Eustress or Distress? Know Your Stress for Better Living

So; you are stressed…

For many; in today’s world, stress refers to something negative, something not normal and something really bad for our life and lifestyle. Most of us don’t realize it, but stress is very natural and important part of our life.

Without stress, there will be no life at all !

When we talk about stress we usually refer to – distress. Distress results when our bodies overreact to events. It leads to what is called “Fight or Flight” reaction. That might be useful in times when our ancestors faced situations that translated to life and death mares. But, Lile did you know, there is another type of stress that helps to keep us alert, motivates us to face challenges and drives us to solve problems – eustress.

When we view something as manageable, our body remains calm, alert and takes decisions consciously and efficiently. When we react too strongly, we may run into physical and psychological problems.

Have you ever been called upon to give a presentation?
And… Your heart pounded loudly….
Your mouth went dry…
You couldn’t feel like you were breathing at all…
Your body temperature rose like
And you thought you just couldn’t do it? That’s overreaction.

Overcoming the stress and step towards better living

Organize Yourself:

Organizing your stuff and managing your time and energy helps you beat the constant stress hovering on your head. This, at the same time also reduces the chances of going super messy and disoriented repeatedly in short periods of time.

Take Control of Your Environment:

Well, I understand that you cannot control who is doing what in the world, but you can always control who and what is surrounding you. Managing things around you and having the right mindset can influence your work efficiency. As well as it reduces stress that builds when you want to do some work and be at peace.

Love Yourself:

How can you expect someone to love you when you don’t love yourself! Learn to forgive, have gratitude and be happy for what you have and who you are because you know exactly how hard things were at the lowest point of your life; how your pulled yourself out of bad times and how good you are at your best. So, cheer up buddy !

Reward Yourself:

This is important when you force yourself down a rabbit hole of endless workhours. This psychological trick also helps with motivation and reduces the chances of you being distracted as you know what you’re working for.

Exercise Your Body:

You do crave for dopamine, don’t you? You may have heard this a thousand times, but anyways, “Dopamine is a feel-good hormone” that is released in your brain. And it is responsible for that good mood you have after running a mile, or doing a HIIT workout.

So, 1 2 3 GO ! …….!

Relax Yourself:

Being Human is great, but Being Busy, not good. In order to be more productive rather than busy you need to be at peace not only while making decisions but also while executing them. This will help keep all the mindless chaer of the mind away and increase your focus. Hence, enhances efficiency. So, you need to calm down !

Rest Yourself:

You are not a robot, even they need downtime. Take breaks, rest well and order to maintain the only body and unfathomable mind you have. Studies have shown, downtime boost dopamine levels and productivity and reduces the effect of stress hormones.

Be Aware of Yourself:

You have the power to change and improve if an only if you are not only aware of your surroundings but also yourself. Here’s a tip: Every day when you go to bed, analyze your day, just briefly, do not overthink and complicate the matters, just view yourself and visualize with affirmations.

Feed Yourself:

FOOD… Believe me, this is one of the major factors that drives your productivity through the day.

Enjoy Yourself:

Love yourself, be happy and always keep smiling. This is reverse psychology, if you are not okay and yet fake happiness, it works ! Everytime ! Try it for yourself.

Better living comes with better thoughts. Having faith in yourself and keeping minds happy is the main key to a better living. Remember, it is not the stress that kills oneself, it is our reaction towards it. More importantly, it is also said that tension and stress are things that someone thinks who should he/she be. at the same time, relaxation and calmness in mind are things he/she think who they actually are. And believe me, this makes the difference for sure in real world.

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over the other.

William James

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