Marie was on her way to work when she was caught in a traffic jam and she got so frustrated. She reached the office and the first person she met was her hot-tempered boss. Her boss called her into his room and gave her a 'lecture' for about an hour. The boss uttered out mean words upon her and she felt insulted. After his 'lecture', he gave her loads of works and she needed to work at office till 8:00p.m. When she reached home, she was exhausted.
If you have experienced the same kind of situation as Marie, you are having stress and you need to handle it properly and quickly too. Sometimes, stress cause us to think that life is unmeaningful and life is full of work, work, work! Consequently, stress may lead to mental disturbance and suicide if not handled properly. There got to be some way to handle stress.
The symtoms of stress are: often worry, tiredness, insomnia (sometimes), eating too much or too little, phobias, restlessness, drinking too much especially alcohol, boredom, tense muscles, sore neck, mental disturbance (sometimes) and fatigue. Do you have these symtoms? If you have you might be having stress and you should handle it properly.
How to prevent stress? Firstly, try to have enough sleep. Don't only sleep for 2 or 3 hours but try to sleep at least 6-7 hours. If you practise that daily, you will have enough rest and assuredly, you will be quite healthy. If your superiors ask you to work too much till you don't have enough rest, then report it to the authorities so that the authorities can take some actions. This is one way to prevent stress.
Secondly, learn how to plan your daily timetable. This is very effective because when you plan a timetable, you feel that you will have enough time for work, entertainment and rest. All you need to do after plainning the timetable is to follow the timtable as strictly as possible.
Buy and listen to your favourite music will also help handling your stress properly. If you feel stressful, it is a good idea to listen to your favourite music. Sometimes music makes you more calm and it alleviates your stress.
Sometimes, exercise is a good way to relief stress. Excercise makes you relief all your grieves, stress and physically, increases the rate of your metabolism. Exercise does not only make you healthy in the physical sense but also mentally, and emotionally. By doing this, you will find that your life will be much more meaningful.
There are times when you feel stressful and grieved simultaneously. To prevent things from becoming worse, you should seek solace. Perhaps somewhere peaceful or maybe go for a holiday for a while.
Sometimes, if you really can't handle your 'stress', then you should seek advice, perhaps you should buy a book which regards to handling stress or you can even see the doctor. Don't hesitate to do that when you really can't handle stress. By doing those, you will enable yourself to pursue complete information on how to handle stress.
So, those are some information on how to prevent stress. For more information, these are few websites which can help you deal with stress:
Mind Tools - How To Master Stress
Ask Br. Weil - Q&A
Remember, if you found out that you are having stress, quickly handle it before it gets worse.
Originally written by the owner of the homepage with some help from: Symtoms of Stress- CAPS (UNC-CH)