Stress management: 3 techniques to improve your well-being

by Душевний Лікар · Published December 1, 2023 · Updated March 23, 2024

Stress management: 3 techniques to improve your well-being. Today, there is an increasing need to deal with stress, it is described as an enemy, as a cause of physical illness and psychological disorders, all of which is partly true and certainly a cause for concern, but we must not forget the true nature of stress. You can learn important skills to reduce stress.

Chronic high levels of stress lead to an increase in cortisol levels, which in the long run lowers our immune system, making us more vulnerable to infections and diseases.

Take a deep breath and exhale! Get ready for a change for the better!

How can we deal with everyday stress without negative consequences for our health and well-being?

All we need to do to dramatically reduce our stress levels is to change our mental attitude to stress.

These signs may indicate that your body needs to heal from stress

Depending on the cause and severity of the stress, you may experience problems with concentration, anxiety, fatigue, sadness, insomnia, and appetite disorders. In other words, an absolute imbalance after which it is difficult to return to a calm state.

Obviously, it’s not that simple, but let’s jump straight into 3 practices that can help us improve our stress management, or rather, our stress management.

Something has caught you and won’t let go!

Let’s think about the moments when you were carefree, for example, cooking dinner to music, and the next moment you were already on the hook for angry and anxious thoughts and feelings. Each serious thought gives rise to the next. And now you’re looking at nothing, banging your spoon on your plate, while a tsunami of pasta is sweeping across the stove. It is this state that pulls us away from our own values.

Most importantly, we feel our value and act on it

Values are your deepest desires about the kind of person you want to be. They shape the way we behave towards ourselves and those around us.

Just as we value others, we also need to pay attention to our personal value. That is, the positive or negative assessment we have of ourselves. The sense of worth is closely related to self-esteem because it is part of the self-concept.

If you have low self-esteem, you tend to feel low self-worth. Sometimes we feel valuable when we achieve our goals, but when we make mistakes, we feel like we lose value. The most important thing is to know your value and feel it.

Getting involved in life

“To be involved in something means to give it your full attention. When you drink something, do you give it your full attention? Do you enjoy its smell and taste? Answer this question for yourself! When you listen to music, do you give it your full attention? Or do you listen to it while enjoying it?

What do you want most in life? What makes (or could make) your life “worthwhile”? Where do you want to go? What is your purpose? What kind of future do you want to create? What are you passionate about? How do you want to be remembered personally, in your family, in your community, at work, when you are gone? What makes you special? Please think about them, take your time and write down your answers on a piece of paper that you can keep in mind and refer to often.

Find that common ground where you do something you are passionate about, have skills in, and make a difference, and you will be on the right track.

What will be your first step?

Time to recover from stress

You can develop concentration skills by doing anything. Therefore, your task for today is to choose your favourite drink and concentrate on the process of drinking it as much as possible

Concentrate on an action

Pay attention to the colour of the drink, its aroma, and its temperature. Take the first sip and try to enjoy it: hold the drink in your mouth and taste it. Focus on what you feel and the aftertaste. And do the same for each subsequent sip: slowly, savouring and concentrating on all the details and sensations.

3 practices to combat stress

Perceiving stressful situations as challenges

Research shows that seeing a situation as a challenge to be overcome, rather than just something unpleasant, significantly reduces the level of stress we experience and improves our stress management.

Of course, it’s not easy, but try it, and the next time you feel stressed, look at the situation as a challenge to overcome.

If you can change your perception of the situation, stress will become an ally in the effective completion of the task.

If you want to get more tips on how to change your psychological attitude to stress, read our special article:

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Getting involved in life

The main thing is practice

It’s just like in sports. In order to run faster or lift more and more weight, you need to train for a long time and build muscle. So, the more we train, the better and faster we get at

is able to withstand stress and cope with its consequences.

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