MAKE STRESS WORK FOR YOU ……

Have you ever watched someone who thrives under stress? You know the ones: Where you see a crushing workload,they see an exciting challenge.Where you see a scary path in to uncharted territory,they see an adventure.

Maybe they know that at least part of the solution to beating the negative impact of stress-which can cause weight gain,weight loss,heart disease,depression and anxiety-is in how you cope with it.”The absence of stress is boredom,so some stress is desirable,” says Canadian psychiatrist Dr. Robert Maunder.”And while stress is too intense is rarely going to be positive,there are positive ways that you can deal with it.”

Here are four steps to dealing positively with stressful situations………..

1*** ASSESS IT—- “Stress comes both from real demands and from the internal experience of how you perceive those demands,”says Saunders.How you respond to stress will depend on how you rate your resources,,both internal (” I can knock this assignment off in an evening”) and external ( My friend Neetam is great at this –she could help me out “) in response to that crisis. If you perceive you have the resources to cope, your stress level may not increase.

2*** CHANGE IT —If your resources are lacking ,you may need to take concrete steps to change the things..

3*** COPE WITH IT— If you can’t change things “You move on to emotions-focus coping, where the focus is not on making the problem better but on making yourself feel better about you can’t change” says Maunder.

4***LEARN FROM IT —for significant or persistent stress, coping emotionally might not be enough. In the most extreme kind of stress -a parent’s chronic illness perhaps -it’s most effective to find a deep personal meaning or value in what you have been through,Says Maunder. “Often you will hear people say ,’I wouldn’t have wished it on anyone,but it brought us together as a family’.That’s an example of that kind of coping…

Dear Friends—In modern life stress seems to be unavoidable,but please try to get rid of it.Listen music…post blogs…give comments on friend’s posts and enjoy life which is a god gift…..
So waiting for your comments…………