Personal Stress Management Techniques
Re-read the information in Chapter 11 that covers methods of managing stress. Write about the methods you have used to reduce your stress. Discuss which methods were helpful to you and which were not helpful in reducing your stress.
Methods that I have used to reduce stress and that have been helpful, include goal setting and time management, taking care of physical self, talking to others, and positive thinking. “Stress and burn-out can come from the feeling of too much to do and little time in which to do it. One technique for stress management is to define short-term goals and lifetime goals and prioritize the tasks necessary to achieve them. In addition, high priority
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Stress management methods I plan to use for future stress include relaxation techniques such as deep-breathing relaxation, mediation, and progressive muscle relaxation. “Deep-breathing relaxation involves stopping thoughts about day-to-day concerns and concentrating on breathing processes and continued practice of this technique will enable a person to become more relaxed when confronting a tense situation” (Zastrow, 2015, p.388-389). When looking at meditation approaches they include being in a quiet environment free from external extractions, being in a comfortable position, having an object to dwell on and having a passive attitude and not thinking about day-to-day concerns. In addition, the progressive muscle relaxation is another meditative approach that is based on the principle that when muscles are relaxed a person is not anxious. Furthermore, in the past I have used meditation approaches and they have been very helpful in reducing stress and making me feel relaxed and calm. In addition, I feel exercising more in the future and on a more daily or weekly basis will also be another way to manage future stress.
As a former Army Soldier, I know that life is full of stress and stressors that can have an impact on my life. In fact, I believe as a Soldier, you can have an additional form of stress known as combat stress that can produce long term effects to your health and well-being. I retired from the Army in 2009 after deploying six times to various combat zones and dealt with other stressors that you have in the Army. I believe that I have some effects from the stress that I endured while in a combat zone. Finding ways to deal with stress without going and asking for help through meditation and relaxation exercises would be beneficial to me, so that I don’t have to turn to someone for help. Besides combat stress or related stress, I also have the stress that everyone in life endures. My top stressors are that of work in my current job, family life to include extended family, finances, continuing my education, and lastly combat stress from when I was on active duty. According to the Mayo Clinic in an article from mayoclinic.org titled Healthy Life Styles Stress Management, “Stress might be affecting your health without you even realizing it.” In this paper I will answer the questions like, what causes this stress. Is it time management? I believe what causes a lot of this stress is not having enough time in the day to do it all the things you want or need to do without causing a negative feelings or anger. In this, I
Choose and explain stress management techniques that can help you cope with each of your four stressors. Do not use the same techniques for each stressor. Your answer must include at least four different coping strategies and the circumstances when you have or plan to use them. For each stressor take into account: techniques or lifestyle behaviors that can prevent a stressor from occurring; techniques that can change your thinking about the stressor; ways to calm yourself or change the situation while the stressor is
Transition – Next we will take a look at how to cope with stress using stress management techniques.
The main stressors in my life are school, and disturbed sleep pattern related to stress and hectic workload. Some common coping mechanisms to relief the stress that I researched and found to be effective, were, deep breathing, yoga, proper nutrition, and time management. These are just a few of the many stress coping mechanisms that I researched and thought they fit best with my active lifestyle, and interests.
One of the ways I believe I could improve my stress management is to learn to just block everything out and focus on one thing at a time. Not to let it overwhelm me to become calm and try and not let it take over my life because when I do I get no sleep and I get headaches. That whatever I’m stressing over shouldn’t be affecting my health. That the people who stress me out and the things are just a part of life that I need to learn to accept it to be fine with that thing like this
Throughout life stress is a common problem whether it’s at work, school or home. The many negative effects of stress in fact affect individuals differently varying from health issues to work performance. Therefore, all individuals have different views of stress and various ways of handling it or otherwise managing their stress. Stress is when any living thing feels endangered and its homeostasis is at risk (Varvogli & Darviri, 2011, p. 74). Ways of dealing with stress are efforts of cognitive, behavioral, and psychological nature that allows a person to manage stress. Although there are different causes of stress, there are also many techniques for relieving it. The following articles are intended for the reader to
Stress Management Action Plan - The Four Things You Can Learn in Order to Control Your Stress
The second technique I tried to help relieve stress this week was progressive muscle relaxation. According to the textbook, “[p]rogressive muscle relaxation involves systematically contracting and relaxing different muscle groups in your body…standard pattern is to begin with the feet and work your way up your body, contracting and releasing as you go” (p.90). My
Four. Yoga: apply yoga and the breathing procedures in yoga in an effort to support you stay calm and stress
When asking society what they know about stress most everyone knows that stress has a negative effect on the human body. Along with asking people what they know about stress they all seem to have their own idea of how to reduce the amount of stress in their own life. Lilienfeld Psychology textbook discusses five different ways to control stress: behavior control, cognitive control, decisional control, informational control, and emotional control.
Along with journaling and meditation yoga is another stress management. Yoga, which derives its name from the word,
Another way one can manage stress is through breathing control and meditation. Breathing control includes the “take ten deep breaths” attempt to managing stress. Breathing helps one to calm themselves, and to think more
Nowadays life of people has become quite stressful. To reduce stress people are getting addicted to things like alcohol, tobacco and drugs. People are searching numerous ways to reduce stress. The best way to reduce stress is through meditation and yoga. Meditation and yoga is the complete package through which you can make your life fit, healthy and stress-free. Yoga and meditation when practiced together strengthen the body and mind connection, improving overall fitness and well-being. Both yoga and meditation, when done regularly, has proven to be highly beneficial. Though the practices of yoga and meditation have their roots in ancient cultures, both have become modern day movements.
There are many ways to reduce or handle stress in your life. The easiest and one of the healthiest antidotes for stress is laughter. Just smiling helps because it releases blood flow to the brain and endorphins are released. (4.) This gives a sense of well being. Some other simple techniques are doing uninterrupted breathing. Another stressor is lack of sleep. Therefore break the stress-sleeplessness cycle. You can help relieve your sleep problem by developing a daily sleep routine and don’t drink alcohol or caffeine before bed. Another thing is to reserve your bedroom for sleeping and sex only. (4.) Writing down your feeling in a diary may help relieve emotional stress. (4.)
If you stress seems anxious, tense and worried, consider that you start to meditate. Just a few minutes of meditation during the day you can soothe and reduce stress levels.