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The article I wrote on yesterday was about a new way of treatment for MS. In this article I would like to talk about one thing that will bring you to a dead stop in your daily activeity and that being "STRESS". I got a news letter about this topic writen by Elizabeth Scott. She wrote articles about : Stress Management.
In her articles she answers some questions that people have asked her about Stress and how to manage it. If you go to your Doctor and ask him or her on how you are to handle stress you will get a lot of answers. Stress is very common in your daily activites. Some times you can get very overwhelmed and get very sick. So Iwould like to share some of her articles.
The first question that she works with is: "I'm Overwhelmed!! Can Simple tips for managing Strss Actually Work? You may say something like this:
"I'm feeling completely overwhelmed, and am having difficulty managing stress through my busy day! I keep reading about simple things like breathing exercises or meditation, but they can't change my life. How can these tips for managing stress help?"
She gives this answer: Managing stress can be challenging when you're already stretched close to your limit. She has many, many readers who are stressed to the point of feeling overwhelmed--that they're facing so much stress that they don't know where to even begin to relieve it. A few techniques for managing stress don't seem to be 'enough'. (I think most people feel that way at one point in their lives or another.)
Whether it's the stress of an illness (or being a caregiver to someone else who has an illness), or a financial crisis, or just the stress of being too busy and carrying too many responsibilities--too many stressors, and people can feel 'trapped' and overwhelmed. And when you're feeling overwhelmed and trapped by your life's circumstances, somehow 'breathing' doesn't seem like it'll help.
The stress that a person has when they are told that they have an illness like MS and that there is no cure is a lot just by itself. But not only that personbut the whole family is and will be stress to the limit.
In her article she writes: she recommends breathing? Or PMR, or changing your self-talk, getting more exercise or having a good laugh? You might wonder How can these techniques for managing stress be effective when they can't change major circumstances like illness, social isolation or the threat of poverty?
These techniques work because they can change the way you people view their stressors. Because the experience of stress is actually an interaction between our circumstances and the way we think about our circumstances, changing the way we perceive our life's circumstances can actually change the way we experience stress. If we see our stressors as threatening and pervasive, and see no escape from them, they can feel much more 'stressful', scary and overwhelming. If we see them as temporary, 'challenging', and believe that there is a way to manage them (don't give up on stress management before even trying!), we tend to feel less stressed and overwhelmed by events in our lives.
YOU know the more simple things you can do to help brighten up your day the more simple techniques for managing stress come in, for people who are overwhelmed. A stressed brain operates from 'survival mode', which is characterized by 'tunnel vision' (failing to see all opportunities), and, often, a sense of pessimism (failing to believe that better solutions are even possible), as well as other less-than-optimal thinking styles. These thoughts shape behavior, and can lead to a sense of 'learned helplessness', where people feel too stressed to even begin to change things in their lives. Or people can feel that their problems are so big that small changes won't help. That is when just a smile or laugh will change the mood in the room will be a good start to relive some of the stress and you for get what teh stress was and go an do other things.
That is what you call Reversing the body's stress response via simple stress reduction techniques can, among other things, enable access to a more relaxed, optimistic style of thinking and approach to problems. This can in turn help overwhelmed people see small steps that can lead to bigger changes. She lsit some examples on how you can do this:
A. Working to see things in a more optimistic way may help you adapt a greater sense of hope, encouraging you to talk to your boss about stressful work conditions and perhaps find more satisfaction at your job.
B. Using breathing exercises can help you feel less overwhelmed in the moment and perhaps take a walk to cool off instead of reaching for a cigarette or a bag of chips. These small healthy changes can lead to greater overall health down the road.
C. Taking a break to read something funny can help you feel less stressed from heavy responsibilities, and blow off steam with laughter. This can give you extra patience when you return to your responsibilities, and make you feel more 'in control' of your life, reducing your perception of stress.
D. Using meditation can reverse your stress response, relax your muscles, and soothe you. This can lessen your experience of pain, making an illness less physically uncomfortable and stressful.
E. Getting some extra exercise at some point in the day can relieve stress. That bit of stress relief can help you feel less overwhelmed, and perhaps inspire you to make some changes in your life that can eliminate some of the stressors you experience. That reduction of hassles in your day can relieve even more stress, and tip the balance to help you feel less overwhelmed in general. And the upward spiral continues.
So simple techniques for managing stress can really be the building blocks for a more powerful stress relief plan, by moving you away from feeling overwhelmed, one small step at a time, or by putting into motion a cascade of events that can help you to feel less stressed. In no time you will be able to go through your day with ease.
This was just a few examples of things that you can you through your day that just try to do one or two a day at first will make a BIG DIFFERENCE in your day.
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