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Stress Management for Stress Disorder

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In this day and age, you have many life stressors. Stress management is understanding how and why these life stressors  can stress you, and taking appropriate measures to eliminate them as much as possible from your stress disorder.

The six life stressors

Stress is your body's response, both physical and mental, to increased tension. Stress can be conducive to health, such as sex and competitve sports. However, chronic stress, which causes your body to maintain physiological reactions for long periods of time, may deplete your body of nutrients, and play havoc with your hormones, such as your DHEA. 

The six life stressors are:
ˇ Financial problems: Nowadays, money is the main source of stress. Contemporary society has created many needs, which have become cravings. According to Socrates, human happiness could be achieved only by limiting the needs of man. For healthy living, distinguish between your needs and your wants.
ˇ Health problems: Contemporary lifestyle has created many health problems, which are stress-related. A healthy lifestyle can eliminate many of these stressors caused by ill health.
ˇ Aging problems: As you age, many problems related to aging begin to emerge and become stressors. How you age is a result of how you have lived. Do not look back with regret, or look forward with fear.
ˇ Relationship problems: Relationships are often a source of conflict and control, resulting in emotional and psychological problems. Learn to live in the present moment. Live a life with no problems.
ˇ Job stress: According to the American Institute of Stress, up to one million employees' absence is stress-related due to work pressure, discrimination, and harassment.
ˇ Special life events: Special life events, such as wedding, graduation, buying a home, can be stressful.
Stress management for stress disorder

Deep relaxation is most effective for stress management.
ˇ Deep relaxation slows your brain by calming your body.
ˇ Deep relaxation reduces the metabolism of your heart.
ˇ Deep relaxation decreases your blood acidity.
ˇ Deep relaxation slows your respiration rates.
ˇ Deep relaxation reduces your muscle tension.
Practice deep relaxation techniques for stress management.
ˇ To relax your eyes: Close your eyes tightly for five seconds, and then open them again. Keep your neck straight and your body is in a straight line with your body. Widen your eyes as much as possible. Keep your head still, look upwards, and hold for five seconds. Now roll your eyes slowly to the right, and focus on something, and hold for five seconds. Keeping your head still, roll your eyes down, focus, and hold for five seconds. Now roll your eyes to the left, still keeping your head still, focus and hold for five seconds. Roll your eyes upwards again, and repeat the process one more time in the other direction.  Finish by closing your eyes, and relax your head and shoulders.
ˇ To relax your face: Clench your jaws as tightly as possible, hold for five seconds, and release. Smile broadly, hold for five seconds, and then release. Raise your eyebrows, hold for five seconds, and release. Repeat as necessary.
ˇ To relax your shoulders: Consciously lift them, feeling your muscles tense, hold for five seconds, and then release. Now pull your shoulders down, hold for five seconds, and then release. 
ˇ To relax your neck: Till your head forward, feeling tension on the back of your neck, hold for five seconds, and then release. Till your head to the left, feeling tension on your neck, hold and release. Repeat for the right side. 
ˇ To relax your fists: Clench and hold them for five seconds, and release. Stretch out your fingers and thumb, hold for five seconds and release.
ˇ To relax your legs: Point your toes away from your body, and tighten your thigh muscles by stretching them. Hold for five seconds and release. Now bend your right foot at the ankle and tighten your calf muscle. Hold and release. Repeat for the left foot.
Practice meditation to relax the mind for stress relaxation and stress management.
ˇ Find a quiet corner, sit with your back straight, and relax your physical body.
ˇ Gently close your eyes, quiet your mind, and experience the silence from within your body.
ˇ Imagine what you love the most, and inhale.
ˇ Exhale as you empty any anxiety from your mind or body.
ˇ Continue to inhale and exhale. Concentrate on your breathing, especially its rhythm as you breathe in peace and exhale stress.
ˇ Continue to let go of your bodily tensions until you feel your whole body become relaxed.
During meditation, be aware of the surrounding, such as the sound, the lighting conditions, the temperature, the odor, and the movements around you. Focus your attention on them, instead of any thoughts that might drift into your mind. If thoughts drift in, do not consciously drive them away - just focus on your breathing. Practice meditation for a few minutes per session, and meditate as often as necessary. You will experience calmness, and your mind will become relaxed.
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Stress is no more than your own own perceptions of it. It is an attitude, or a personal reaction to certain events in life. What is stress to you may not be stress to another person - just as John Milton, says: "The mind is its own place, and in itself can make Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven."
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