Stress Management | Quays Clinic of Hypnotherapy

Stress Control

We all feel stress in our lives. There is no such thing as a stress free life. The pressures in our lives involve work, traffic, paying bills, worrying about family members, medical problems, and finding time for ourselves. To deal with stress you first must learn about stress and ways you can manage it.

What is Stress?

Stress is having an overwhelming feeling coming over you when you have more on your plate than you can handle. You feel it because your body senses danger and goes into a defense mode called fight-or-flight. Your body then releases hormones that speed your heart rate, increase your breathing rate, and gives bursts of energy.

What are the Symptoms of Stress?

Stress can affect your entire body, thoughts, behaviors, and feelings. You may not realize you are stressed and will associate those symptoms with something else. The symptoms of stress include:

• Chest pain
• Too much or too little sleep
• Headaches
• Muscle tension
• Poor eating habits
• Substance abuse
• Social withdrawal
• No motivation
• Easily irritable
• Anxiety attacks

What are the Different Types of Stress?

According to the American Psychological Association there are three types of stress.

1. Acute stress is short term. It’s caused from recent or future demands and pressures. It is easily recognized by most. It can be exiting and an edge for some. Too much acute stress however can lead to issues such as post traumatic stress.
2. Episodic acute stress is a person constantly living in stressful situations. They are often short tempered and tense. They are very competitive and worrisome but thrive off of it.
3. Chronic stress is the worst. A person feels their lives are falling apart. It wears a person down and can lead to depression, strokes, cancer, heart failure, and suicide.

How To Manage and Reduce Stress?

You need to realize you can’t live with no stress in your life, but you can control it. To start your stress management techniques you initially need to find out what your stresses are and what triggers them. Keep a stress journal and indicate what caused your stress, how you felt, your reaction, and what you did or could have done for stress relief. This identifies for you what is stress. Meet stress head on.

• Never retaliate by lashing out on others.
• Learn your limits so you do not take on too much.
• Avoid stressful people in your life.
• Avoid stressful environments and situations such as shopping around too many people, shop online.
• Make to do lists and spread them out into daily tasks.
• Organize your day and time management.
• Look at things in a positive light.
• Express your feelings.
• Relax more often. Go for walks, take long baths, listen to music, take up gardening, or spend time with an old friend.

If you are unsure about your levels of stress, you can take an online stress test. They can help give suggestions on what how to recognize your stress and how to correct them. If your stress is causing you physical ailments, you need to see a doctor for more professional stress test such as an exercise test to check for cardiac problems.

If you are looking to find hypnotherapy in Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, Gateshead, South Shields or County Durham, contact clinical hypnotherapist Ian Smith. Hypnotist Ian Smith is an Internationally respected hypnotherapist who is an expert in help with stress management.

Ian Smith (Distinction) D.Hyp  T.F.T  M.U.F.H  M.A.A.H  U.K.C.H.O  N.R.H  C.I.S.H
Quays Clinic of Hypnotherapy in North Shields
Telephone: 0774 3353367.