- When you feel stressed, practice taking long, deep breaths.
- Take regular breaks from your work.
- Get regular exercise. Shoot for a minimum of 20minutes three times per week.
- Try to eat a healthy, balanced diet, rich in fruit and vegetables and get enough sleep.
- Avoid caffeine, which is a stimulant.
- Avoid depending upon drugs and alcohol to help you relax.
- Learn time management and organization skills.
- Use humor to lighten difficult situations.
- Seek to find the positive in every situation. View adversity as an opportunity for learning and growth.
- Do not bury your emotions.
- Give compliments freely and smile often. You'll be amazed how the mood around you will change and how in turn you will feel better.
- Learn to be more assertive - for example, not agreeing to things you know you can't do well or know shouldn't be your responsibility.
- Find some quiet time to listen to music or relaxation tapes.
- Don't worry about things you can't control.
- Talk with a friends, family member or counselor.
- Try to look at change as a positive challenge, not as a threat.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
How to cope with stress?
Stress Among University Students
What are the symptoms of stress?
Cognitive Symptoms
Cognitive Symptoms
- Memory problems
- Inability to concentrate
- Poor judgment
- Seeing only the negative
- Anxious or racing thoughts
- Constant worrying
- Moodiness
- Tension
- Feeling excessively tired
- Irritability or short temper
- Agitation, inability to relax
- Sense of loneliness and isolation
- Depression or general unhappiness
- Excessive tiredness
- Skin problems, such as eczema
- Aches and pains resulting from tense muscles, including neck ache and tension headaches
- Feeling sick
- Stomach problems
- A pounding heart
- Difficulty breathing
- Frequent urination
- Sweating palms
- Nausea, dizziness
- Eating more or less
- Sleeping too much or too little
- Isolating yourself from others
- Irrational behavior
- Frequent colds
- Using alcohol, cigarettes or drugs to relax
Stress Among University Students
What are the factors cause stress?
- Major life changes
- Relationship difficulties
- Financial problems
- Being too busy
- Pressure to perform at university
- Family conflicts
- Love problems
- Inability to accept uncertainty
- Pessimism
- Negative self-talk
- Unrealistic expectations, perfectionism
- Withdrawing from university activities
- Arguments with friends
What Is Stress?
Stress is your body's way of responding to any kind of demand. It can be caused by both good and bad experiences. When people feel stressed by something going on around them, their bodies react by releasing chemicals into the blood. These chemicals give people more energy and strength, which can be good thing if their stress is caused by physical danger. But this can also be a bad thing, if their stress is in response to something emotional and there is no outlet for this extra energy and strength.
Stress is the emotional and physical strain caused by our response to pressure from the outside world. Common stress reactions include tension, irritability, inability to concentrate, and a variety of physical symptoms that include headache and a fast heartbeat.
It's almost impossible to live without some stress. And most of us wouldn't want to, because it gives life some spice and excitement. but if stress gets out of control, it may harm your health, your relationships and your enjoyment of life.
Stress is the emotional and physical strain caused by our response to pressure from the outside world. Common stress reactions include tension, irritability, inability to concentrate, and a variety of physical symptoms that include headache and a fast heartbeat.
It's almost impossible to live without some stress. And most of us wouldn't want to, because it gives life some spice and excitement. but if stress gets out of control, it may harm your health, your relationships and your enjoyment of life.
About Stress
Some stress may help your body to prepare for certain challenges, so it's probably impossible to live without any stress. But too much stress, especially if it's day in, day out, can cause physical and emotional problems.
So that your body can respond almost instantly to challenges, many of its control mechanisms happen without you having to think about them. This involuntary control of things such as how fast your heart beats, is achieved by a network of nerves called the autonomic nervous system. This is an essential part of the " fight or flight " response.
The modern stresses we face in our everyday lives - such as deadlines at work or money troubles - don't really trigger a fight or flight response. However, they do release the same stress hormones, and this natural reaction can damage health and reduce the ability to cope.
So that your body can respond almost instantly to challenges, many of its control mechanisms happen without you having to think about them. This involuntary control of things such as how fast your heart beats, is achieved by a network of nerves called the autonomic nervous system. This is an essential part of the " fight or flight " response.
The modern stresses we face in our everyday lives - such as deadlines at work or money troubles - don't really trigger a fight or flight response. However, they do release the same stress hormones, and this natural reaction can damage health and reduce the ability to cope.
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