By dealing with stress elements in your life you can improve
your personal attraction and sex profile? Lack of good stress management
techniques can compromise your social appearance as well sex life too and makes
you less romantic. Because, it makes you highly irritative and aggressive to
other people around you. Of course you know ladies don’t want irritative and
aggressive men in their lives.
Though the modern world has brought many possibilities just
as it has brought many problems to mankind. Man’s daily life is full of stress
elements or stressors. The work that man do, crisis with the loved ones, death
of the loved ones, his domestic life, the traffic jam on the road, the debt he
has to settle, harassment and bullying at work, financial difficulties, the
mortgage to be paid, pregnancy, job loss, disability, illness, and sexual
difficulties among others come together sometimes to make our daily lives
stressful.
Stress causes a change in the body and brings about feelings
of unhappiness, sadness, anger and being scared. Many health problems of today
are direct result of adrenaline and noradrenalin conflict’s unused chemicals
and hormones released into the blood stream in an effort to prepare the body under
stress for action. The continued release of these chemicals and hormones into
the bloodstream leads to stress if they pile up in the blood system for too
long. They, then cause disequilibrium in the body system that leads to stress.
Stress affects every human being; children, youth, adults,
the rich, the poor, athletes, students, men and women It affects men more than
women. This is because men evaluate themselves more regularly on measurable
things like personal achievement and financial worthiness than women. Stress is
the major causes of absenteeism in workplaces. As said above, medically, stress
has many implications to our lives and can trigger off serious health problems
in ones life if it is not properly managed. Health problems like ulcer, arthritis,
weight loss, chronic headaches, lack of appetite, mouth ulcers (ulceration),
lack of concentration and poor memory, susceptibility to malaria, heart
problems, stroke and other opportunistic health problems among others.
Stress can instigates serious health problems in the body if
it is persistent and goes on for too long in the body. On the other hand lack
of stress too on the body system is bad for the overall well-being of the body.
Every man and woman needs stress in her or his life to live long. A stress free
life for a very long time is injurious to human health because it brings
boredom and dull moments into one’s life.
The health implications of stress free life on body can
better be appreciated if we consider the life after retirement. According to
studies, it has been proved that retirees that get themselves another job after
retirement live a healthier life compared to those who retired and never bother
to get another job i.e. keep themselves busy.
Human body is machine-like and needs to be serviced i.e. it
must be in use at all time to keep it healthy. Now that we know that stress is
a necessary evil that will must live with everyday of our lives and the best we
can do is to learn how to cope with it i.e. cut down our stress load when we notice
it is symptoms in our body system. How then can we know that we are under
stress, so as to control it is effects on us.
The following are some of the body symptoms of stress;
consistent headaches, rashes on the body, nervousness, weight loss, increased urination,
stomachaches, sweating, sleeplessness, forgetfulness, lack of concentration,
mental errors, restlessness, trembling, nail biting, talking faster than
before, angry outburst, moody (sad and depressed), scared, withdrawn and
isolated, bad dreams, sleep walking, displaced aggression, desire for alcohol
(alcoholism), hard drug usage, suicidal moves and talks, disorganized
lifestyle, worn-out appearance, unkempt appearance and nagging among others.
As said above stress will always be part of our daily lives
but if you are beginning to see one or more of the stress symptoms mention
above in your life, it will be wise to flush it out or tone it down by
incorporating some of the stress controlling tips below into your daily life
before it gets too much of you.
1.Identify what is causing stress in your life. Once you do
this, you will notice that the problem (or the situation) is not as bad as you
have thought. This understanding creates a kind of equilibrium in the body
system that checks adrenaline and noradrenalin conflicts giving the body the
chance to rest and ability to restore and refresh itself.
2. Live a purposeful life. People that live a purposeful
life, feel less stress than those that do not have a life goal or plan. If you
are focused and have goals you are pursuing you will not be bothered too much
about what is happening now at all, because you know where you are going, you
are focused.
3. See yourself as a competent person and you should always
be positive in your thinking. Seeing yourself as being competent gives the mind
and the body ability to deal with stress elements in your life in a more
adequate and capable way.
4. Find time to relax and cool off. If we all find time to
relax and recreate after a stressful day we will be able to face whatever
stress that is coming to us again. But lack of adequate relaxation make us less
able to cope when additional stress factors come up on us. Always find time to
relax.
