| Stress & Anxiety |
| Ways of coping |
| * Share your feelings - let the people who care about you, help you. If the roles were reversed you would want a friend to reach out and let you help them. You're not imposing on them. They want to help. * Be realistic - If you feel overwhelmed by some activites, this can be either yours and/or your family's. The best remedy is to learn to say no! Don't let yourself be railroaded into taking on unnecesary responsibilities that make you stressed. Saying no does not make you a bad person, just think how often people have said it to you. There is a right way to say it however, you don't want to turn in a bastard. e.g. "Get lost I always help you out and you do nothing for me!"....BAD "Sorry I'd like to help but I have too much on at the moment, besides I'm sure you would do it better"...GOOD - while it might not be true it can help smooth over ruffled feathers, while keeping you less stressed. WOOHOO! |
| * Take one thing at time - We all know the feeling. We're stressed, and we have ten million and one things that all HAVE to be done in a seemingly impossible time scale. Just focus on one thing at a time. Prioritise and work your way down the list. You can surprise yourself by how much you manage to do, and once you get something completed you feel better and more motivated to do the rest because you've just proved that you can do it. * Time out - Don't work yourself into the ground you'll do nothing but make yourself ill and feel worse. By giving yourself a break away from whatever it is stressing you out whether it be, work, a situation, you can return to it refreshed, and may even be able to see a way out. * Be flexible, be prepared to compromise - If you're constantly having to face opposition, rethink your strategy. Arguing is only making you more stressed. So if you're right stand your ground, but do it calmly, and rationally, don't let them get to you, then by continuing to argue the other person only makes themselves look bad. |
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