STRESS is well used word these days.Doctors and others blame it for a multitude of things.Famous people like the film star garland have suffered from it and turns to drugs and alchohol because of it.
What Is Stress?
Stress is a feeling that's created when we react to particular events. It's the body's way of rising to a challenge and preparing to meet a tough situation with focus, strength, stamina, and heightened alertness.
Here are the top ten stress creators from researchers at the University of Washington(on a scale of 1 to 100 according to the amount of stress they produce )
Death of Partner 100
Divorce 73
Separation 65
Jail sentence 63
Death of close family member 63
Serious injury or illness 53
Marriage 50
Being made redundant 47
Marital reconciliation 45
Retirement 45
Research also shows that stress hits women harder than men.
So, let's recap, when we are stressed the following happens:
Blood pressure rises
Breathing becomes more rapid
Digestive system slows down
Heart rate (pulse) rises
Immune system goes down
Muscles become tense
We do not sleep (heightened state of alertness)
Ten Stress-Beaters
1.Check your stage in the burnout scale
2.Balance between your work and leisure
3.Relax
- Relaxtion exercises
- Accept the past
- Take regular exercise
- Make time for leisure
- Keep travelling to a minimum
- Be creative
- Reflection and meditation
- learn to peace yourself
- Go on relaxation courses
- Take short holidays
- Visualisation
- laugh
- Message
- Listen to music
- Have a good cry
- Get some sleep
4. Talk about your problems
5. Communicate assertiveness
6. Improve your time management
7 Talk to yourself
8 .Look after your body
9 .Stay in control
10. Seek fun with fulfilment
How to Find Peace of Mind:
Everyone desires peace of mind, but the big question is how to find peace of mind, when there are problems and difficulties, when there are worries and anxiety, and when you are busy all the time with work, study and chores? When you are so busy all day long, how and when can you find peace of mind?
How to find peace of mind when your mind is constantly occupied with thoughts, taking you from one thought to another, from one worry to another?
You can find peace of mind, but this requires that you do something about it.
- Everything that can quiet your mind will help you find peace of mind:
- Spend some time every now and then in nature, in a forest or at the beach.
- Take a walk, where you can be alone.
- Get enough sleep at night.
- When watching TV, prefer comedies and programs that make you laugh, feel happy or inspire you.
- Read inspiring quotes every day.
- Be more forgiving, and don’t harbor grudges or resentments.
- Don’t blame or criticize other people.
- Don’t postpone doing things that you have to, and which don’t like doing. Do them, and take them out of your mind.
- Be aware of your thoughts and refuse dwelling on negative thoughts or worries. Don’t fight them, but just try to express lack of interest in them.
- When feeling worried or tense, take a few deep breaths.
- Seek the company of peaceful people.
These are just a few simple tips to show you how to find peace of mind. All these tips can bring some temporary inner peace when you need it, but if you wish to find a deeper and more constant and stable state of inner peace you will need to:
- Practice concentration exercises.
- Practice meditation, any form of meditation.
- Develop some degree of inner detachment (it has nothing to do with being indifferent), so that you don’t get swayed or carried away by events, people, or what people say or do.
One Final Comment:
Aristotle once wrote,'If the eye were a living creature,sight would be its soul."The key to a peaceful and stress-free life lies within you.a passion for spiroitual purity will produce the tranquility which the world cannot give.Care for your soul and you care your future.
