Stress. A word people use when they feel mad, sad, or nervous. A word people use when they're overwhelmed with emotion. I have some friends who go through a lot of stress and depression. I usually either talk and cheer them up or I give them an inspiring quote. As for me, and I'm sure many others as well, I hate seeing my friends down. Not only does it already hurt them, but it starts hurting you by not being able to hang out and talk to them. A solution to this in my opinion is to make stress your friend. Stress isn’t always bad. Stress within your comfort zone can help you perform under pressure and motivate you to do your best. But when stress becomes overwhelming, it can damage your health, your mood, your productivity, your relationships, and your quality of life. What is Stress? Stress is a physical response when the body or mind is challenged. All stress isn't bad. There are two types of stress: Eustress (Positive Stress) and Distress (Negative Stress). Examples of Eustress: Throwing a party, baking a cake, getting a job promotion, first time on a roller coaster; anything that keeps you excited. Examples of Distress: Tests, Homework, projects, loss of a family member, loss of a favorite item; anything that makes you feel closed in. You want to have more of the eustress rather than the distress. Eustress is important to have in our lives. Without it, we would become depressed and probably think that there is no meaning in life anymore. It keeps us healthy and happy. Here's an example: Say you have a big test coming up, you would probably be stressing out. Your heart could be pounding or you could be breathing faster. These can be signs that you aren't coping very well with the pressure. Instead of looking at it like that.. view it as signs that your body was energized, or preparing you to meet this challenge. Think of it as a challenge, to keep you motivated, not stressed out. Think positive, study hard and tell yourself you can do this. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ You don't want to get rid of your stress. Instead, you should make yourself better at stress. How to handle/cope with Stress: Humor. Everyone loves a good laugh. Search up something online that you feel is funny. Trust me, it can help :D Look for support. Talk to your friends, they can be a big help at times Relax! Sleep, breathing exercises, anything that calms you down. Denial. Distract yourself Eat healthy. self-explanatory EXERCISE! Go outside, take deep breaths and clear your mind. Music. Listen to up-beat or inspiring music. Listen to your favorites and ones that make you happy. Stay positive. Keep SMILING Conclusion: How you think and how you act can transform your experience of stress. When you choose to look at your stress response as helpful, you create the biology of courage. If you don't think you can do this yourself, talk to your friends. Stress gives us access to our hearts. A heart that finds joy and meaning in connecting with friends and family and your physical heart, working hard to give you strength and energy. If you choose to look at stress in this way, you're not just getting better at stress, but it can become your friend. You're saying that you can trust yourself to handle life's challenges and you're remembering that you don't have to face them alone. I hope you all don't mind me putting this out there. I know some of you have stress and I want to help. I hope you found this helpful and if you have any questions, ask me. Hope you all have a wonderful rest of your day Keep Smiling
Janice are even human? Because I've never met anyone as kindhearted as you, lol. ^^ I consider people like you and I rare in this world My life is the definition is stress, haha. Stress for everyone is unpredictable and inevitable. Once you're 18, you're own on your own.. And it's just constant bills until you die basically. The real question to ask here, is if you're strong enough to handle a lot or not Because if you're not strong, stress will always destroy :P
Thank you so much Steve It's true. Stress is unpredictable... and oh great.. can't wait till I'm 18 xD
Great advice to those feeling really stressed. Thanks to you for helping out a person in need. Whenever I feel stressed like homework or tests or anything I can look back at your forum posts. Thank you I will always remember it in the future. I'm passed 18 years old and still didn't move out just yet, I'm going to college soon and getting a job afterwards, it depends when I'm moving out
Oh no, I'm depressed and stressed D: let me come to a forums and a block game where I'm hated by everyone ;3 This isn't tumblr.
I know this isn't tumblr. I wrote this for people who need it. I love to help people and doing things like these really makes me and others happy.
Stress isn't really "being mad, sad, or nervous." Stress is it's own emotion and feeling. Denial doesn't help, denial can actually lead to some seriously negative things (which you want to stay away from). Stress can't possibly be positive, but what it can be is a gate to positive. You can practice to turn the energy you get from stress, and convert that energy to do something productive.
Some stress is. Say you're about to go on stage to preform a play. You would feel nervous or "stressed out". Then again, it is as well with emotion and feeling. However the emotion is shown more when you are depressed. Thanks for the information. ^.^
Although I'm not allowed to be heating healthily at the moment, I found this post really helpful and I think lots of other will too ^-^ Honestly Janice you're so kind-hearted you make these forums slightly brighter every day :p
What do you mean you can't be eating healthy? And thank you so much! I'm glad this thread helps people.
Wow, that was nice to read. Something positive, for a change. Ironically, I just took notes almost exactly like this in my health class o.o
Haha Yup! I got all of these from my health class. :P It really helps so I feel that it will help other people as well. Stay positve
