Stressis a natural reaction of people to certain events they encounter in their lives. Although this response can sometimes help with motivation, it can often make a person feel bad and reduce their productivity.
“If the problems are manageable and you can live with them, you stay sane. When you find it's too much, you lose your mind. Losing your mind is the innate method of avoiding problems, realities, worries, and stressful situations.”Osho
There are physical, social and psychological factors that affect stress. Physical factors can occur as a result of surgery, getting sick, environmental pollution, traffic noise, social factors can occur as a result of the individual's close relationships, relationships with the environment, daily conflicts, and psychological effects can occur as a result of the physical and social factors we have mentioned. For example; such as disappointment, isolation.
People may react differently to the stress they encounter in daily life. For example; While behavioral responses may include crying, irritability, sleep disturbance, anxiety, and loss of concentration, physiological responses may include palpitations, dry mouth, increased heart rhythm, muscle tension, and most of all, headaches.
We play an active role in experiencing all these. There are some hormones at play. These are: Epinephrine (Adrenaline), Norepinephrine (Noradrenaline) and Cortisol hormones.
What are the Damages of Stress?
It is not possible to say that no one is strong enough not to be affected by stress. However, it is possible to say that every person has a level of stress that they can handle (Yates, 1989, p. 34).
Some people experience stress more intensely than other people and their resistance to it is low. The reason for this may be people's character, eating habits or sleeping patterns.
On the other hand, stress;
Inefficiency,
Going late to work and absenteeism,
It may cause situations such as Conflict,
Alienation,
Fatigue,
Burnout.
Methods for Coping with Stress
What people should consider at this point is the tension and stress in their lives. It should be ensured that stress is taken under control before it reaches a severe and harmful level.
On the other hand, in order to cope with stress, people;
Meditation,
Exercise,
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They can manage their stress by using techniques such as change in their way of thinking,
Nutrition,
Social support, (spending time with loved ones)
Massage, and with this, They can take steps to cope.
“Absolute seclusion does not eliminate stress, on the contrary, it is a stress in itself. Loneliness is the most suitable environment for diseases to breed. “Irvin D. Yalom
The most important point here is that the person realizes that he is in a stressful situation at that moment and is aware of it. If we are aware that we are in a situation, it will be easier to develop techniques to solve it.
An article on the subject; Psychiatric Approach to Coping with Stress
There is also a book on the subject: The Art of Not Giving a Fuck, which Requires Mastery
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