approach to deal with stress
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1. Stress is our response to a real or perceived threat
that disturbs our physical, emotional, or mental
stability.
2. Psychologist Connie Lillas categorizes our stress
responses through a driving analogy. FOOT ON GAS An
angry, agitated, or “fight” stress response. FOOT ON
THE BRAKE A withdrawn, depressed, or “flight” stress
response. FOOT ON BOTH A tense or “freeze” stress
response.
3. Stress can be healthy, but once it becomes chronic, it
can lead to serious health problems. Mental Health
depression, anxiety, personality disorders Obesity and
eating disorders Gastrointestinal GERD, gastritis,
irritable colon Skin and hair acne, eczema, hair loss
Cardiovascular heart disease, high blood pressure,
stroke Reproductive menstrual problems in women,
premature ejaculation in men, loss of sexual desire
Source: WebMD
4. Here are some stressful figures on the effects of
stress: 42% of employees have changed jobs because of
stress 43% of all adults suffer adverse health effects
from stress. 75% - 90% of all doctor's office visits are for
stress- related ailments and complaints Source: Forbes |
WebMD
5. Unfortunately stress is part of life, so let’s learn how
to gracefully deal with it. Inexpensively. “It’s not stress
that kills us, it is our reaction to it.”
6. Meditate. Live in the present moment. Johns Hopkins
University researchers reviewed nearly 19,000
meditation studies and uncovered that mindfulness
meditation can help reduce psychological stress. Source:
JAMA Network
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Go for a walk in the woods with friends. Researchers evaluated nearly
2,000 participants from the Walking for Health program. Results showed
that nature- based group walks were associated with lower perceived
stress. Source: Health System University of Michigan
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Be optimistic. See the glass as half-full. Carnegie Mellon University
researchers discovered that positive people have more stable stress
hormones. Source: PyschCentral
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Exercise. Stay in good shape. Based on the results of a mice experiment,
Princeton University researchers deduced that sedentary people are
more susceptible to undesirable aspects of stress than active people.
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0. Find your green thumb and start a garden.
Researchers in Netherlands surprisingly found out
that gardening decreases more stress hormones
than reading. Source: Mind the Science Gap
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1. In every life we have some trouble But when you
worry you make it double Don't worry, be happy
Don't worry, be happy now