Stress
Stress:
How Do You Experience Stress?
Do you feel overwhelmed, tired, down, angry, or anxious? It could be stress. Maybe you have one area of your life that’s stressful or maybe you have too many things in your life. Either way, stress builds (and will keep building) until you reach your limit.
Your limit may be as simple as your body making you take a break by getting a headache or catching a cold. Stress can lead to isolating or emotional outbursts (ever do or say something you didn’t mean due to stress?). Sometimes stress can lead to more serious issues including heart problems, substance abuse, hurting oneself or someone else.
Don’t wait, you can learn to manage your stress.
Stress Therapy Program
Everyone experiences stress, it’s normal and useful when you need to get something done. It motivates us to work harder. But you need to manage stress in healthy ways because too much stress can have bad effects on you and your life.
Address at least these 10 areas of your life:
- Physical Health
- Coping Skills
- Healthy/Unhealthy Thinking
- Healthy/Unhealthy Behaviors
- Time Management and Problem Solving
- Family and Relationship Stress
- Work/ School Stress
- Support System
- Enjoyable Activities
- Other Mental Health Issues
With a Stress Therapy Program you will:
- Understand what stress is
- Recognize the signs of stress
- Discover how stress affects different areas of your life
- Learn tools to keep stress from becoming overwhelming
- Identify potential areas in your life that need adjusting
Will I be cured?
As with most things in life, there are no guarantees, and this too applies to therapy since everyone is different and there are many factors that affect the outcome of therapy. However, our clients report feeling better after their first session and improvements after a few sessions.
Stress Help Tips
Stress affects everyone, but not everyone actively manages their stress in healthy ways. Here are some tips to get started. Please note: These tips are not intended to be a cure for anything or a substitution for therapy or medication. Furthermore, if you are having thoughts of hurting yourself or have an emergency, then call 911.
1. Exercise:
Become physically active, just taking a walk can help.
2. Get Active:
Engage in a fun activity, maybe something you used to enjoy.
3. Stop Isolating:
Participate in social or religious activities.
4. Talk About It:
Spend time with other people that you can talk to.
5. Time Management:
Start managing your time better, not everything has to be done. Prioritize what’s important in your life.
6. Be Assertive with Others:
Express how you are feeling to others, don’t let your feelings build up and don’t allow others to walk all over you (Of course you need to use your judgement with some situations, i.e. your boss).
7. Change Your Stinking Thinking:
Try to change your negative thoughts into positive ones.
8. Relaxation:
Take deep breathes, listen to music, take a bath, find what works for you.
9. Self-Care:
Get out of bed, shower, put on clean clothes, brush your teeth, do your hair and/or make-up, and any other self-care tasks. You’ll feel better about yourself.
10. Healthy Habits:
Along with self-care, you need to eat and sleep right. Eat healthy food at least three times a day and sleep eight hours. Go to bed and wake up at regular times each day.
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