Stress Management

People are constantly exposed to stress in their everyday lives.
There are good types of stress which leads to enhancement in his or her work and private life, but it is necessary to realize bad types of stress and to manage those stress.

To deal with stress is always known as “coping”, and there are 2 ways to cope with stress (Problem-solving and Correction of recognition).

Problem-solving

If the problem is clarified or easy to deal with, it is recommended to act directly towards solving the problem.
The two ways to do so is to reduce the negative factors and to increase the positive factors.

If you are able to find out the main reason which is causing the stress, let’s think what the negative factors are and find a way to lose or reduce those factors.
For example, if you are suffering from a task which you are not so good at and the deadline is close, you may reduce stress by working on that task earlier than you usually do to reduce the pressure of the deadline.

By increasing the positive factors, you can change your feelings towards the stress you are under.
Such positive factors are the feeling of worthwhileness, and good job environment where each member of the company respects each other.

To increase these positive factors and by enhancing your work engagement (to have passion in your work, to have enough vitality with your work), you will be able to reduce the mental stress.

This is a new approach, which perspectives from career development was added to the former countermeasure towards stress.

Correction of recognition

Another approach in stress management is the correction of recognition.

This is essential because fatigue and depression, two major types of stress reaction, is said to be based on distortion in recognition, such as negative/unrealistic thoughts.

The amount of stress and the stress reaction changes in how one recognizes the occurrence causing stress.
People tend to narrow their perspective and think pessimistically.
To prevent that, ask for help and advice from people around you and try to adopt a new thought or perspective.

If you do not have anyone around you to ask for help, it is a good idea to write your thoughts down to clear out what your problem is, and to seek for a solution.
The best countermeasure towards stress is to ease your stress reaction by controlling your thoughts, emotions, and actions by stress management.