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To deal with stress
Every stress situation requires a tailor-made method to deal with it properly. Suitable measures can be learned and used in the respective situation for active relaxation and stress management.
First, think about how you've tried to cope with stress and maintain your performance and well-being. The stress reduction strategies of other people can also include interesting tips.
Every stress situation requires a tailor-made method to deal with it properly; There are no patent recipes. Optimal stress management therefore requires a comprehensive and flexible repertoire of coping strategies, which can then be used individually according to personal goals.
Here are some examples of stress reduction
• take a short break • jog • react by shouting • travel • talk about the problems • plan well a difficult task well.
Long-term stress reduction and short-term relief
The so - called problem - oriented or long-term coping with stress either changes the stress situation or the person himself. The load is applied directly and solves the problem in the long term. The stress situation is not only more tolerable, but fundamentally changed or the organism made more stress-resistant. Long-term stress management would mean rethinking one's time management, changing one's attitude in stressful situations, or forcing a solution. For example, if you suffer from your boss overburdening you with too many tasks, the following approach would be a long-term one: try to keep calm and get an overview of the different tasks. Arrange them together with your boss and then work them off piece by piece. If it gets too much, ask for support.
It is appropriate to apply a long-term coping technique when
• you want to change, eliminate or reduce the cause of a burden and not just seek a short-term solution, • a burden is predictable and you want to prepare for it.
On the other hand, there are the techniques of short-term relief . In doing so, one directly addresses the effects of already occurring stress reactions and attempts to avoid escalations and to cut off the peak of arousal. To take the example with the boss and the work again: A short-term relief in this case would be perhaps the Abreagieren by talking to your colleagues or a short walk around the block.
One uses methods of short-term relief when
• one can (will not) change the cause of a stress (momentarily), • one is in a stress situation and wants to keep a cool head, • one notices that one's own excitement is too high and one therefore wants to lower it.
Source: Techniker health insurance
