EASY STEPS TO UNDERSTAND AND MANAGE STRESS

STRESS …now a days it’s too often to hear this word, yes actually STRESS is the new age disorder gripping the world , simply defined stress is mental strain which causes physical , emotional, medical disorder or psychological and behavioral changes in the person affected.

Stress grips a person without any warnings it is basically the way we handle different situations in our daily life on WORK, EMOTION, PERSONAL RELATIONS, SOCIETY, FINANCES AND TO EXTENT OF EVEN DRIVING TRAFFIC AND POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES. Acute stressed situations lead to unhealthy eating habits, or eating too much, developing alcohol habits, increased smoking , less sleep and eventually leading to bad physical conditions and ailments.

According to the available statistics of MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION’s online survey conducted on mental health, the findings were citing early warning on scale of stress.

74% of people responded acute levels of stress which they find difficult to cope up in past year

Behavioral effects -46% of the respondents reported thy they either ate too much or too less or irregular eating  29% admitted to increased drinking and 16% admitted to increased smoking or started smoking habits.

Psychological effects -51% of people who reported stressed condition stated feeling depressed and 61% respondents reported feeling anxious.

18% reported of self harm and 30% reported of having suicidal feelings.

IDENTIFYING STRESS

It is important to identify stress before it starts taking toll on one’s health, when you start feeling misbalance in your work and personal life and either of one is carried on your mind throughout the day  , that is stress. It triggers our nervous ability thus creating imbalance causing mood swings, or just not bothered attitude. Stress can be broadly categorized in following heads as listed below