If you cannot do this
during the weekdays, you can do this during the weekend. During the weekend
sleep well, watch interesting movies, listen to good music that appeals to your
spirit. All these will keep your mind away from your stressors. You can also
travel out of town most especially when you are on leave or holidays. All this
is just to keep your mind off the stressor(s). Always find time to put fun in
your life, they help a lot.
5. Take deep breath exercise regularly (for at least five
minute each time and for as many times as possible a day). This will help
supply more oxygen to the cells of the body. When the body is under stress
adequate oxygen that the body needs to function properly will not circulate
well in it.
6. For every stressful situation always close your eyes and
visualize the good end result that you want repeatedly. Talk and talk to your
mind to communicate and convince your desire to it This takes the mind off the
(stressors) any time you do it.. Thinking and visualizing repeatedly the
problem makes it hard and difficult for you to surmount it.
7. Read inspirational books, listen to inspirational tape,
and participate in your religion’s programmes regularly. These are some of the
good sources you can get good inspirational words.
8. Share your problem with somebody who cares and can be of
help. A counselor, a religious leader, your mentor etc Sharing what gives
you stress with any one of those people will be a good idea because these
people will give you a lot of advice and personal experiences of how they too
dealt with similar situation in the past.
9. Exercise your body regularly. Exercises do a lot of good
works in the body when they are done regularly. They ensures adequate supply of
oxygen to the cells of the body, helps burn-out excess fat and eliminate
metabolic wastes that may hinders the proper functioning of the body from it.
10. Play with your pillow. Throw it up, kick it and scream.
Childish, yes its childish but I can tell you it relieves the body of stress,
if done for some considerable number of times, say 1-10 minutes or more.
11. Eat good food. Eat energy giving and body building foods
rather than junks when you want to eat. You need a lot of energy and body
building foods during stressful situation because stress burn-off stored body
energies faster and destroys body cells. For this reason one needs more energy
giving and body building foods for more energy and to replace the damaged and
destroyed cells of the body.
12. Avoid deadlines and set realistic goals for yourself,
but avoid setting too much at a time. Be prepared for anything you need to do
before hands e.g. prepare for your test and deadlines early enough to prevent
rush that gives you stress.
13. Stop worrying. Stop worrying about tomorrow.
Tomorrow will take care of itself. Things may not even happen the way you
are thinking of it now.
14. Learn from your mistakes and forgive yourself and
others. If we forgive others, we reduce stress element in our bodies a lot.
Keeping grudges against others build up additional stress in our body systems.
15. Get involved in things you love to do such as your hobby
and pastimes. Help others in need, do something for others, if you can. This
will give you joy and relief and helps you keep your mind off your stressors.
Volunteer your time to help others please. You can do this by getting involved
in any cause you have sympathy for.
16. Always solve your problems scientifically and
systematically rather than panicking over them. Whenever you have any problem,
brainstorm for solutions, think of the consequences of each solution, evaluate
your choices and choose a solution.
17. Eat fruits and vegetables a lot. This boosts your body
immunity during stressful situation and also helps you to weather the
storm.
18. Get cool breeze into your living rooms. During stressful
situation, you need well ventilated environment to reduce your stress load.
Live in a well ventilated apartment. Living in well ventilated and spacious
house helps you cope with effects of stress on the body better.
19. Reduce your anger outbursts. Regular and consistent
anger outburst increases the stress load in the body more and by reducing the
rate of your anger outburst, you reduces a lot of stress in your life.
20. Do not live above your means i.e. income. Too many debts
in mortgage, lease and others can be stressful when there is no adequate income
coming into pay it. By reducing your debts load you also reduce your stress
burden.
21. Drink more water than you used to, to compensate for the
loss of body fluid due to excessive sweating during stressful situation. This
helps you maintain osmotic pressure of the body.
22. Take hot bath regularly, most especially after your
daily work schedules. If possible sit in the bath for 15 minutes in water
slightly warmer than the body. But be careful not to do this longer than necessary
so that it doesn’t lower your blood pressure (BP) too much.
23. Take some shots of red wine if you want to sleep in the
night but not hard drugs and alcohols. They do you no good but do you more
harm. They will only add to the stress load on the body. Some shots of red wine
is good for your heart during stressful situation but don’t take this as
an habit because you may become addicted to it if you don’t control your
intakes of it .Take it once in a while not every now and then please.
24. Smile more and often rather than frowning. This improves
blood flow to the brain and reduces blood pressure and stress level in the body
and balances it up with correct body posture or carriage.
25. Use body perfumes. This is called aromatherapy for
stress. Studies have shown that lovely aromas induce relaxation of your body
muscles and it helps a lot.
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