ARTICLE: STRESS MANAGEMENT

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STRESS MANAGEMENT

Stress management starts with identifying the sources of stress in our life. This isn’t as easy as it sounds. Our true sources of stress aren’t always obvious, and it’s all too easy to overlook our own stress inducing thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. Sure, we may know that we’re constantly worried about work deadlines. But maybe it’s our procrastination, rather than the actual job demands, that leads to deadline stress.

To identify our true sources of stress, look closely at our habits, attitude, and excuses like explain away stress as temporary, define stress as an integral part of our work or home life or as a part of our personality, blame our stress on other people or outside events, or view it as entirely normal and unexceptional. Until we accept responsibility for the role we play in creating or maintaining it, our stress level will remain outside our control.

A stress journal can help we to identify the regular stressors in our life and the way we deal with them. Each time we feel stressed, keep track of it in our journal. As we keep a daily log, we will begin to see patterns and common themes. Write down what caused our stress (make a guess if you’re unsure), how you felt, both physically and emotionally, how you acted in response and what you did to make yourself feel better.

Since everyone has a unique response to stress, there is no “one size fits all” solution to managing it. No single method works for everyone or in every situation, so experiment with different techniques and strategies. Focus on what makes us feel calm and in control.

One causes of stress is a work load

Work load causes stress

Say NO to stress!

Regards,
Inas Shukor