This guest article from YourTango was written by Kate Evans.
Stress is a normal and expected part of our lives, but it’s not a part we always know how to deal with. We learn how to handle stressful situations by watching our parents and peers as we grow up. If you didn’t have positive coping modeled for you, it may make it harder to handle even everyday stressors.
Because it is a normal part of life, there are no skills to make stress never happen, but we can all benefit from having a plan to face it to help feel on top of the things that we can control. These skills will give you ideas as to how you can make small changes in your life that will help to make stress more manageable.
Reduce your vulnerabilities. Eat balanced, regular meals; get exercise of some sort; get the right amount of sleep for you; take your prescribed medications; avoid unhealthy coping like alcohol and drugs, and give yourself down time or mental health breaks whenever you can. Doing all of this will leave you less vulnerable to the toll that stress can take on a person by caring for the body that must hold the weight of stressful times.
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This is a great article! After years of suffering from stress and anxiety attacks, I’ve finally learned to control them over some very simple steps. Relaxing and breathing, ditching the caffeine, and exercising has made me feel better and healthier. Thanks for your article!
I have a bad habit of letting stressors trigger my anxiety, it could be said that when i let myself get this way i have a “Type A behavior pattern”, letting my need for things to be done correctly and my attitude towards others not match up with my usual happy personality. i sometimes have a tendency to let daily hassles get to me causing my mood to plummet. this article was very helpful in giving ways to make myself less stressed and make me feel much better!