Short -term stress – normal and natural phenomenon. Problems begin when stress lasts a long time and becomes chronic. Over time, he undermines our physical and mental health. Psychotherapist Douglas Cong tells how to cope with this.
When we talk about stress management and the desire for a balance, we do not imply a balance between stress and relaxation. We are talking about the balance of the work of various parts of the brain – the most ancient, “animal” (it is called the brain of reptiles) and the most developed and perfect (the so -called “human” part of the brain).
To think creatively and perform intellectual work, all parts of the brain must be fully involved. Having reached such a balance, we will be able to realize our entire potential.
1. Learn to practice awareness
The state of awareness is attentiveness combined with relaxation. Usually it is achieved by deep breathing. Traditional relaxation techniques, respiratory exercises, various types of meditation, biological feedback, all these methods serve as one goal: to reassure the overexcited sympathetic nervous system.
When you are tense, take a short break and look around, pay attention to everything that surrounds you, up to the smallest detail
With deep relaxation, you can fall asleep, but awareness implies relaxation, which does not interfere with actively acting, in this state we control ourselves better and are able to do more.
2. Constantly remind yourself that you are safe
Symptoms of stress can be removed with simple breathing exercises, but it is also important to tune in to solving the problems that bother you. Most of them can be decided
by looking at the situation from another corner or taking specific measures. To clarify thoughts, it is useful to discuss what is happening with someone, it is better if it is a professional psychologist-consultant.
3. Take care of your body
If you constantly lack time and you need to work in stress conditions, do breathing exercises, while focusing on sensations in the body. Take yourself together and decide what needs to be done. Focus on this, relax and stop worrying about everything else. You will probably feel better.
4. Paise
If the work causes constant stress (especially when you have to compete with someone), at some point, put all things aside. Carefully look at what you are doing. Breathe deeply, concentrate. Soon a deeper understanding of what is happening will come to you and new ideas will appear. Even in a situation of acute competition, thoughtful actions will be much more effective than a spontaneous and rash reaction to stress.
5. Spend time with friends and loved ones
Communication with people who are important for you and for whom you are important helps to relieve stress. Do not forget to meet with friends and relatives in order to have a good time, and in difficult times to support each other. When the “support group” that you can rely on has, it is much easier to overcome and take control of the alarm associated with the pressure of circumstances.
