Stress management tips

Being Lazy is not Necessarily a Bad Thing
Take some time off! If you take a day regularly to just do nothing, or two weeks for a relaxing vacation, would you consider that being lazy? Some people think so. Some experts, however, have come to the conclusion that most people don’t do these things nearly enough and therefore have stress and health related problems because of it. In other words, people don’t know how to be...
Stress relief and relaxation
Stress relief for everyone. All of us experience stress from time to time, however, when our stress load accumulates to a point where we cannot manage it the normal way, we need to employ special methods. It is important to learn to effectively cope with stress and restore internal physiological and psychological balance and so improve our well-being. Below is a list of effective ways to relieve...
Bad stress
Stress is a word we hear bandied about in nearly every human situation. But what does it mean? Is it harmful or helpful? That depends upon quite a number of factors. Take two hypothetical situations. An athlete wants to achieve a certain physical point in a certain amount of time. Perhaps a weight lifter wants to bench press 700 pounds by the end of the month. He already holds a national record...
Massage and Stress
The World Health Organization(WHO) predicts that by 2020 major depression will be second only to heart disease as the leading cause of disability worldwide. That is a disturbing prediction to say the least. The fact is that most people are affected by some type of depression at one point in their lives. Types of Depression: Seasonal affective disorder (this depressive disorder is the result of...
Ways to relieve stress
Stress is a part of our life, and it is our responsibility to manage it, otherwise it manages us. What are the useful tips on how to manage stress? How effective are they? What stress managing technique is right for you, that fits your lifestyle and most effective for your kind of personality? Here are some ways to manage stress. Isometric exercises. This method is based on putting tension on...
Stress Disorders
There is no definite list of stress-related disorders. The same type of disease could have a stress origin or could be caused by something else. Many different factors may be combined with the stress in a person’s life that have a negative influence on the body function. The combination of negative factors is particularly dangerous because it creates more chances to develop certain diseases...
Stress and disease
It has been known for a long time that negative emotions are tied to specific diseases - i.e. fears lead to cardiovascular diseases, anger damages liver, apathy affects the stomach. They all have something in common - stress. But how should we deal with stress? What is stress? Why does it happen? Is it always bad? Stress is an inevitable part of everyday life. Minor stresses are harmless (and...