Stress vs. Pressure (Mental Battle)

Pressure is part of stress and mental health problems. It is a force feeling that our brain react through difficult situations, especially to the things we can't control. Most of the time, the feeling of having pressure leads to negative effects in our mental health, these includes:

• Fear and anxiety

• Depression

• Trauma

• Lost of interest and unproductivity

• Mental disorder, if not treated as soon as possible

Stress and pressure have relations to each other, they are both in mental battle in which stress can be control through self treatment while pressure needs self investigation, meaning it can't be control.

Stress is made by our mental worries, thoughts or negative feelings that is sometimes we think is true, but just creating a false vision by our brain. It is a brain natural response, aka human nature.

Pressure is made by external factors, such as social relationships, financial obligations, plans for the future or self-judgment. Meaning it has a cause that is needed to be fix, not by your own.

In physics, stress is exerted in certain objects to change its internal structure while pressure is exerted through external that causes objects to form nor destroyed.

We can handle stress by tolerating it as part of our development. We need adaptation to certain events to make our body and mind response accordingly. Stress of homework? try seeing yourself in the future when you finally graduated.

Handling pressure might be challenging, but by self-observance we can release its tension to lessen its impact. Tired of others expectations? try realizing nobody is perfect, acceptance will help.

Blaming yourself won't help, neither blaming others. Take accountability to fix it. The following bullets can help you lessen your mental rampage:

• Acceptance you can't control all the things around you. Dolphin can't swim in land, neither eagle can't fly under the ocean. But they see the same beauty of nature. Let it be.

• Take it step by step, don't force things to happen, if you know you shouldn't be, do it gradually. You can't eat a whole burger in a single bite, once you do, you'll have trouble digesting it.

• Express your feelings, don't surpress it. Free yourself from this burden emotions

It is uncomfortable for the brain to experience problems, that's why you feel often tired, unmotivated or have no drive when you are already in 'that' trouble situations. It's all about how your perception, the things you feel you can't control should be place into " Let it be " outcomes. Replacing bad habits will not guarantee but take gradual actions and acceptance will solve it naturally, you need to be mindful on your own decisions. Fix it one step at a time.