Dealing With Stress using Alternative Therapy by Deb Dowling from Indigo Realm
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I'd like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Deb Dowling and my background is in Massage Therapy and Kinesiology specialising in relaxation techniques, emotional release, pain management, stress management and personal development with kinesiology. I also provide nutritional and weight loss programs.
Below here I have collated some resources for you to learn more about ways to deal with stress, so that you can inform yourself better on some of the self care strategies that are available to prevent or manage stress.
Dealing With Stress From Work
Stress. What stress? Sometimes we can get so stressed out that we don’t even notice it ourselves. It becomes part of the daily grind; and who has time for it anyway…you’ve got things to do, right?
This may be true but if you do not mange your stress properly it will begin to manage you. Major sources of stress are related to work activities. Issues with competency, uncertainty, and communication can cause us to stress out daily at work and spill over into the home.
Control is a factor that is greatly attributed to job stress. People with a great deal of responsibilities without a lot of control over decisions are the most at risk for stress related illnesses like heart failure. Communication problems thicken the pot and cause even more tension.
Feeling a little unappreciated lately? If you do not feel supported by co-workers or management it may make resolving issues more difficult, causing even more stress. You may be new and uncertain of your responsibilities or there are too many recurring deadlines. Alright, more and more stress on the job.
Reducing some of this stress will benefit you and your employer. Meeting regularly with your manager or supervisor to discuss problem at least once a year to discuss performance and other issues that affect you on the job may help.
Good time management skills and leaving your job at the office and don’t give up any of your free time to catch up on work if you don’t have to. Know when to quit. If you are truly unhappy with your job think about changing careers and spend time researching other possibilities.
Do the researches before you quit and find a less stressful job.
Engage in much more physical activity to reduce stress and get fit so you are at least more equipped to handle stressors. And last but not least take a vacation if needed and recharge by doing something that you really enjoy.
All might not play out exactly like the description just mentioned. The point here is to find ways to relax yourself. Ultimately there is no one to take better care of you than you. If you find that you are experiencing more tension than you can handle take immediate action to resolve whatever it is that is causing you so much stress and work on eliminating or decreasing them.
So instead of letting the root of the problem continue unabated while you frantically try to get rid of the stress it creates, you should get to the root and eliminate whatever it is that is making you stressed.
Even if it means changing your lifestyle dramatically, or quitting your job and living cheaply for a few months, it is worth it in the end since stress can be such a harmful thing. You can try talking to your employer to see if it would be possible to have a more relaxed work day. Tell him or her about your health issues that are resulting from stress.
Unless you are one of those individuals who thrive in a high pressure environment and positive results are evident in your health and performance there may be a big need for change. Stress can be the single cause of depression, high blood pressure, heart palpitations, and reek havoc on your family or behavior. Don’t allow the advances in technology to separate you from your family and friends.
Disconnect from cell phones and the internet and separate your time from the employers’ time. Begin to enjoy the time you spend alone or with family and friends, enjoy that long book, take that weekend get away that you’ve been putting off for months. If you don’t do any of these things, find a way to relax somehow, so that the effects of job related stress don’t lead you straight to burnout and drain you out of your precious life.
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Stress Risk Factors:
Research shows women with children have higher
levels of stress related hormones in their blood than women
without children. Does this mean women without children
don't experience stress? Absolutely not!
It means that women without children may not
experience stress as often or to the same degree which
women with children do.
This means for women with
children, it's particularly important to schedule time for
yourself; you will be in a better frame of mind to help your
children and meet the daily challenge of being a parent,
once your stress level is reduced.
Effects of Long-Term Stress
Where you are under excessive levels of short-term stress, then you may find that your performance goes to pieces.
Afterwards, however, you will be able to treat this as a learning experience and can adopt stress management strategies to avoid the problem in the future.
The effects of long-term stress going out of control can be much more severe. If you do not take action to control it, then the following can happen.
Fatigue and Exhaustion
Steps to remedy this can be as simple as going to bed earlier, or taking a good break. Alternatively re-examine your life and check whether the things you are doing lead to you meeting your personal goals.
This may show you which jobs or commitments you can drop.
Implementing time management strategies may also help you to work more effectively, giving you more time to relax.
Depression
High levels of long-term stress may often initiate depression, by failure associated with stress-related under-performance, or by life crises. Deep depression is a clinical illness and should be treated medically. It is important that if you are depressed that you take this seriously.
Severe depressions that can cause years of unhappiness and low performance can be neutralised quickly with drugs, by the appropriate form of psychotherapy, or by other forms of personal action. An important part of intelligence is knowing when there is a problem, and when to ask for help.
Depression may start when:
You miss important deadlines
Projects fail
You are passed over for promotion
You feel out of control
You are very tired
You are feeling inadequate while getting to grips with a new, difficult job
You are bored for a long period of time
Burnout
Burnout occurs where highly committed people lose interest and motivation. Typically it will occur in hard working, hard driven people, who become emotionally, psychologically or physically exhausted. You are at risk of burnout where:
You find it difficult to say 'no' to additional commitments or responsibilities
You have been under intense and sustained pressure for some time
Your high standards make it difficult to delegate to assistants
You have been trying to achieve too much for too long
You have been giving too much emotional support for too long
Often burnout will manifest itself in a reduction in motivation, volume and quality of performance, or in dissatisfaction with or departure from the activity altogether. Burnout will normally occur slowly, over a long period of time. It may express itself physically or mentally. Symptoms of burnout are shown below:
A feeling of lack of control over commitments
An incorrect belief that you are accomplishing less
A growing tendency to think negatively
Loss of a sense of purpose and energy
Increasing detachment from relationships. This may cause further conflict and stress, adding to the problem.
