Normally People with high stress levels are more likely to have heart attacks and strokes, respond poorly to flu vaccines and catch colds more easily than those with low levels of work or interpersonal stress. The following tips may help you in reducing the impact of stress.
1. Find ways To Counter Stress :-
Your stress won't go away by itself. you may have to use effective stress management techniques to ease it. A massage, listening to music, and even crying can help you release built-up tension.
2. Maintain A Border Line :-
Turn off work when you're on personal time. You can't let your job take over your life. Re-erect the personal boundaries between home-time and job-time that electronic devices have so recently eliminated, or you'll be eaten up by stress.
3. Don't Get Excited :-
High anxiety can reduce your performance levels, so take psychological steps, like prayer, meditation, positive imagery to reduce your anxiety level.
4. Do Your Work In Advance :-
Avoid crises by working ahead of deadlines. Procrastinating can force you to do all the work at the last minute, which just increases the stress levels, sucks away your energy, and adds to the difficulty of getting things done.
5. Think about only what you can do :-
You can't control a traffic jam, your company direction, or Mother Nature. Identify things you can and can't control in your daily life. Once you've done this, you can work on the things you have some control over, and let the rest go.
6. Don't stew :-
If you're stuck somewhere where you can't get anything done -- say, in a traffic jam or in a crowded train, it's better to occupy your mind than to stew. Pull out your handheld and answer email, or work on a Sudoku puzzle to keep your mind sharp.
7. Maintain A simple Personality :-
Try to Lose the Type A Personality which tend to be competitive, aggressive, dominant, ambitious, acquisitive, self-driven, and hardworking. Ultimately, these traits can have effects on your body far beyond energy drain. Seek help before the physical effects overwhelm you.
