Definition of Stress: A state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or demanding circumstances.
Stress has the power to take over your life if you allow it. We all go through stress at some point in our lives but if you do not know how to manage it and "nip it in the bud" it can rule your life.
One thing I have always been taught is to take action over the situation that is causing stress, now taking action can be a number of things whether the stress is a result of your decisions or someone else's decisions.
That said I have compiled a list of the top 5 things I have done to cope with stress and hopefully they help you out.
1. Check your attitude
Honestly speaking this is one area at times I struggle with, it's so easy to have a negative attitude towards the situation, human nature demands us to automatically feel sorry for ourselves and believe that we are stuck in that particular situation. Keeping a positive attitude I have found puts the problem/issue at hand into perspective not only that but when your attitude is positive you think straight and 8/10 times you find a solution to the problem quicker.
2. Laughter
Laughing brings ease to your mind, it helps to lighten the load mentally- when you laugh you stimulate your organs and allow rich oxygen to come into your system. Laughter increases the endorphins that are released in our brains, which increases our mood.
3. Focus on helping others
Shifting the focus from yourself to help others and have a positive impact on other people helps put your problems into perspective. Sometimes you realise that you are not the only one going through problems and sometimes others may have even much more serious issues than those you are facing.
4. Listening to uplifting messages
When under stress the last thing you want to listen to is something that will bring you down, I have found that listening to uplifting and impacting messages helps me and increases my faith. The main people I listen to in terms of messages are Joel Osteen, he is forever smiling, TD Jakes whips you into shape and Joyce Meyer, she speaks from deep experience.
5. Listening to good music
Music is very powerful it can increase your mood or completely dampen your mood. One has to be careful to what music you listen to when stressed i.e Listening to music - where the lyrics are aggressive will lead you to boil up inside and want to fight, whereas if you listen to uplifting encouraging music it will lighten up your mood.
There are many other things you can do to help you manage stress and if this has helped you please let me know and of any other things you do to manage stress.
If you want someone to talk to you can always email me:
michiek@live.co.uk
Until the next one
Michie
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