- What works? What doesn't work?
- After talking to as many friends and family members as you can about the topic of stress management, what are some strategies you might have learned that you hadn't thought of earlier?
- Has anything you've read, either in the blog or the text, triggered any ideas about what we can all do to manage our stress? Share your discoveries and ideas here!
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Unit 6 Talk It Over
Let's get a collection of Health-promoting/stress management behaviors together! Check out the chart on page 422. Read the clinical file on page 427 and the list about managing conflicts on page 433. Then, share your thoughts on the subject:
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I find that having healthy eating habbits helps extremely with my stress. When I don't eat i get cranky and stressed out at the world. Exercising for me isn't a stress reliever to me I want to see results fast and it doesn't really work that way causing me to stress. Alot of people I talked to about stress either worked out or just breathed deep breathes. Being a very stressed person in general I haven't heard any new ways for coping with it. The best advice I can give is to just evaluate the situation and figure out what makes it so stressful. Once you do try to come up with solutions that would make it less stressful and always remember its not the end of the world, life does go on!
i think that getting enough sleep helps minimize stress. the people i talked to said the same thing that if they dont get enough sleep it increases there stress.i think this is a good habbit to try because i dont think i get enough sleep or somtimes to much sleep which can make the body tired and grogy. which doesnt help stressed out people because it might provoke stress.
For me, eating healthy and getting the right amount of sleep can help with my stress. When I eat healthy, I always feels so much better about myself, and when I get a good amount of sleep, I feel more alive. Talking to my friends and family about this, they agree with my thoughts.
Nathan P.
When I'm stressed I find that getting a lot of sleep and eating healthier does help a lot. Unfortunetly I am an emotional eater so when I'm stressed I find myself reaching for the ice cream or cookies and have to stop and convince myself that the apple sitting over there is a much better choice. After reading all the blogs and talking to my family I haven't heard any ideas of dealing with stress that would mork for me. Deep breaths and writing it out just doesn't cut it for me. I need some kind of physical activity to take my mind off of it and work it off
Leeanne M
I find that if I have a nice warm cup of coffee or some food that i love then everyhthing becomes less stressfull. It doen't really matter to me if I get enough sleep, it doesn't really effect my attitude or anything. If I exercise in the morning my day always seems a little bit better. so I think that exercise and eating tasty foods help me with my stress.
well.not be sounding like an emo kid or anything, but i recently went through some traumatic things and i would have to say that of this list the most effective thing is to continue doing things you enjoy. after my traumatic events it was especially hard to enjoy life because of work, no exposure to music, and completely different surroundings. the least effective thing would be to give yourself time to heal. it is my strong belief that TIME HEALS NOTHING. you simply cant stop the world from turning and therefor what people see as "healing" is actually just distractions. if your dog died you would be pretty upset, but if your mom died a week later you probably wouldnt be too concerned with the dog anymore.
Sleep, what more is there to say. It has been proven that people that get 10 hours of sleep are much more productive then people that get 8 or less. In fact I have always thought it to be stupid to have school start at such of a eairly hour. It seems to me that students that take a class at 7:50 do worse then those that take the class at 10:50. However i might be going away from the main point, but people do become more stressed out at night when they realize that they must get up in 6 hours and this causes people to have bad sleep paterns which messes up their daily lifestyle.
I agree with Kevin, Sleep is a major thing for me concerning stress. I'm no stranger to lack of sleep, when i am sleep deprived i usually tend to be somewhat cranky and less energetic of course. Its weird really, sometimes i can go to work after staying up all night and do fine, and sometimes i can sleep for 12 hours and up and ill get the same effects as sleep deprivation.
I disagree about the comments about sleep. I'm always fully functional and ready to go even if I only get 4-6 hours of sleep. And last time i checked stressed out people have an extremely difficult time sleeping. I can, however, see the daily exercising helping reduce stress. Usually when someone gets frustrated or stressed about something they just feel like punching something. The exercising will help that.
After i had talk to some friends and family i have gathered that a lot of people use alcohol and cigaretts to relieve stress. Now i dont know if it works, but that is what like have the poeple i had asked had told me. I think sleeping, like Martin said, doesnt help relieve stress because a lot of people cant sleep when they are stressed.
SHELBI
I dont think its healthy to dred on your stress. Once again, OPEN UP!! talk about it! Do something you really enjoy, get your mind off it and sooner or later you will forget about it. I agree with chelsea, time doesnt heal much. You cant dred on something that happened 3 wees ago because your just going to make yourslef and everyone around you miserable. I find that eating heathier, Exercising, and getting sleep are some helpful strategies.
