5 Ways to Avoid Stress

Managing strain

How to diminish, avoid, and deal with stress

There is nothing magical that you can do with the accumulated stress because all your responsibilities towards your home, your office and your family are not going to be reduced; they will all be the same day by day. Only thing you can do is, search for the cause of your stress and try to manage it. Spot the cause of stress and to recognize the main sources of stress in your life, check out deeply your daily routine habits and approach.

There are two ways of coping with stress:

1) Unhealthy

2) Healthy

The unhealthy ways to deal with stress are:

·         Smoking

·         Drinking too much

·         Overeating or under eating

·         Avoiding family and friends

·         Using drugs to settle down

·         Procrastination

·         Physical violence

·         Sleeping too much

The healthy ways to deal with stress are:

If the methods you are using aren’t working out so it's time to change the strategy and go for the healthier one. There are so many healthy ways to deal out with your stress, but with a little change in your habit. Either you can change the actions or you can change the reactions. Because everybody has a different way of dealing with stress so "no one strategy can work for all". You have to find your best fit  strategy that can take you out of  the stress and make you feel relaxed and under control.

The 5 stress management strategies are:

1.       Stay away from the unnecessary stress. You can't avoid all of the stress but some of them you can. You can eliminate a number of stressors from your life, and they are-

a.       Utter no - just stick to your limits and learn to say no. Accepting work out of your limit is a straightaway invitation to the stress.

b.      Avoid stressors - keep away from the stressors that panic you, like try to avoid those people who create unhealthy situations for you.

c.       Take the charge and control - Avoid the busy routes, if any TV news is making you panic then turn it off, and if it is the hustle and bustle that brings you under stress, then avoid doing things like don’t go to the markets, just go online for all your shopping stuff.

d.      Make up your schedule - check out your daily tasks, place the things to the top of the list that are most necessary to do and dump the least necessary things to the bottom of the list.

2.       Situation Amendment. Change the situation if you can't avoid it. Just find out what to do with the situation to avoid the problem to come pass again in the future. This needs to change your way of communication, your attitude and how you deal up with the situations. Try to express yourself instead of getting down by everyone. If you are expecting a humble and nice behavior from the other person then you try to do the same first. Just face the situations and deal with the problems.

3.       Acclimatize with the stressors. Just by changing your prospects and thoughts, you can adjust yourself to the stressful conditions. Try to see the situations in a positive aspect and try to enjoy every moment of the day. Always think of the big picture. Make a perception of the stressful situation, just think how important the situation is, if it's not, then stop thinking about it and devote your precious time to anywhere else. Just think of your good time always.

4.       If you can't change the things, accept them. Never try to get a hold on the uncontrollable things. There are so many things in life that are out of our control. You can't change the natural happenings like the death of the dear one, illness etc. The best way to deal with these kinds of situations is to accept them rather try to change them. Learn to forget and forgive.

5.       Make out for some pleasurable time. Always encourage yourself for the good things. Make yourself happy and make time for fun and relaxation.

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