Stress Triggers-How To Cope With Your

Enemy
Today, stress has become like a spreading epidemic that tears the guts out of our bodies.
Though it's body's natural response to workload, psychosocial or physical trauma, as well as
various medical disorders, too much of it activates the "fight-or-flight" protection, releasing a number of
specific hormones, like adrenaline and cortisol.
Named by the scientists "public health enemies ", these stress hormones, produced by your
adrenal glands - tiny glands just above kidneys - are known to mess up almost all your body's processes.
On the long run it gives you not only anxiety and headaches, symptoms experienced by the vast
majority, but also heart, digestive and sleep problems. Others may add to the list problems such as
weight gain/loss, concentration impairment, depression, and the list can go on.
Per total the result is lack of vigor and very little energy.
Since our body reacts promptly to any stressful situation, is our duty to learn how to manage it.
The key is to start monitoring your stress level and learn to identify it.
Ask yourself: Why am I so stressed about? What or who is the source? What can I change in my
thinking and in my doing, so that I don't end up in the same state of anxiety as before?
Take a look at your habits, your daily habits. What bothers you? What makes you nervous? Is it
work? Is it family, friends, strangers, things? These are all questions you should find an answer to.
Once you've identified your stress triggers, you can start thinking about ways of coping with
them.
Methods are many, and you should realize that they don't work for everyone or in any situation.
You have to take time to analyze yourself and experiment those that make you feel calm and confident.
Start by taking a deep breath. Slowing down your breath can be a winning solution when you
don't know where to start. It helps you calm down and it gives you time to think. It's better to do this
first, that regret later.
Many people manage stress by practicing meditation or yoga, but if you are an active person get
yourself moving. Activity is known to prevent the effects of stress, by releasing endorphin, giving you a
feeling of self-confidence and positivism.
 There are many activities you can do, that range from mild to difficult, to indoor or outdoor.
Here are some ideas: walk, swim, jog, do fitness, do household chores, work in the garden, go biking,
dance, etc. You can add more to this list.
Do this sort of activities regularly and you will find how good it feels. The idea is to do every day
something that you enjoy.
Of course, if you find yourself in the impossibility of coping with stress, you can always ask a
specialist for help.
Keeping a balance in your life, with a big smile on your face when things get rough, through a
healthy lifestyle, brings in numerous benefits, not to mention a longer life and an enviable piece of
mind.

References:
http://www.helpguide.org/articles/stress/stress-management.htm
http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/basics/stress-basics/hlv-20049495
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3079864/
http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/in-depth/stress/art-20046037?pg=2
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-athletes-way/201301/cortisol-why-the-stress-hormone-is-
public-enemy-no-1
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/19/adrenaline-cortisol-stress-hormones_n_3112800.html
http://www.webmd.com/depression/guide/exercise-depression#1