Brit S
From what I heard from both sides, friends and family, stress can be managed by one of many things. For instance like said before, sleep. If we sleep, we are relaxed and very peaceful which reduces stress levels. Another great thing we can do is WALK. haha walking can take a load off when we are feeling a little at ease and gives time to clear the air . We can also do many things to relieve stress, we can listen to music and we can also do many exercises, like yoga to feel more relaxed. Many of us have to admit, we over-eat ALOT to help us fill in whatever we feel we are missing or deprived of, food tastes delicious and we can use that as a way to feel comfortable or in a good "comfort zone"
We can stop putting things on till last minute, or in other words stop procrastination . It's a major key in getting things into place or context. We can have things running more smoothly if we are organized or in a sense of feeling "complete" in our everyday lives.
last but not least, if we take part in our actions instead of using a scapegoat we can then be able to have a sense of relief and take responsiblity for own selves!
I would agree with many of you guys that getting a good night's sleep and eating healthier can relieve a ton of stress and help you also to maintain it. I pretty much heard a lot of the same techniques in how to cope with stress. I don't think that there is a certain technique that can be the best way for everyone to use because people are different and they deal with stress differently whether it's listening to music or screaming in your pillow.
First off I think everyone has different ways of dealing with stress that fit them the best, also everyone has different things that really stress them out. Like my mom is stressed out anytime she is in the car no matter who is driving she is always on edge, where most people find car rides relaxing.
So I also have things that stress me out but my personal way of coping is reminding myself that its not that big of a deal, in my head I have to say, " This is bad but there could be a million things worse so calm down!" It only works when I say it though because if anyone else told me that I would probably be agitated, ha ha but I guess thats just me being fickle. Lets just say that people in my family don't really deal with stress very well when it is happening but they sure can talk about it and analyze it after the fact.
The charts have good tips and things to keep in mind when you are at a loss for what to do when you are very stressed out but not all of them work for everyone. Such as, I do think that healthy diet is good for stress avoidance but sometimes when I am really freaking out; chocolate really does help! Just taking a break from whatever is happening and enjoying something can calm you down. (I usually have tea and a biscuit.) So everyone has to find their own meditation food or whatever works for THEM to really be healthy and stress free.
--Claire B
Always getting enough sleep helps me not stress out when i don't get my 8 hours i am cranky and not fun to be around. Friends and family agree with me on this.
Laura M
Keeping healthy nutrition-wise is one of the most important things for me. I can really tell when I haven't kept up a healthy diet; I just start to feel like 50% all over. For me, at least, exercise helps a lot both for maintaining a healthy lifestyle and coping with stress by getting my mind off things for a bit. I somewhat agree with what the book states on page 422 about drugs and tobacco: abstain from using them both, but I find that it's very common for people to use cigarettes and marijuana as an effective way to cope with stress. I think it's important to have sex in your life, but yes, safe sex. Also, a big thing for me is lowering hostility just in general; be more of a positive, optimistic person. When it comes to stressful decision-making, not being hasty and looking for comprises has always worked for me.
When I'm stressed I find that doing something I enjoy always helps me or hanging out with my friends to take my mind off what I'm stressing always helps too.
I agree with most of the posts on how a good nights sleep can relieve stress because you wake up in a good mood. I know personally when I don't get a good nights sleep I wake up grumpy and not motivated to get what I need to done.
For me exercising is something that has helped me cope with stress very well. Eating healthy..well I am not sure that is very helpful, at least it doesn't work for me. I think the best thing to do is to first relax and then think about what to do, if their is anything you can do. If the situation is out of your control then it is best to endure and deal with it in a way that is most helpful. Before you know it, it will pass.
I think that having a good night sleep and a balanced diet helps alot. I've actully heard about all of them. I think that all we have to do is get a good night sleep and eat healthy like I sayed earlier.
By eating healthy,and exercising helps my stress. For me to relieve my stress i have to do something physical rather than just sitting down and doing nothing. I have to do something to get my mind off the situation. Getting enough sleep is definatley a great way to get your mind off what's bothering you.
I find that sleep and exercise help a lot with stress. I feel great when I actually get a good nights rest and after I go to the gym. I haven't seen anything that i haven't seen before after reading through the blog and talking to my family.
Derek H.
For me sleep, food, excercise, and weather play a part in my stress level.One of my friends suggested that for stress I should listen to music and try to relax. So next time I get all stressed out I will take the time just to sit dwon and listen to some upbeat music.
Danielle P
For me eating healthy, getting good sleep and exercising helps a lot with my stress. If im eating junk and not getting sleep and being lazy i get more stressed about other things then i would normally. I agree with chelsey that dwelling on things doesnt help you heal.
Michelle G
I think treating your body well will take alot of stress off of your shoulders,by eating well and getting a good number of hours of sleep. I have asked some of my friends on stress and they tend to just take a deep breath and move on. Others even have there own breathing techiniques.
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