| Stress is one of the major talking points in today's | | | | worse by eating a poor diet whilst you are ill or drinking |
| modern lifestyle. We often hear people saying that | | | | a large amount of alcohol as this will prolong your |
| they feel stressed out which can be as a result of an | | | | stress. |
| individual action or scenario or a combination of things | | | | The third kind of stress is mental stress and this is the |
| which build up over time. The workplace can often be | | | | most common types of stress which most people talk |
| a place where stress levels are high. Stress can be | | | | about. Mental stress can often occur as a result of |
| defined as a mental and physiological reaction to a | | | | worrying, and fretting over a number of things and |
| stressor which may be environmental (e.g. noise), | | | | often results in living in a state of fear and |
| physical (e.g. pain) or mental (e.g. worry). If stress | | | | anxiousness, which is not healthy for anyone. |
| comes in three forms then the answer to the stress | | | | The solution for mental stress is to focus your |
| also comes in three forms; one for each type. | | | | attention on your future plans and how you are going |
| The first, environmental stress is stress from the | | | | to make things better. Spend your time plotting your |
| outside which include, noise, heat, cold and pollution. The | | | | comeback and planning how you are going to reach |
| answer to solving this type of stress is to remove the | | | | your next victory. Make scheming your hobby, |
| stress for example, turn the music off or turn the telly | | | | focusing on how you are going to make things better |
| off. You should try and reduce the amount of | | | | and ensure that your job in life is to succeed. |
| environmental stimulation if you can. This may even | | | | By setting your mental wheels in motion and remaining |
| include removing yourself away from the stress so | | | | focused on that task, you should find that the mental |
| moving and going to a different room. If you can't | | | | stress clouds will begin to break up and enable the |
| make it go away then limit your exposure by walking | | | | sunshine to begin to beam through. Once you have |
| away, taking a break, leaving the stressful environment | | | | learned how to manage the stress, you will be better |
| and going somewhere less stressful. | | | | equipped at dealing with stress in the future and you |
| The second is physical stress which can be in the | | | | will know what to do to beat it. |
| form of pain, injury or disease. To resolve this type of | | | | In summary to beat the stress which you may be |
| stress you should do everything you can to nurture | | | | suffering look at removing the stressor, if this isn't |
| your recovery, including eating well, recuperating, doing | | | | possible then remove yourself from the stressor. Treat |
| the physiotherapy and treating your recovery seriously. | | | | yourself and your body kindly and spend your time |
| It is important that you do not make your bad situation | | | | planning your next victory. |