Stress Management: What Is Stress?

Stress Management:

What is Stress

Stress is a huge term, in this article, we will let our readers learn what is stress? It is defined as a response by a body due to stimulus. This response is usually non-specific. Stress can be in various forms which can harm an individual if coping style is not effective. It is basically a physical response against the stressful situation.

It can be taken both as positively and negatively, it all is solely dependent on the respective person that how he/she perceives it. When we say we are in stress that simply means that an individual is having changes in physiological response which are adaptive and solely occur as a reaction to that stressor. Whenever in stress, a person’s flight or fight response get activated. Under many circumstances, a stress is said to be beneficial which simply means that it helps us to get more focused and increase our attention span. 

It has various kinds. It can either be physical i.e. a person is feeling afraid due to some stimulus or it can be an emotional too which is usually due to some unpleasant situation about which a person constantly worries. Proper identification of the stressors is very crucial as it enables a person to learn how to deal with it. 

There are some of the common sources of stress, let's discuss it here:

1.    Internal stress 

It is usually when a person occupies himself with all the thoughts and possibilities which are not practical apparently and a person doesn’t have any control over it. By thinking and persistent over thinking they make their lives miserable and constant worry make them vulnerable thereby, can affect their health.

2.    Survival stress: 

This type of stress is said to be due to a life-threatening situation which can harm a person badly. Under such kind of physical stress person needs to take immediate measures to protect himself. Under such condition, body’s flight or fight response gets activated so that a person can increase their focus and take prompt actions to get them out of that situation.

3.    Environmental stress: 

Pressure due to the environment such as excessive work, noise or some unpleasant situation.

4.    Fatigue and over-work: 

This sort of stress is very common especially in today’s time when everyone is so much overloaded with work and loads of commitments. This stress usually results when an individual is not able to manage his/her time effectively and they pile up their work.

It is very much important to learn how to cope and get rid of the stress because if coping strategies are not effective then long-term exposure to stress can negatively affect the health of an individual.

What we have discussed earlier is all about stress taken in a negative way which is usually regarded as a distress. However, there is another kind of stress that helps a person to perform effectively. This is called as eustress. It is usually when a person takes the stress positively and works in a better way.

Perceptual Stress Management Strategy

In our previous post we discussed 5 easy stress management strategies in short. In this post we are going to elaborate the very first technique i.e. Perceptual Strategy.

What is Perceptual Stress Management Strategy?

Perceptual refers to what you see and how you interpret those visuals. This strategy assists you in reducing the stress levels which have been built up by seeing something.

Following are some important factors to cut down your stress levels:

• Scanning Positivity and Negativity 
• Visualizing Relaxing Scenes 
•  Diverse Tactics

Scanning Positivity & Negativity:

First you have to learn to scan the positive and negative scenes around you. What makes you feel bad is negative and what creates good feeling inside you is a positive visual or thought. Now you have to exclude the depressing thoughts and focus on the refreshing ones. This is called positive scanning.

If you would put more emphasis on less constructive portions then it will lead you to more anxiety and stress. So you have to ignore the negative thoughts which strike your mind and put your attentions on the positivities around you like greenery, sky, clouds etc. Avoid negative scanning.

Visualize Relaxing Scenes:

Whenever you find yourself getting stressed, recall your relaxing scenes. Visualize those thoughts as much as you can by focusing on what you are watching, smelling, feeling, hearing etc.

Be the actor of that spot rather being the audience.

Diverse Tactics:

When you start feeling strained or pressurized keep some hands on diversions. These diversions could be watching a movie, reading a novel or article, surfing over the internet, listening to music  or talking to a friend on phone etc. Whatever is your hobby just start doing that when you feel tensed.

In our later articles we will discuss other stress reducing strategies one by one.

5 Easy Stress Management Strategies

What is Stress Management Strategy:

The ways or the techniques which help us in reducing and preventing the burden on our mind or body resulting into normal and healthy life are termed as stress management strategies. Each technique is individually called a strategy.

Now we will discuss some stress management strategies to make you learn how to cope with stressing conditions.

Stress Management Strategies:

The following are the stress management strategies:

• Perceptual (What you see) 
• Cognitive (What you think)
• Physical  (What you feel) 
• Affective strategies  (How you feel) 
• Environmental strategies

These are the techniques which you can use to prevent the load in your life. Every technique has its own benefits which ultimately affect your life style and mental conditions. The change in life style in positive manners makes your mind relaxed and allows positive energies to be generated in your body. Those energies help you a lot in cutting off the problematic conditions resulting into stress resolving powers.

Here is now a question: What happens when you take a deep, relaxing and long sleep?

Have you ever realized that after a long relaxing sleep you feel more energetic and enthusiastic towards your life, your passion and your dreams. Same is the case with all these techniques. They all assist you in getting all of your tasks done in effective manner and in normalizing your life and its routines.

We will further explain every way in details so that you may learn to be healthy, safe and successful in all the fields; either professional or personal or emotional.