Stress Management

Harmful Stress

Good Stress

Stress can be good, in the sense that it:

1. Fuels emotional enthusiasm and energy

2. Stimulates the body into constructive action

3. Stimulates creative thought

4. Causes the person to feel more vibrant and alive!

Then it is called Eustress

How can we make stress good, not bad?

Harmful Self talk

Harmful self talk is "that continuous internal chatter of thoughts that go on inside your head. It gives a running commentary on how the day's events are running against you and are:

• Unfair
• Bad
• Nor what you wanted
• And that you have the right to feel bad

Supportive Self talk

Supporting self talk is "that continuous internal chatter of thoughts that go on inside your head. It gives a running commentary on how the day's events are running for and against you and are

• Interesting
• A challenge
• Can be converted into what you want
• And that you have the right to feel good

Fearful Pictures in the mind

Supportive Pictures in the mind

Stress of the Physical body

Your life is a continuous chemical reaction involving

• Carbon


• Hydrogen


• Oxygen


• Phosphorous


• Nitrogen


• Magnesium


• Sodium


• Copper


• Iron

And a few other elements

If you add arsenic into your system, your life stops!

Your life is "chemistry in action".
And you are free to "Change your chemistry"

So, one way to change how you feel is to: Change and tamper with your physical chemistry.

People do this all the time in order to change how they feel

The bad way

There are three ways to go wrong:

1 Drink booze

When in stress and you want to feel better: drink alcohol.

This will interfere with the functioning of your brain and you will not feel the unpleasant sensations any more (until the morning)

2 Eat more food

When in stress and you want to feel better: Eat copious quantities of food

This will load the brain and guts with nutrients (more than the body can use) and you will feel the pleasant sensations of being well (over) fed.

3 Take drugs

When in stress and you want to feel better: take drugs

This will interfere with the functioning of your nervous system and you will not feel the unpleasant sensations any more. You will feel better for a while.

The Good Way

Three good ways to change your chemistry

1. Eat more nutrition

I make the distinction between "food" and "nutrition".

When in stress and you want to feel better: eat small amounts of nutritious food

This will support the functioning of your brain and you will feel the pleasant sensations of energy and vibrant health

2. Sleep

When in stress and you want to feel better: break off and rest or even take a POWER NAP!

This will support the functioning of your brain and you will feel the pleasant sensations of energy and vibrant health

3. Exercise

When in stress and you want to feel better: break off and exercise during lunch break!

This will support the functioning of your body and you will feel the pleasant sensations of energy and vibrant health

Summary

Stress is a mental, emotional and physiological reaction to a situation
Stress may be harmful
Stress can be good
Make stress work for you, not against you.

Break stress reactions into two categories:
1. Stress of the MIND.
2. Stress of the BODY.

You can control your mental chatter to make your mind support you.
Don't let your mind work against you.
You MUST, from now on, control your mental chatter to make your mind work for you.

Your life is "chemistry in action".
You can change your chemistry.
1. Eat nutritious food
2. Sleep
3. Exercise

Do these things and you will make stress work for you!

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