates additional stress. Stop stress where it starts ~ at the root.

Living naturally healthy means taking on challenges one at a time without stressing over the unknown.

Take time to learn from your stressful situations for the next time. Laugh at yourself for self created stress that has no contribution to resolution.

The next time you might focus on resolution instead of the problem. You see, focusing on resolution gets in the way of stressing over your problem.

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