Coping With Stress: List Things That Are Stressful To You
Before you start coping with your stress, it is a good idea to find out what actually causes it. This will let you deal with causes rather than effects and make stress vanish almost instantly. However, the problem is that what we usually perceive as the true reason of your stress is only a trigger while the real reason of your present condition are buried much deeper than you suspect. Unless you want to spend fortune on psychotherapists, sit back, relax and start looking for the possible reasons. The best way to do it is making a list of all potential causes, then eliminate them one by one.
The first part of your list should include all problems you have or used to have in your life. Be thorough – sometimes you may be very stressed because of past problems if they remain unsolved or if you suffer a defeat.
When you finish writing down stressful situations, continue to the next part of the list – people. If anyone adds to your stress by commenting your actions, making you look bad or simply makes you feel awful merely by his or her presence, you should consider increasing distance between yourself and those people. Remember that it is perfectly ok to keep some relationship professional only or even break them up if they are harmful to your well-being.
The next section of your notes will be devoted to more positive activities. Try to think of every activity you should do to make things better. How should your lifestyle be changed to make you feel less stressed? Do you need a change in your family life? Maybe changing your job will help? Or maybe you just need a bunch of new friends to meet? Take your time and think about it – this will be framework of your life plan for the next few months or years.
When you’re finished, start a final section of your list: entertainment. Write down everything you like doing regardless of whether you actually do them. You have to know what makes you happy and relaxed – those two feeling are about the only shield you have against stress.
When the list is ready, you know more or less what you should do to get rid of your stress. The only thing you should keep in mind is to read the list regularly (once a month is usually enough) and keep it up-to-date. If you follow your own advice, your stress level will fall down quickly and will never rise again.
The Author: Andrew John writes about stress and stress related issues. For more information on Relagen and Natural Stress Relief , just click on the above links.
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