| Stress is a killer, it is a known fact that stress is one | | | | levels that go up and down ? normally (in contrast to |
| of the reasons for heart attacks and many other | | | | continuously). |
| lethal stress related disease. The bad thing about | | | | YOU CAN. That?s the first thing I got to say. Almost |
| stress is that it will not only ultimately kill you, it is | | | | anyone can, and there is no reason you cant. What |
| killing you while its doing it. | | | | am I talking about? Beating stress. Getting your life |
| Stress makes a person narrow his perspective, feel | | | | back, enjoying and living, every single moment of |
| lost, lose proportion and the sense of the real things | | | | every single day. |
| in life, some people get into a chain reaction in which | | | | Here are a few things that helped me a lot, I know |
| stress is just the cause of more stress, eventually | | | | some of them sound old fashioned or simply old, but |
| leading these people to seek mental health help. | | | | they worked for me, and they might just work for |
| I am assuming that you are a normal (what is normal, | | | | you. |
| right?) person, that does not currently have or had | | | | Take a hobby, start something you always wanted, |
| any kind of mental disease, that you are reading this | | | | it can be working in the garden (amazing) or learning |
| article for one simple reason, you start to feel that | | | | how to ski dive (even more amazing), working out is |
| stress is overcoming you, that something has | | | | good, running or swimming, in fact almost any kind of |
| changed as a result of increased stress, and you | | | | regular physical activity is good. I highly recommend |
| want out. You want your life back, you sense of | | | | golf, its ability to drive your attention from |
| control and to shake this feeling of urgency around | | | | everything else and make you focus on a small white |
| each and every issue in you life. | | | | ball for a few hours, with spending a (relatively) long |
| How can I understand what you are going through? | | | | time out doors, is great. If you carry your golf bag |
| Went through? The answer is simple, I went through | | | | and walk the course (walk not slowly wander around) |
| a severe mental breakdown as a result of continues | | | | you will also get into shape. |
| stress. It took months for me to go down, and | | | | Physical exercise ? once a day, for 20 to 45 min, do |
| months for me to get back up, but once I got up | | | | something, in the house out of the house, doesn?t |
| (about 15 years ago) I have been studying and | | | | matter, just do something. Yoga is great, because |
| learning everything I can about stress, including talking | | | | almost everyone can practice it, and eventually you |
| to people like you. Identifying stress is the first step | | | | will perform the positions in synchronization with your |
| to fighting it, and reducing it. | | | | breathing, which is almost the best way to relax and |
| When I first realized that my life seemed to have no | | | | regulate your breath. |
| breaks, no pause and that daily activities simply | | | | Relax ? take a break. Do I need to explain? Just take |
| followed each other as if magically linked one to the | | | | a break, if it?s a short break you can use it to relax, |
| other, driving to work connected to work, driving | | | | close your eyes and imagine a nice place you can |
| back home connected with the tasks I had at home | | | | spend a few imaginary moments at, if you are not |
| (that connected with the tasks for work I left for | | | | good at imagining things, try and meditate for a few |
| home). There was no real joy, no fun and most | | | | minutes, clear your mind of thought and try to get |
| importantly? no life. | | | | your subconscious to shut up. |
| No one needs to be an expert on mental health to | | | | Deal with problems and break them into smaller |
| know that he is experiencing stress, when it hits its | | | | pieces ? just like cleaning a big room, break your |
| very clear. The biggest problem is that we humans | | | | problems into smaller problems and decide which ones |
| get used to it, and we learn to live with it, baring it | | | | you do not want to deal with right now and which |
| on our heads, our shoulders, our hearts. While stress | | | | are the ones you are going to solve, do not leave |
| gets rooted into our bodies we become bitter, angry, | | | | the other problems for an unknown date to be |
| impatient and generally not pleasant to be with or | | | | solved ? commit yourself to a time and day you will |
| around. Not a big surprise ha?, of course, you can | | | | address these other issues. |
| probably remember a time you knew someone that | | | | I wish you all the best, and good luck in beating |
| was so stress it made you feel stress, you also | | | | stress and starting gaining control over your life. |
| probably avoided seeing this person? | | | | When you get into these stressful moods again, try |
| Assuming stress just showed up at your door a few | | | | and think of how an nervous, stressed person looks |
| weeks or months ago, what can you do to try and | | | | like, and what is his chances of solving his problems, |
| do battle with it? Is it at all possible to beat stress, | | | | take a long breath, and plan your victory. |
| and to return to a normal life, with normal stress | | | | |