We are bombarded daily with stuff that adds stress to our lives. This stress can lead to worry. Worry can lead to chronic stress and even depression. Of course, these can affect your mental and physical health. So let’s look at 9 nearly effortless ways to relieve stress. 1. Stop putting things off. If you [...]
We are bombarded daily with stuff that adds stress to our lives. This stress can lead to worry. Worry can lead to chronic stress and even depression. Of course, these can affect your mental and physical health.
So let’s look at 9 nearly effortless ways to relieve stress.
1. Stop putting things off. If you have a problem that needs to be taken care of, stop procrastinating and just do what needs to be done. Putting things off just adds stress to your life. Your problem may be difficult to face, but once you deal with it the stress in your life will go way down. This one step will go a long way toward overcoming stress in your life.
2. Get rid of energy suckers. If you have toxic people in your life, that is, people who make you feel uncomfortable, bad about yourself, lacking in some way, jumpy or sad, limit the time you spend with them or get rid of them altogether! This is excellent for relieving stress. When people have too much negative emotion they can suck the energy right out of you.
While it can be impossible to cut out certain people like family members and co-workers, you can organize your life in such a way that you spend the least amount of time possible with them. If you do have to spend time with a toxic person, schedule some time with a person whom you find uplifting afterward. This can help replace the energy that the toxic person sucked out of you.
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Many people never imagined that they might be experiencing a stress related illness. Many have such concrete physical symptoms that that they are positive that there is something wrong with them. Most people are not aware of stress related illnesses. The common misconception is that it is only crazy people worry themselves sick. They don’t [...]
Many people never imagined that they might be experiencing a stress related illness. Many have such concrete physical symptoms that that they are positive that there is something wrong with them. Most people are not aware of stress related illnesses.
The common misconception is that it is only crazy people worry themselves sick. They don’t realize that for many “normal” people, this is literally true. Some reports state that 75% of all doctors visits are a direct result of stress related diseases. Most people don’t understand that you can give yourself chronic physical symptoms from being under constant acute stress and anxiety.
It is very difficult to reduce stress related illnesses to just one factor. The problem is that stress weakens your body and mind in many different ways. Being stressed out all the time can wear down your immune system, causing you to be more susceptible to colds, flu and other diseases. The depression associated with stress also has its effects. It can cause your body to produce less endorphins, making you feel achy and sore are all the time.
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Some people talk about avoiding stress. There is no way to completely avoid stress. Stress is a normal and natural part of life. There is never going to be a time in your life when you are not dealing with some sort of stress. Even if you go on the perfect vacation you will still [...]
Some people talk about avoiding stress. There is no way to completely avoid stress. Stress is a normal and natural part of life. There is never going to be a time in your life when you are not dealing with some sort of stress. Even if you go on the perfect vacation you will still deal with at least a tiny bit of it.
Some people don’t realize that there is that there is both good stress and bad stress. The problem is that most of us have way too much of the bad type. This makes the affects of good type to be just as bad. If you are dealing with stress on the job, there are some simple ways to relieve stress to help yourself get through it without damaging your health or your relationships.
First let’s take a quick look at the types of stress. Good stress, also known as eustress, is the type that keeps us alive and provides us with the input to make good decisions. Eustress helps you do the best on the project you’ve been assigned, keeping you focused and preventing you from making mistakes. Eustress makes you think, and I’m sure you’ll agree that is something that everyone should do before they start any project or task, even when it is one that they do all of the time.
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Her eyes had deep, dark circles. She told me, “I haven’t slept in weeks.” I asked her why. She responded that it was because she “was all stressed out.” It was stress from her job and stress from her kids. She was stressed out from driving an hour each way to work and her boss [...]
Her eyes had deep, dark circles. She told me, “I haven’t slept in weeks.” I asked her why. She responded that it was because she “was all stressed out.” It was stress from her job and stress from her kids. She was stressed out from driving an hour each way to work and her boss was “driving her crazy.” Her stress was eating her alive.
People come to me with similar stories, of how stress is negatively affecting their lives, all the time. Stress is a killer. It has been linked to everything from headaches and digestive problems to reproductive ailments and even heart disease. Stress can age you both mentally and physically. If you experience long term or chronic stress, over time can it will kill you.
Chronic stress causes your body to release stress hormones. These hormones can cause inflammation to your cardiovascular system and, if left unchecked, can affect your immune system, metabolism as well as other body systems. Bruce McEwen, PhD head of the neuroendocrinology lab at Rockefeller University says, “Normally, in small amounts, these substances help the body adapt, but when they are chronically elevated they cause wear and tear.”
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