Stress Prevention

In today’s hectic and eventful world it can be very hard to not get stressed. With the amount of bills, sounds and new impulses coming at as every second it is a wonder that we can even function as well as we do. Stress can be very detrimental to your health if you allow it to and therefore it is a really good idea to quickly measure and control your stress levels.


The worst thing you can literally do is to feel stressed and just try to ignore it and keep going, you might think that by ignoring it you are getting rid of it, but all this stress will compound over time and suddenly hit you like a brick wall.

Now that we have established how important it is to deal with stress as soon as possible, it is time to see what kind of methods you can use to lower your stress levels and consequently heighten the quality of your life. The first thing you want to do about your stress level is what is called taking preventive action.

The preventive action is just a system that will help you stop the stress before it even occurs and is therefore a very proactive solution compared to some of the stress coping methods that are more immediate and in reaction to an already occurring problem.

A really easy way to greatly minimize the amounts of stress you feel is to organize your day. Every night before you go to sleep, make sure you create a to do list for the next day. Now you might think that this will further stress you, but what you are going to do is to put priorities on the different tasks. So assign either low, medium or high priority on the tasks on your list, where High priority levels are the tasks you absolutely have to complete, make sure you don’t have more than 2-3 of these on any given day.

This simple exercise will let you have a 100% clear image of what is really important each day and in this way you will focus on each of the important tasks one at the time instead of trying to multi task. Multi tasking is the ultimate stress builder and should be avoided at all costs.
Start using this method from tonight and within a week you should see lowered stress levels and a more relaxed mental state.

By: Charlie Martinez
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Fighting With Stress

We all know the stress - as a bad thing. The stressful situations make our life more complicated, ruin our mood, and in the end - our health. But is it that any stress is bad? And what is "good" stress?

Stress - is a mechanism that allows the body to become faster and stronger in a critical situation, than usual. It is due to stress the driver "runs away" of the seemingly a hundred percent accidental situation, and the mother - catches the falling child.

Normal development of stress can be divided into two phases. The first - this is actually the stress, manifested in the feeling of fear or anger. The fear allows to run faster, and anger - to beat the enemy stronger. The first phase involves the release of adrenaline in the blood, so it can be called adrenaline's.

The second phase - relaxation. A sense of relaxation and pleasure when you have successfully escaped or defeated the opponent. You probably remember as a child it was a pleasure to have a big laugh after frightening or risky escapades. The second phase of stress is associated with the release of toxins, let's call it endorphin's.

Both, the adrenaline and endorphins are essential for our health. Adrenalin and other stress hormones encourage the formulation of specific proteins in cells responsible for longevity. It is believed that these proteins could extend our life for a few decades.

In contrast of the stress hormones, in the second phase of stress there are produced the "happiness hormones", the most famous of them - endorphins. They also have a big positive for effect on our health. The endorphins contribute to the regeneration and restoration of all of the bodies and also increase the life expectancy. Thus, the "good" stress doubly lengthens our lives.

But, unfortunately, modern stress is not like this. When our ancestors hunted big beasts, the process of the fight with an animal was fairly short and ended with a quick victory or the fast running. Thus, the person got first a big but short portion of adrenalin, and then - a more lengthy "dose" of endorphin.

But today we are forced to make long-term projects, where work and the associated stress lasts for weeks and months- the results are seen only rarely, and it is not always positive. Usually because we first get five to ten servings of criticism from superiors, and then - a light and unobtrusive approval.

As a result -the adrenaline and other stress hormones are generated almost constantly. But they are all powerful stimulant for the nervous system and the organism as a whole. Not surprisingly, as a result, we get tired: all systems are constantly working to "the high level." This causes a shortage of endorphins: just because it is very difficult to find a reason to rejoice daily.

Therefore, the problem is not the availability of stress as it is, but only in their characteristics. The man who never experienced stress, weakens quickly. The total lack of acute stress affects both emotional, and physical health.

The person who regularly suffers minor stresses, and these do not end with the "endorphins" phase of relaxation and fun, will not be happy and healthy either.

The best option for health: rare severe stress (long live extreme sports!), And frequent small joy. So look for the daily joy for yourselves and your loved ones - and you will handle any stress.