Stress Management

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

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Relationship Stress

Are You Stressed?
Relationship stress is very normal and actually necessary in order for us to learn and grow as people. The act of taking two people coming together to form a bond often carries with it much

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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.

Relationship Stress | Quays Clinic of Hypnotherapy

Are You Stressed?

Relationship stress is very normal and actually necessary in order for us to learn and grow as people. The act of taking two people coming together to form a bond often carries with it much anguish, stress, and differences which will have to be overcome in order to form a lasting relationship. Although many will say it simply takes time to overcome relationship stress, not learning to properly deal with the different stresses in relationships now will lead to the relationship not lasting long enough to overcome these things.

What Causes Stress?

Understanding what causes the stress in your relationships can help to learn to overcome them. The main problem here is that these stresses often renew themselves and getting over one issue may simply lead to other issues later on. People have a tendency to forget and often repeat mistakes until they learn to form habits that keep them from making mistakes. In relationships, this means learning to identify mistakes and habits that either cause stress for you or for those you are in a relationship with. Often you may find that you are the source of your own stress and overcoming the problem may simply be a matter of dealing with your own issues and letting your partner know that you may need help in this action. Communication here shows that you trust and respect your partner and that you have have an active place for this person in your life.

Ways To Overcome Stress

Now for the harder part; this being overcoming stresses placed upon you by others. This can be hard to deal with since you may want to lash out but at the same time not want to hurt someone else’s feelings. The key here is to understand exactly what causes the relationship stress and how to properly approach and communicate the problem without hurting someone else. At minimum you would need good conversation skills and possibly even a third party mediator if things are indeed that serious. Most of the time, simply discussing with your partner what is causing you stress will help alleviate the problem. Your partner can also then discuss what may be causing them stress thus helping the overall relationship and build trust.

Build Up Trust In Your Relationship

In any relationship, good conversation and trust are the keys to not only finding the sources of stress but also overcoming those issues which would otherwise undermine the relationship. You need to be open and honest about what problems there may be and be open to receiving communication from your partner as well. This way you will succeed where so many before you have often failed and build a relationship that will last a lifetime. Relationships can be hard to maintain sometimes and it’s not easy to deal with the personality traits and habits of another person but through this process we can all learn to be better people.

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.