Coping with Stress PAGE 1
Running Head: COPING WITH STRESSCoping with StressNajamah DavisEssex County CollegeAbstractStress has become a growing concern in today's society. Stress has been associated with many different conditions and is thought to cause disease. Individuals who are "stressed out," may experience a wide range of non-specific physical symptoms or no physical symptoms at all. Some exhibit mental symptoms such as anxiety. The term stress management was a term that was not used very readily in the past. Now, people openly discuss their stress management techniques. Yoga, swimming, walking, and cooking are activities that are described as "therapeutic" for s ...view middle of the document...
Individuals experiencing more than a few of these characteristics are likely "stressed out." If stress is left untreated it can lead to permanent feelings of helplessness and ineffectiveness.There are different methods of dealing with stress: identify the source and try to minimize these as much as possible, talk it out - talking to someone you trust about it and getting your feelings out without others judging you, take time out - take time to nurture oneself, away form the cares and responsibilities of the world, set limits - never hesitate to say "no' before you take on too much, try exhaling - breathing can measure and alter you psychological state, making a stressful moment increase or diminish in intensity and perhaps one of the best methods is exercise daily. An ideal stress management program is said to include the preliminary assessment of the following physiological and psychological variables: blood pressure, heart rate, blood sugar and cholesterol levels, muscle tension, anxiety levels, sleep and interpersonal relations at home and at work place (Stressfocus.com, 2009).Making sure the program possesses the given characteristics; one should also include the three coping strategies; the problem-focused, cognitive and emotion-focused ones. Of course not all of them are applicable to every type of stressful situations, but a good stress management program should combine the three techniques where possible (Rice, 2000). Active physi...