MENTAL WELLNESS: STRESS MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES
Stress Management Approaches
There are three major approaches to manage stress:
- Acceptance-based:
where we accept that we have no control over the input
to the stress and focus solely on the output.
- Action-based:
where we divert our focus by changing the environment,
a common interrupt pattern.
- Emotion-based:
Closely related to the acceptance based approach by
changing our interpretations by changing our expectations.
Also includes using mind relaxing tools to induce
a more positive emotional state.
Emotional
If you do not have the power to change a situation,
then you have no choice by to accept the input and change
the way you look at it, using an emotionally-based approach.
The first step in accepting you have no power over
a situation often stops you from beating yourself up
over it, and blaming yourself. Such statements as “how
could I have been so stupid”; “I shold have
known” are all too common. But sometimes life
just happens whilst you are living, and you are not
expected to be able to control everything.
As emotional based techniques are more subtle than
action based, it is often perceived that they are not
as effective. This is not always so. Acceptance is a
critical skill in life and must be learned. Each time
you take one more step in accepting something else in
your life, you are reaching a heightened state of tolerance
that will keep building for a lifetime, contributing
to happiness. Its you emotional maturity at work.
Mind Tools
- Positive Mental Talk
- Meditation
- Relaxation Tools
Combination Tools
Yoga is a wonderful anti-stress activity as it combines
mind tools with exercise. Your whole being is involved.
You perform at your best in this state because you
are able to focus all of your efforts, resources and
abilities on the tasks at hand. While you are sufficiently
motivated to resist competing temptations, you are not
so stressed that anxieties and distractions interfere
with clear thought.
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