Mental Health Techniques: How To Relieve Stress

How to Relieve Stress: How does stress affect mental health?

Psychologist Shilpi explains the root cause of the problem: ※It is not the stress that takes a toll on our mental health, it is the attitude and our reaction to situations that leads us to mental disorders. In this ever changing world and life where not many things work in accordance to what we expect, stress should be taken as icing on the cake which comes in to measure our level of tolerance and limit to go ahead. The word "stressed" should be taken as "desserts"(when spelled backward) and should be treated that way only. The best way to deal with stress is with humor and laughter.§

How to Relieve Stress: How to avoid stress 每 Stress Management

Psychologist Shilpi shares the secret to save yourself from stress and how to improve mental health, she says, ※Four regular constituents for stress management are:- Nutrition, psychological guidance-cognitive behavioural therapies/postitive thinking, physical exercises- regular walks, jogging or simple exercises and also mental exercises- relaxation techniques such as breathing exercises(pranayam). Mental health professionals would help to restructure your negative thinking/perspectives and would replace them with more positive ones with patients' support.§

How to Relieve Stress: Stress Management Technique #1

※Identify/understand your bodily symptoms when in stress§

This helps you understand what makes you angry and stressed out. Some people like to draw a list to get a visual understanding of their problem. Nipping the problem in the bud always helps you avoid stress and unnecessary mental harm.

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※Organise and plan your task/work in advance.§

Most of us hate change, especially when life throws a googly. But there are somethings you can avoid to prevent you from getting angry. Organisation and planning are some of the things that can help you prevent blowing off steam. Planning is advance can help you avoid last minute goof ups, especially with your work.

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※Go for a walk, drink water and do simple breathing exercises when in stressful situations.§

The simplest and best things in life are free, and these are available to help relieve stress. You can also listen to music, go for spa treatment, or engage in what you love best - playing a sport, shopping, or simply winding down in front of the television with a bag of popcorn.

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※Make an effort to replace atleast one negative thought with a positive one.§

If you believe you have several negative thoughts a day, it's time to get a positive outlook. Be positive to be happy! Plus, a smile will go a long way especially to people around you. You may have heard of vibes, being positive spreads good vibes.?

How to Relieve Stress: Stress Management Technique #5

We are all victims of office stress since none of us are meditative geniuses who aren't affected by the world around us. A typical day at work involves an ever-increasing work load, office politics, tasteless canteen food, and an omnipresent (annoying, we might add) boss - constantly breathing down your neck. What do you do? How do you deal with it? If such questions plague your 10 to 6pm existence, then listen up. We give you 6 essential tips that will help you beat job stress.

Stay calm: When the job gets to you, take a break. Get chatty, talk to someone, listen to music or take a cat nap. Relieve your mind of all problems. This will help you think clearly, get a new perspectives and new ideas.

Avoid coffee: Take a break but not a coffee break. Coffee consumption will make you tense. Caffeine will pump up your adrenaline and reduce adenosine which is a natural relaxant in your brain.

Be rational: Anger and stress has a source, and it's best to understand the source of this rage and deal with it head on.

Meditate

Keep professional and personal lives separate

Co-workers: Stay away from negative co-workers, be assertive and not authoritative, but if they still hang around you, listen to them but be diplomatic in your response.