Breakdown
Where an individual has been under sustained stress for a long period of time, has suffered serious life crises, or has reached a stage of exhaustion and demoralisation, then breakdown may occur.
This may show itself physically as a heart attack, angina or a stroke, or may show as 'nervous' or 'mental' breakdown, where the sufferer becomes mentally ill.
In the latter case symptoms may not be seen by the individual, but may be obvious to partners, friends and colleagues.
'Breakdown' sounds sudden and dramatic - in the case of physical breakdown it may be. Mental breakdown, however, may be slow in onset, and may be mild or severe.
The boundary between prolonged unhappiness or exhaustion and breakdown is blurred - one definition of breakdown may be that the sufferer finally carries out some act that makes it impossible to continue functioning normally in society.
Symptoms of nervous breakdown may be:
• Uncharacteristic, uncontrollable, irrational behaviour
• Intense and excessive anxiety
• Severe depression
• Obsessive activity - persistent performance of an irrational activity, or of a normal activity to an irrational degree
• Bipolar depression - depression interspersed with periods of euphoria
• Destructive and self-destructive behaviour:
• Sobbing
• Screaming
• Shouting
• Violence
• Self-mutilation
• Suicide
• Doing stupid things:
• Giving up a good job
• Breaking up good relationships
• Shoplifting
• Becoming dependent on drugs
• Schizophrenia
Mental Techniques to Manage Stress
There are many ways in which to manage stress. Below are some techniques, try some, not all will be suitable or possible for everyone, so see what works for you. Remember what works for one person may not work for another.
Rehearsal
By running through a stressful event such as an interview or a speech several times in advance you can polish your performance and build confidence.
Planning
By analysing the likely causes of stress, you will be able to plan your responses to likely forms of stress. These might be actions to alleviate the situation or may be stress management techniques that you will use.
It is important that you formally plan for this - it is little use just worrying in an undisciplined way - this will be counter-productive.
Avoidance
Where a situation is likely to be unpleasant, and will not yield any benefit to you, it may be one you can just avoid. You should be certain in your own mind, however, that this is the case.
Reduce the Importance of the Event
If the event seems big, put it in its place along the path to your goals.
Compare it in your mind with bigger events you might know of or might have attended.
If there is a financial reward, remind yourself that there may be other opportunities for reward later. This will not be the only chance you have. Focus on the quality of your performance.
Focusing on the rewards will only damage your concentration and raise stress. If members of your family are watching, remind yourself that they love you anyway. If friends are real friends, they will continue to like you whether you win or lose.
If people who are important to your goals are watching then remind yourself that you may well have other chances to impress them. If you focus on the correct performance of your tasks, then the importance of the event will dwindle into the background.
Counter Uncertainty
Uncertainty can cause high levels of stress. The most effective way of countering this is to ask for the information you need. This might be information on your organisation's performance.
It may involve asking what your employer wants from you in the future, so that you can set the appropriate career development goals. If you are unsure of how you are doing, ask for a performance review. Where instructions are inconsistent or conflicting, ask for clarification.
Use Imagery
We are all aware of how particular environments can be very relaxing, while others can be intensely stressful. The principle behind the use of imagery in stress reduction is that you can use your imagination to recreate a place or scene that is very relaxing.
The more intensely you use your imagination to recreate the place or situation, the stronger and more realistic the experience will be.
Use Thought Awareness
Thought awareness is the process by which you observe your thoughts for a time, perhaps when under stress, and become aware of what is going through your head. It is best not to suppress any thoughts - just let them run their course while you observe them.
Once you are aware of your thoughts, write them down and review them rationally. See whether the thoughts have any basis in reality. Often you find that when you properly challenge negative thoughts they are obviously wrong.
Often they persist only because they escape notice. You may find it useful to counter negative thoughts with positive affirmations. You can use affirmations to build confidence and change negative behaviour patterns into positive ones. Physical Relaxation Techniques
These are useful where stress is caused by physical processes in your body: perhaps where muscles are tense, or where you are experiencing the effects of adrenaline.
Hypnosis
Hypnosis has a bad reputation, mostly because people misuse its benefits. Hypnosis is merely a state of mind in which:
You are very relaxed
You are paying complete attention to the suggestions you want to implant
You do not criticise the suggestions made, and accept them at face value.
Meditation
The idea of Meditation is to focus your thoughts on one relaxing thing for a sustained period of time. This rests your mind by diverting it from thinking about the problems that have caused stress.
It gives your body time to relax and recuperate and clear away toxins that may have built up through stress and mental or physical activity.
There are many options available to you in managing or even eliminating the high stress levels currently in your life.
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What is stress management?
Everyone whether men, women or child suffers from stress at one or other point in their lives. We feel stress when we are dealing with our family problems.
We feel stress when we are facing financial or health problems. We feel stress when we got stuck in traffic. Children feel stress in our school age and employees feel stress due to increasing workload
Experiencing Work Stress? Five Tension Tamers When you ask people where most of their daily stress comes from, majority will tell you that it either comes from their home or from work, with greater emphasis on the latter.
Because work is a paid endeavor, and the time allotted for it is regular and measured, a lot of people say the routine is what bothers them – in addition to the gnarly boss, the file pile-ups, and the gossip-mongering co-workers. (To read the rest of this article click on the Title above here.)
What is Teenage Stress? It has often been said that the teenage years are the "bestyears of your life". However, anyone who says that does not remember what it is like being a teenager.
Between
school, life, parents, friends, and the fact that all of
them want all of your time, there is no way to get away
from the petty concerns and strains that can lead to
serious stress. (To read the rest of this article click on the Title above here.)
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