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Myths about Stress Management

Stress can capture ones mind and body through many things. It is important to manage stress. Stress management can be done by taking charge of ones thoughts and emotions. Here are its popular myths.

Stress is everywhere, so you can’t do anything about itStress is a part of life, agreed. But we should not let it take a toll as it can lead to health issues. Just because everybody gets stressed out in trying to maintain daily schedules in a fast paced life, stress, is not treated as a disorder, but something one has to live with. Not at all. With effective planning and time management, stress can be reduced to healthy limits.Stress is always bad for youNever. Stress is like keying up violin strings. Too much tension makes it snap and too little produces no sound. Our day is filled with activities, and every activity requires thinking and planning. Completing these activities is always accompanied by stress. It is only when you try to push yourself too hard in taking on more than what you can handle that you get stressed. For instance, if you have just moved in and trying to settle everything in a day, is stressful. Give yourself time and do it in three days. This will be less stressful.Well known techniques for reducing stress are the bestAgain, not so. Each one of us is different, our circumstances are different, and so are the situations we encounter. Stress is not a disease, like say cancer, which has to be treated with chemotherapy or cough with a syrup. It is a state of mind and body. We might look at the clutter on our office desks and get into a tizzy, whereas some else might work more efficiently with clutter!No symptoms means no stressYou might be covering up your symptom with medication, so the signals that the body sends to show stress, can get wrongly diagnosed and get worse. A majority of illness has stress as a major contributing factor. If someone is suffering from tension headaches very often, it will be harmful to just treat the headache with pain killers.Only major symptoms of stress require attentionIgnoring a headache or lack of sleep as a minor problem can eventually turn into a major health issue. Most of the time, we tend to brush aside these symptoms which the body throws up as signals, till it becomes chronic and complicates issues. Long term stress can even cause a heart attack, so it would be better to get treated early with the first symptoms like headache, stomach disorders, lack of sleep, nervousness and irritability.Stress is the same for everybodyWrong. Just like the treatment for stress varies for different individuals, the cause is also not the same for everybody. It is like pain. Each one has a different threshold for pain. One person might be nonplussed about a bee sting and another scream murder. In much the same way, some can effortlessly juggle many things at a time and others can collapse with nervous tension with just one.Scheduling and Time planning is more stressfulIt is actually, on the contrary. Except for calamities like death of a dear one, or a serious illness, most of our activities can be prioritized and planned, at least mentally. This is a sure way of reducing stress. We are bound by time whether it is a deadline, or an appointment, or a meeting. So although it might seem time consuming, 10 or 15 minutes spent in priorities and time planning is absolutely essential. Imagine the chaos if such a colossal activity as moving thousands of people across hundreds of destinations by flight had no time plan or priorities. It is exactly this kind of mental chaos that brings on near panic attacks.Stress comes from circumstances

This doesn’t sound like a myth maybe, but it is true that stress does not come from circumstances; but the views that each one has about the circumstances. That explains why people have different reactions to the same situation. So what needs to be changed is the thoughts or attitude.

Exercise and deep breathing will cure stressRemember that stress doesn’t come from what’s happening in your life; it comes from the thought pattern towards such a situation that causes it. So, even if exercises and deep breathing brings down stress levels dramatically, it returns repeatedly, till the cause is attacked. If disciplining your teenager causes stress, try a different approach, be a good friend. That will be more effective and less stressful. Yoga and Meditation can help in changing thought patterns.Stress is motivatingSetting goals for yourself, or having deadlines are stimulating and this kind of stress has a positive effect. You actually feel energized and self satisfied. This stress is different from anxiety and frustration and a sense of not being able to cope. This kind of stress damages the bodily functions and cause health issues. We must know the difference between these two.Diet relieves stressThis is the most dangerous myth that needs to be dispelled, because stress either makes you loose your appetite completely or does the reverse, like gorging on fatty foods, coffee, or alcohol. It gives you a temporary respite and covers up the stressed condition, making it get worse. Recognizing stress is the best gift you can give yourself.

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