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Welcome to this series on stress management, in this lesson we will be going over why stress management is important.
Stress is any change or demand in your environment that causes you to have a negative reaction. That reaction can be physical, mental, emotional, or all three.
By definition, stress is normal, since your environment constantly shifts and changes. You are constantly reacting to those shifts and changes.
As you experience those environmental changes, your body and mind react. Your body and mind alert you to the possibility of threat.
Stress management is a way of neutralizing the effects of all the stress that comes at you daily. It’s a set of tools you can use to combat the potentially negative effects of too much stress.
How do you know you’re stressed?
Become aware of symptoms and signs that let you know you are under too much stress.
Those symptoms and signs are warnings that stress is starting to take a toll on you. Use your awareness of the signs to prompt you to look at your stress management plan and make some revisions.
The symptoms and signals of stress are different for everyone but can include:
Knowing the particular way you respond to stress is a good first step to stress management.
Is it stress or anxiety?
Stress and anxiety are experienced in similar ways. There are a few differences.
Stress tends to be relatively short-term. Once you have a little distance from the environmental trigger or you’ve figured out how to manage it, your stress reactions are likely to go away.
Anxiety tends to be more long-term. It may not appear related to a specific trigger. If there is a trigger, the negative effects tend to linger after the trigger is behind you.
Why it is important to have stress management tools:
Left unmanaged, in addition to the signs and symptoms already mentioned, stress can have chronic effects because your body remains on high alert. Chronic stress reactions can include:
The types of situations, or stressors, that can trigger a stress reaction include:
You may not experience a negative stressor very often, but even daily hassles and eustress can combine to cause problematic stress reactions. There is a cumulative effect across all of these types of stress.
Identifying your typical patterns is a good start for stress management.
Examining your patterns helps you decide what to do more of, and what to do less of.
When you’re under stress, it is difficult to make time for the things that reduce your stress. Of course, that’s the most important time to make space for those things.
Thank you for choosing The Recovery Village. If you or a loved one are struggling with mental health or substance abuse and would like to find out more about the programs we offer, please reach out to us directly at 855-387-3291.
Learning stress management strategies is important for your mental and also physical health. Stress management lets you learn to neutralize the effects of inevitable daily stress. Stress management can also help prevent the effects of chronic stress. This guide features steps to a good starting point: identifying your usual stress patterns to see where you need to make changes.
There will be exercises associated with each lesson that you will be able to download here or access through our portal.
Welcome to this series on stress management, in this lesson we will be going over why stress management is important.
Stress is any change or demand in your environment that causes you to have a negative reaction. That reaction can be physical, mental, emotional, or all three.
By definition, stress is normal, since your environment constantly shifts and changes. You are constantly reacting to those shifts and changes.
As you experience those environmental changes, your body and mind react. Your body and mind alert you to the possibility of threat.
Stress management is a way of neutralizing the effects of all the stress that comes at you daily. It’s a set of tools you can use to combat the potentially negative effects of too much stress.
How do you know you’re stressed?
Become aware of symptoms and signs that let you know you are under too much stress.
Those symptoms and signs are warnings that stress is starting to take a toll on you. Use your awareness of the signs to prompt you to look at your stress management plan and make some revisions.
The symptoms and signals of stress are different for everyone but can include:
Knowing the particular way you respond to stress is a good first step to stress management.
Is it stress or anxiety?
Stress and anxiety are experienced in similar ways. There are a few differences.
Stress tends to be relatively short-term. Once you have a little distance from the environmental trigger or you’ve figured out how to manage it, your stress reactions are likely to go away.
Anxiety tends to be more long-term. It may not appear related to a specific trigger. If there is a trigger, the negative effects tend to linger after the trigger is behind you.
Why it is important to have stress management tools:
Left unmanaged, in addition to the signs and symptoms already mentioned, stress can have chronic effects because your body remains on high alert. Chronic stress reactions can include:
The types of situations, or stressors, that can trigger a stress reaction include:
You may not experience a negative stressor very often, but even daily hassles and eustress can combine to cause problematic stress reactions. There is a cumulative effect across all of these types of stress.
Identifying your typical patterns is a good start for stress management.
Examining your patterns helps you decide what to do more of, and what to do less of.
When you’re under stress, it is difficult to make time for the things that reduce your stress. Of course, that’s the most important time to make space for those things.
Thank you for choosing The Recovery Village. If you or a loved one are struggling with mental health or substance abuse and would like to find out more about the programs we offer, please reach out to us directly at 855-387-3291.
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