Advice
Need help coping with stress? Here’s where to find professional advice that can help!
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Learn Massage
If I was rich, my daily luxury would be a massage. Massage is the oldest form of therapy for dealing with stress, and its value is as relevant today as it has ever been. Daily tensions and stress make us tense, a state many people come to accept as normal. They have forgotten that time as children when they were attuned to how their bodies felt, and are used to the pain and muscle stiffness that result from a hard day’s work.
Hippocrates - the ‘father of medicine’ - wrote that of all his arts, the doctor must be ‘assuredly experienced in rubbing . . . for this can loosen a joint that is too rigid’. It is often not until we have a good massage that we realize just how tense we are, how much nervous energy we are burning and how refreshed and different we feel afterwards. Touch is a powerful tool that not only reduces pain but also makes us feel loved and wanted.
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Use Daily Checklists
Lists can be useful or a waste of time. Some people write lists of things they need to do, and seem to think that by writing the list their jobs will do themselves. Students who write out immaculate revision timetables and lists of topics to be studied are a good example of this. They feel that by writing these they are doing something constructive about passing their exams, when in fact they are wasting what revision time they have. It is completely appropriate to plan ahead for a stressful event, but unless you take action on the basis of those plans you are storing up failure.
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What Causes Stress? (symptoms of stress)
Stress is an individual response. What causes stress in one person may not cause stress in another. But typically it is the point at which the pressure of dealing with all the issues confronting us gets beyond our ability to cope that stress will be a likely outcome.
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What Is Stress ? (definition of stress)
Stressed at work? You need the specialist insights of Carole Spiers, international broadcaster and workplace stress guru.
Many people are confused about what stress is, and in particular the difference between pressure and stress:
- Pressure is the stimulation and challenge you need to achieve job satisfaction and self-esteem.
- Stress is a reaction to continued excessive pressure or responsibility when you feel inadequate or unable to cope.
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Just Say No
If you put yourself under unnecessary strain by always saying ‘Yes’, then it’s time to learn the art of the graceful refusal. Why saying yes is not for the best…
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How the Stars Cope With Stress
They may have everything that most mortals could desire but celebrities suffer from stress too. Ateh Damachis discovers how celebrities like Jennifer Aniston, Kate Winslet and Madonna deal with it.
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Top 10 Tips For Busting Stress
What are the secrets of dealing with stress - and of relieving it? Two experts on stress -Dr Roger Henderson, GP and medical columnist and agony aunt Ingrid Miller - each suggest five stressbusting techniques to get you started…
