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Exposure to Stress
Regular exposure to stress in small quantities can prepare us to handle a big stressful event in our lives. Prepare yourself for stress by self-education about the stressful event, by doing some physically stressful activities like completing a marathon, or something you dread, like giving a speech.
Repeated exposure to mildly stressful conditions can alter your body’s biological response to stress, making you manage stress in a better way.
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Friends And Family During Stress
The support of family and friends is a vital element in handling stressful situations.
- Seeking, and giving support is a powerful way to manage the stress in your life and boost your resilience. This includes listening to and emphasizing with a friend, mentoring, and v...
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The Mind
Our mind may be the key tool in handling stress. And it needs rest to recover and handle the stressful situation in a better way.
- Meditation: Our mind is an emotional muscle, and meditation is the tool to make it rest and restore itself. Contro...
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Boost Stress Resilience
Resilience is our ability to 'bounce back' from difficult experiences. There are several ways to practice it:
- Reframe a seemingly negative condition.
- Focus on core belief or faith.
- Find a role model who has come through adversity.
- Face your fear...
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Understanding Stress in the Modern Context
- Dealing with stress is imperative as it is unavoidable in modern life.
- Our work, family and our finances create daily stress and other external factors (like politics and terrorism) contribute to our stress levels.
- A little bit of stress is good for you, and even make...
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Health Effects of High Stress
While some stress is essential for human function, chronic stress creates a cascade of physical changes throughout your body:
- Heart problems: high risk for high blood pressure, heart attack, and stroke.
- A weak immune system, leaving you vulne...
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Stress and Appetite
Sudden and acute stress can shutdown our appetite temporarily as a stress-response mechanism, but chronic stress (anxiety, worry) can increase our appetite.
Mindful eating, which involves eating slowly and relishing every bite, while being aware of the food that is ...
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Our Response To Stress
- When we experience a stressful event, different hormones like adrenaline and cortisol are released inside our body, resulting in a fight-or-flight response, and may experience volatility, extreme emotions and brain shutdowns.
- Long-term stress has been linked with all kinds of probl...
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