Whatcausesstress?

　　Previouslypeoplelivedalessintenselive,followingmorecloselytheirinternalclock.Inrecentdecades,however,thepaceoflifehasaccelerateddramaticallyandmostofusexperienceourdaysasanemergencysituation,whichrequirescontinuousactionandnorest.Andpreciselybecausethereisnotimeforrestandleisure,wemovemoreandmoreawayfromourselvesandbecomemoreandmorestressed.Themainreasonsthatcausestressinmodernlifecanareasfollows:

　　Toomanyobligations

　　Thechronicstressweareexperiencingdaily,likethestresscausedbyabadmarriageorabyajobthatistoodemanding,iscausinghealthproblems.Itisclearandproventhanwhenfacingchronicstress,theautonomicnervoussystemisaffectedandthuscausingstress.Thestressinturnscausesoverwork,overworkcausesexhaustion,exhaustioncausesdepletion,anddepletionmakesuscollapseandalsoisthecauseofvariousdiseases.Thefirstsymptomsarerelativelymild,chronicheadachesandincreasedsensitivitytocold.Asthestresscyclecontinues,healthproblemsbecomeincreasinglyseriousinbothphysicalandmentallevel.Anestimated90%ofdoctorvisitsarerelatedtostress.Mostofthecommondiseasesareassociatedwithachronicformoftheinsomnia,depression,mentaldisorders,musclepain,hairloss,diabetes,sexualdysfunctionandcancer.

　　Whentheenemyisourself

　　Sometimeswesabotageourselvesbybeingimpatientwithothersorcausingunduetensionsduetopsychologicalpressure.Someofthemorecommonwaysthatweundermineourselvesandifeffectwecreatemorestressare:

　　Negativethoughts

　　Sometimestheenemyisinourhead.Thewaywetalktoourselves,althoughgenerallyformedinchildhood,itfollowsusthroughoutourlivesandplaysasignificantroletoallourexperiences.Ifweareaccustomedtothinkandspeaknegativelythenthisisamajorsourceofstress.Fortunately,itisnevertoolatetolearnthepowerofpositivethinking.

　　Poorskillstodealwithconflicts

　　Conflictswithothersareapartoflifeandweneedtoknowhowtoproperlyhandlethemsothatourrelationsbecomestrongerandnotasourceofstress.Andthisdoesnotmeanthatwemustbeaggressivetowardsothers,ortoletthemtreatusbecausewecannotsay«no».

　　Pessimism

　　Thepessimisticpeopleseethingsworsethantheyareinrealityandthatpreventsthemfromseeingthepossiblesolutionsandopportunitiespresentedbeforethem.

　　Thetakingoftoomanycommitments

　　Everyonereactsdifferentlytostress.Somewithstandpressuremoreandothersless.Thetakingofmoreresponsibilitiesthansomeonecanhandleisasourceofstress.

　　Managingstress

　　Thekeytosuccessistothinkpositively;takecontrolofyourstressandanxietybylearningeffectivetechniquestocombatit.Relaxingbodilytensioninordertoreducethephysicalsensationsofstressisagoodplacetostart.Ifyourbodyisfreeoftensionyourmindtendstoberelaxed.Thishelpsyouconcentrateandstudy,takedecisionsandsolveproblems.Whenyouarerelaxed,youcanvieweachtaskasapositivechallenge,andusestressasastimulustohelpyoutocarryitoutgivingyouarelaxingglowofachievementafterwards.

　　Lookingafteryourself

　　Bekindtoyourself.Giveyourself"metime"inwhichyoucanchoosewhatyouwantt