STRESS MANAGEMENT

The simple realization that you're in control of your life is the foundation of stress management. Managing stress is all about balancing life with work and leisure and relationships plus the feeling of meeting challenges head-on and under pressure and taking charge of your thoughts, schedule, environment, and how you deal with problems. And Change your situation. 

Also, appreciate the little things savour the moments – and enjoy the little things in the present “In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet” Albert Schweitzer.

To see this you can write a stress journal, where you see your response, how you acted, how you did things, and how you feel therefore you see how you currently cope with stress and how you felt physically and emotionally as you describe in the journal.

Some coping strategies people may take cause more damage in the long run:

·         Drinking too much.

·         Smocking

·         Overreacting or under-reacting

·         Zoning out for hours in front of TV or computer

·         Withdrawing from family and friends

·         Sleeping too much

·         Procrastinating

·         Taking your stress on others

Avoid – Avoid if you can what causes you stress. If you can not Alter find a compromise Adapt be positive Reframe problems e.g. in traffic jams for example enjoy listening to your favorite music during this time or talk with friends in the car. The last A is Accept don't eliminate keep moving it will go away. Also never use always, never, should, these worlds always have ants automatic negative thoughts which many people act on because. Again sometimes you can not change things example in case of death as when something happens you can just adapt to it or to the attitude of other people by changing yourself you are changing the world in the end. These are the 4 key A’s.

Healthy ways to relax and recharge

        +Go for a walk, exercise 

        + Write on your journal

        + Call a good friend

               + Take a bath    

        +Do your hobby

         +Work in garden 

         +Watch a film Take some time to reactivate your visual sensory capacity

+Listen to music

+sports and exercise

+        +Go out with friends

+        + Give priorities to close relationship –An intimate marriage or close friendship offers social support         but happy people also appear to attract people and retain partners. This may be because they are            happy.

            +Sleep at least 8 hours it fuels your mind and body

            +Yoga and meditation

            +Praying -Faith can buffer crises and give hope. Also, faith networks may give social support,                 meaning, and assistance in one's problems

+           +Rituals This is important because it is an active affirmation of your belonging but also one needs            to learn if diverted sometimes we still need to live.

H   Humor is also important don't get in the hustle and bustle of life that you forget to take care of yourself and your needs. Naturing yourself is a necessity and not a luxury. Also as we saw Health together with Hope and Humor is a key factor in stress management.

Stress management is a key to happiness. Thus as it written in the book The Pursuit of Happiness Dr. David G. Myers, Professor of Psychology at Hope College in Michigan, identifies four important traits common to happy people with H+ Religion these are:

+Self-esteem and optimism apart from personal control which is also important.

+Extraversion. That means in Psychology a. the act of directing one's interest outward or to things outside the self thus with the external environment rather than with one's thoughts and feelings (introversion)

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/extroversion