Stress is perhaps the most common social problem of our time, as it can affect anyone, regardless of age, gender and job. We all experience stress and we cannot prevent it. Since we are faced with stress every day, we all have vague knowledge about what stress is and what it can do to our physical and psychological health.
Stress is the reaction that occurs in an individual's body or brain when he senses a possible threat to his emotional or physical state. . If we talk about the effects and consequences of stress;
Personal effects: Restlessness, aggression, apathy, depression, fatigue, irritability, guilt and shame, irritability, pessimism, low self-esteem, loneliness, threat and tension.
Behavioral effects: Accident tendency, drug use, emotional outbursts, overeating or loss of taste, excessive alcohol use, smoking, excitability, provocative behavior, less speech, nervous laughter, inability to remain still, tremor.
Psychological effects: High levels of catecholamines and corticosteroids in blood and urine, increased blood sugar, increased blood pressure and heart rate, dry mouth, sweating, pupil dilation, breathing difficulties, hot and cold seizures, swelling in the throat, numbness in the arms and legs and tingling.
Medical effects: Asthma, amenorrhea, chest and back pain, coronary heart diseases, diarrhea, dizziness and weakness, indigestion, frequent urination, migraines and headaches, nightmares, insomnia, neurosis, psychosis, psychosomatic disorders, diabetes, skin spots, ulcers, sexual reluctance and weakness.
Organisation-related effects: Absence from duty, low industrial relations and inefficiency, high work accidents and low job delivery rates, bad work environment, dissatisfaction with one's job and an environment of hatred.
(Cox 1978)
While we are talking about the harms of stress in the table above, you can ask for help by taking note of the symptoms you experience, and also how to cope with stress in the rest of the article. You can experience some of the methods.
The individual needs to learn how to recognize the beliefs and assumptions that are indirect or direct sources of personal stress and how to deal with them. Briefly to cope Let's talk about an even applicable method.
Method:
Start by focusing your attention on different parts of your body in turn. If you cannot concentrate, first close your eyes, sit in a comfortable place and breathe deeply through your nose and exhale through your mouth. Apply this application for 3 minutes. If you are now ready to focus, you can now do what is said;
Start with your fingers while continuing to breathe deeply, relax them, and from there relax your wrists, shoulders, head and back area. Relax by checking your eyelids and chin. Then check your body tension. Continue this application for 10 minutes.
Of course, every applicable method requires long-term applications, even if it gives instantaneous reactions to cope with your stress in a short time. Be sure to apply this method for 1 month. Remember, there will definitely be shortcomings when creating solutions on your own.
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