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The Top Stress Management Techniques
A couple of decades ago, science fiction aficionados and futurists believed too much in the powers of the rapidly advancing technology that they predicted less work for human beings and more machines do our bidding around this time. As you can see in today's world, they were wrong and right at the same time. Wrong, because they made our lives more complicated and hectic while bringing along a good amount of comfort. Wrong, because people are working more hours in this day and age as opposed to the time the futurists made their prediction.However,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, the prediction was true in a sense that some Americans are now working less hours. In fact, there are Americans that aren't working at all. They have been laid off by their companies due to downsizing to be able to survive during these economic trying times. The unemployed faces the pressures to find jobs to feed their families, while the employed faces the pressure of handling the added amount of workload that were left behind by the laid off personnel. Both these scenarios have one thing in common: stress. Stress has never exempted anyone. Not before, and certainly not now.Stress has been a problem of man for a long time. Today, there are a lot of stress management techniques. While the goal of these techniques is the same,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, there are varying methods due to the varying ways that people react to stress. The three main categories of stress management techniques are as follows:Stillness: Most stress management techniques involve a certain degree of stillness. The objective of these techniques is to induce a state of relaxation and calmness. Examples of these techniques include meditation, yoga, breathing techniques, and listening to soothing music.Moving: When there's a no-moving technique,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, there will always be one that requires movement. These techniques are more on the distraction side. Engaging in sports or indulging in hobbies can turn your attention from the stress you face to something fun. Exercises also boost your energy that you may have rapidly lost due as an effect of stress.Positive Mindset: Hans Selye, and endocrinologist, categorized stress into good and bad. Stress is neutral, but begins to become a good or a bad thing depending on how we react to it. Being an optimist, for instance, gives us the confidence to overcome the stressful situation. With a positive outlook, we don't consider anything as threats and our bodies don't release adrenalin so we can cope. When there's no stress response,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, there is no stress effect.There are a lot of stress management techniques under each of the category mentioned above. We all experience stress every single day. We can't stop it, but we certainly can reduce the effects it brings.