Removing Environmental Stress
Summary
This series of articles has shown the following key points:
- That the stress you experience is something that is largely under your control
- Stress can come from a range of different sources
- Short term stress occurs where you find yourself under pressure in a particular situation
- A certain level of short term stress is needed to feel alert and alive
- Too much is unpleasant and can seriously damage performance
- Short term stress is best handled using mental or physical stress management techniques
- Long term stress comes from a build up of stress over a long period
- Sustained high levels can lead to serious physical and mental illness if not controlled
- Long term stress is best managed by changes to lifestyle, attitude and environment
- By using a stress diary you can monitor and understand the causes of stress in your life. The diary can help you to evaluate your performance under stress.
- Once you understand what is causing you stress, you can make an action plan for stress management. This gives you positive goals to work towards.
Above all, you should now be able to master stress and make it work for you.
Highly Recommended Books
For an excellent book on stress management, try
The Book of Stress Survival - How to Relax and Live Positively
by Alix Kirsta. This is a very pleasant, well-presented, sensible approach to stress management. It covers many important areas completely
ignored by most other books.
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