Modify The Stress In Your Life
By Terry Doherty
Stress follows us around each and every day.
There is really nothing that we can do about it either, or is there? Stress is
caused from bad things and from good things, basically common stressors are
caused from finances, friends, spouses, family, work, the neighbors, the mail,
and even driving home from work or waiting in line at the gas station. People
always want to be stress free but that day will never come where you will be
completely free of stress. Stress causes anxiety, depression, and many other
disorders and medications dispersed from doctors for these conditions are raging
out of control. It seems that no matter who you talk to they are Prozac. Zoloft,
Celexa, Paxil, Xanax, and the list just continues to grow. Even while these
medications are zapping through our brains and regulating neurons and
neurotransmitters, we still have to deal with the stress as the medicine
certainly will not make it disappear.
There are however, two types of stress. One is positive stress which is the
one that makes sure that life does not get boring and then there is the negative
stress which is the one that makes you wish that your life was boring.
Unfortunately, stress just loves to follow change and thanks to technology, the
environment, and society, we have certainly dealt with our share of change.
Hence, manifested stress. Now, the questions is, exactly how much stress are we
under and what can we do to cope with it?
Are your muscle tightened, is your blood pressure high, do you feel your
heart pumping, is your digestion system out of whack, do you feel anxious,
frustrated, angry, and are you physically rundown? If so, these are definite
signs that stress is getting the best of you and you need to make some changes.
Maybe you will be fortunate enough to find out exactly what it is that is
causing your stress and if you do, sometimes that source can be eliminated and
sometimes not. Others, you may be able to at least keep under control or maybe
avoid.
The first thing that you should do is try to always remain optimistic rather
than pessimistic. Thinking good things rather than always expecting the worse,
relinquish some control and just hand it over to someone else and let them deal
with it. Keeping the most positive attitude that you can keep will really
benefit you in your war against stress. One thing that people who are under a
lot of stress find almost impossible to do is to relax, and this is simply
something that you are going to have to do. Read a book, buy a relaxation tape,
get hypnotized, but do something as soon as possible. You have to completely
retrain your thoughts and hypnosis can really make a difference.
A combination of hypnosis and relaxation audio tapes can make a world of
difference. Your subconscious will allow you to relax through hypnosis and then
when you follow up with the tapes, you will learn how to completely relax every
part of your body. The tapes will encourage you to one by one, tense up each
muscle in your body, hold it and then release it. This is called your relaxation
response and will make your body so calm. It alone is almost hypnotic.
About the Author: Terry Doherty works all over the UK working extensively
with individual and business clients helping clients to stop smoking, manage
weight, manage stress, become more confident and helping change many other
behavioral issues. Terry uses the latest techniques of hypnosis, NLP and life
coaching skills for profound change. He can be reached at
http://www.mind-works.co.uk
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