Stress Management Tips

In order to de-stress you need to get yourself away from the stressor. You must develop new habits to distract you from stressful situations and pressures so that you can effectively manage stress on a more permanent basis. Listed below is a set of stress reduction ideas and tips based on simple rules. These tips may not change your situation but may enable you to change your reactions towards the stressful situation itself.

1. See the funny side

It is said that there is a positive link between laughter and health and in theory, laughter releases tension and spiritual energy. Hence, the theory being one of the justifications of the beliefs that laughter is beneficial for one's health. This is why laughing can be as a coping method for when someone is upset, angry or sad. Laughing is one of the quickest mechanisms for reducing stress because laughter produces helpful chemicals in the brain. This also gets your brain thinking and working in a different way by distracting you from having a stressed frame of mind. People will feel relatively different and notice a change in their frame of mind after laughing and being distracted by something humorous.

2. Exercises – Walking, Running, Gym

Stress has become an ever more of a common problem among people in this fast paced society we live in. It does not matter how old you are, what your gender is, your financial income, educational levels and even where you live. Although some stresses are needed and can be good for you too much chaos can create health problems. Getting more exercise is one of the many methods available for reducing stress in your life. Most often, we get so tied up in our daily routines that we feel we don’t have time to do this Changing your environment by going for a short walk outside, gardening or even walking the dog can make you feel more energetic and get your body moving and relaxing to relieve the stress. Why not join the gym and set a date every week to go, participate in a sport or engage in fun activity.

3. Drink Plenty of Water

Starving your body of water will make you function below your best and you will get stressed physically and mentally. All of your organs, including your brain, are strongly dependent on water to function properly. A lot of us don’t drink the recommended intake of water which is supposed to be at least 4-8 glasses per day and instead substitute this by drinking tea, coffee, coke, red bull type drinks thinking this would help the situation. When drinking water it enables you to go to the toilet which gives you a bit of a break and a bit of exercise now and then, which also reduces stress. If you do go to relieve yourself you will notice a change in colour in your urine, if it is yellow this means you are not taking enough water. If you do not like the taste of water, squeeze a little lemon or lime to give it that extra refreshing taste. So far you have laughed, exercised and drank your way to preventing stress as well as reducing and managing it.

4. Sleep

Sometimes a short nap is not so easy to do but possible. Having a quick nap is your body’s way of rejuvenating and revitalizing itself. A quick 10 minute or so sleep is very helpful to reduce stress. If you have been driving for a while or stuck in traffic for a long period of time, it is vital that you stop somewhere and get a little nap before continuing to your journey. This is a very good de-stressor. When working from home you are more able to take a quick nap during lunch periods can be practical. Sleeping during the day does not mean we are lazy, it means that you can stay healthy and people need to realise that this is beneficial to de-stressing the body. It might sound hideous but people who live in places like Spain take a siesta everyday at work and this is without a doubt related to longer life and lower levels of heart disease. So, again this is a reduction in stress. Also, get a good nights rest, it is not about how many hours you sleep but the quality of sleep itself.

5. Diet – Eat Healthily

A balanced healthy diet is crucial. Assess the current diet and identify where improvements should be made and commit to those improvements. It is important to improve your diet, by eating foods with more group B vitamins and magnesium that is essential to less stress, but, this is not saying that all the other vitamins and minerals are not good for you. Eating healthily can greatly affect the way you think and behave.

Here is a quick list of good food to eat:

Eat fresh natural food
Butter is better for you than margarine
Five a day - Fresh fruit and vegetables
Oily fish is especially good for you
Natural juice from fresh fruit and vegetables is better as they contain natural sugars
Green tea is good for you

6. Crying

Sometimes crying has a huge effect on stress levels. A good spell of bawling and weeping seems to release tension and stress for a lot of people. Obviously you would not want to be in a public place or at work when this happens. Some people, especially men, have the attitude that you shouldn’t cry at all, even in a private place and would rather suffer in silence than appear to be weak. You might be surprised about how you feel if you shed a few tears now and then.

Other Useful Tips:

Have a nice hot bath, place candles on the shelves
Plan out your time and prioritize your work or daily routine
Tell your friend about your problems, they might have some advice or remedy
Listen to some soothing music
Get a massage

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