Eliminate The Negative Stressors

Prolonged Stress Blocks Healing

To eliminate the negative stressors and let go of negative emotions in our lives, we first need to know what they are and if we can really eliminate them.

Most people have never heard of negative stressors, but according to the experts, they can be any event that creates stress... and they can be either negative or positive.

What we are concerned about here, however, is how to eliminate the negative stressors.

Some situations are beyond our control and will require medical attention. But for the situations we can handle - now is the time to see what can be done to eliminate the negative stressors.

Some Examples Of Them Are:

• Life exposure: child abuse
• Work/study: deadlines, exams,
• Sensory: bright lights, pain
• Lifestyle: not enough sleep, excessive drinking
• Life events: birth, deaths, marriage, divorce
• Responsibilities: not enough money, not working
• Personal relationships: disagreements, deception
• Environmental: housing problems, health, freedom

Stress is our body's way of reacting to certain events in our lives... regardless if they are positive or negative events. We react with heightened alertness, focus, stamina and strength.

This is a nautral reaction and it's just our body's way of preparing for what's to come.

Why do we need to eliminate the negative stressors? Because if stress occurs too often or lasts long periods of time...the results can be detrimental to our health. Some of the effects of continued stress are: headaches, moodiness, upset stomach, depression, back pain, insomnia, and a weaken immune system. It will cause existing health problems to become worse and your entire life will be disrupted by it.

However, medical research has determined that prolonged stress is very bad for the body, and can block the body's natural ability to repair, regenerate and protect itself. Over 90% of disease is caused by stress. Stress is both a physical and psychological response. It can lead to chronic disease, obesity, insomnia, deteriorating relationships, depression, and more.

Stress is such a powerful and harmful force that it is vital that you learn effective stress management techniques to live a successful, happy, and healthy life. We must remember that we will always come across inevitable factors that cause pressure and anxiety on us.

What we do not know is that it is not really the problems that are difficult to deal with, but our attitude towards them. So basically, the cause of stress is your attitude toward these things. What, then, is an effective way to deal with stressors?

Below Are 5 Great Tips To Handle Stress:

Making a list of your stressful experiences is useful. Immediately deal with the issues that you can change, for instance waking up earlier for work in the morning, not leaving things till the last minute, and delegating tasks in case you are taking responsibility for everything. Forget about the issues that you cannot influence like being stuck in a traffic jam or not getting into the elevator because there is no room for you.

2. Calm Down

A few minutes break would do you good. Wash your face, breath slowly and deeply, and notice if there is tension in any part of your body and release it. You can also listen to relaxing music, or call a friend. Releasing your inner feelings to a friend is healthy option.

3. It Will Pass And It Will Be Over Before You Know It

Remind yourself that the stressful event will end sooner or later can make you see the positive sides of things. At the same time, calm down your emotions and think of what is the best thing to do rather than take your energy away from what needs to be done.

4. Know Yourself - Ask Yourself

What triggers your anxiety? If for example it is your job, then maybe it’s time for you to reconsider whether it would be best to find a less stressful job. You can also make your job more tolerable by allowing yourself to get that needed vacation or leave.

5. Learn To Use Your Relaxation Response

Just as we all have within us the stress response, we also have an opposite response, which is the relaxation response. A person should elicit that on a regular basis. The relaxation response involves two steps. Repetition, the repetition can be a word, a sound, an expression, or a repetitive movement. The second step is to ignore other thoughts that come to your mind while you're doing the repetition, and come back to the repetition. The technique should be used once or twice a day for about 15 minutes.

Sit quietly and choose a suitable repetition, like a prayer, the sound Om, or the word love, or calm. Or you can do a repetitive exercise, for instance yoga, jogging, Reiki. Additional repetitive activities are knitting or handicraft. When you incorporate this into your everyday life, you become calmer and better able to handle the stressors. Practice makes perfect and the more you practice relax your mind, the easier it gets.

The true causes of stress are not the problems or negative experiences that you encounter in your life; but your attitude toward them. So, the trick is to change your attitude and to develop a relaxed state, because you cannot be stressed and relaxed at the same time. It is important to understand that what we focus on, we energize. The more you continue to think about the factors that cause your stress, the more energy you give it.

So it is vital to let go and focus on relaxation instead. Consequently, you're less likely to be upset by a stressor, and thus less likely to have its harmful effect occur. Eventually, it is your choice. You could either continue to react in the same stressful way, or you could choose to improve your life by changing your attitude and becoming relaxed. There’s no other way around it.

How to Eliminate Stress And Anxiety from Your Life

It seems like you hear it all the time from nearly every one you know - "I'm so stressed out!" There are plenty of pressures in this world, and they can cause stress and anxiety with stressors that can literally make us sick.

Learning to control and eliminate the stress in our lives is important in eliminating certain kinds of illnesses. Please read this FREE e-book with chapters like: 'Relaxing At Work', 'Stress Management', Self-Hypnosis For Stress', and 'Blocking Behaviors'.

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About the Author: Mona Khalaf is a Reiki master teacher. She is certified in Vibrational medicine, certified NLP Master Practitioner, and life coach. Find out how you can improve your life on all levels by visiting her website at: reikihealingpower.com