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Become Your Own Stress Manager
Stress has become an unavoidable part of our lives in this fast-paced world.
While a little stress can help us excel at a demanding job and in handling responsibilities in family and social life, chronic or acute stress can impact our physical and mental health badly.
Sometimes our lifestyle and the circumstances that lead to this chronic stress may include:
Lack of regular, quality sleep Excessive consumption of processed foods or refined carbohydrates Over use or alcohol or over-the-counter medications Reduced relaxation of mind and body a daily basis Lack of meditation, regular prayer or positive focus on spiritual matters
How can you be your own Stress Manager : 1. Make Your Self Belief Stronger
2. Make SMART GOALS Specific (simple, sensible, significant) Measurable (meaningful, motivating) Achievable (agreed, attainable) Relevant (reasonable, realistic and resourced, results-based). Time-bound (time-based, time-limited, time/cost limited, timely, time-sensitive)
3. Health is Wealth To fight stress-releasing hormones like cortisol, it is important to take care of your physical health.
Working out on a daily basis releases happy hormones like endorphins, which eases stress and anxiety.
4. Burst Your Balloon People feel less stressed when they talk to someone supportive, it can be a close friend, relative, or a therapist.
5. Opposite Action Under stress, we are more likely to cause damage in our lives as we displace our emotions, doing the opposite action help you change your emotion. For example - If you generally start yelling when you are angry, try talking quietly and politely
6. Say no to catastrophe Under stress, we tend to maximise our difficulty 10 times more which is called catastrophizing.
Whenever you feel this is happening, ask yourself “Will this matter in the long run? What are the aspects of my concern that are under my control?”
Online Counselling (Audio, Video, chat)
Online Counselling or Telehealth allows you to avail therapy for stress and anxiety using digital devices like mobile or laptop on apps like zoom to access counselling online with online appointments from the comfort of your home.