Stress Management Articles

Personal Development » Stress Management | By Mark Webb @ Friday, 15th September 2006 @ 12:01 AM

Panic attacks are usually progressive in nature if they are not treated properly. Many people who suffer from panic attacks go for months and years before getting the correct diagnosis. They suffer needlessly either because of a lack of education about panic attacks or due to embarrassment of having a problem they cannot seem to will themselves out of. The symptoms of a panic attack include but are not limited to: Difficulty breathing. Feeling as though you are not able to get... more...

Personal Development » Stress Management | By Mark Webb @ Tuesday, 5th September 2006 @ 2:06 AM

Angry feelings are a part of almost everyones life. Sometimes anger plays a small part without any problems. Other times, however, it becomes a large part of our lives. We may become rigid, mistrustful, or filled with rage. Anger is a common emotion but it can be difficult to deal with. Quite often we have not been taught how to deal with our anger. We may have been shown how to deal with anger and it is usually shown in appropriate ways. We may have heard that it is not good to ... more...

Personal Development » Stress Management | By Adrian Kennelly @ Sunday, 3rd September 2006 @ 10:58 PM

Everyone responds differently to stressful events. That stress response is part instinct and part to do with how we think. We can train our minds how to best respond to the stressors in our lives. Stress does not need to be all bad. Some stress in our daily lives is good and challenges us to reach even higher heights. Many people go through their days not aware of the stress in their lives. They might think, "Well, how serious can it be if I don't even know it exists?" <... more...

Personal Development » Stress Management | By John Khu @ Friday, 1st September 2006 @ 7:00 PM

We are living in world amidst so much of unlucky people, poverty, violence, stress, competition, and all sorts of sadness inducing environment you can think of. So it is only natural that a part of our mind always tends to carry a tinge of sadness or lean towards this negative emotion. This is something happening so natural that one may have to fight his/her way out of this influence in order to develop a happy frame of mind. This article throws light over 5 easy or top ways to happiness or to b... more...

Personal Development » Stress Management | By Abbas Abedi @ Thursday, 31st August 2006 @ 3:33 AM

There are moments in a person's life that just leads him to feel overpowered by an uncontrollable fear of something that hinders him to do what he is supposed to do. He is then led to worry too much, lose focus and concentration, and leave him immobile for a certain instance. These moments are things that cause panic (uncontrolled fear) and anxiety (over-worrying). These moments cannot be totally removed from the human way of living, but there sure are ways on how to avoid e... more...

Personal Development » Stress Management | By Tony Fiore @ Thursday, 31st August 2006 @ 3:15 AM

Everyone has heard of road rage incidents wherein usually calm and responsible people "snap" and commit an aggressive or violent act. Turns out, that "losing one's temper" can occur in many different life situations and cause serious emotional or physical harm to others. It is a pattern in which tension builds until an explosion brings relief, followed later by regret, embarrassment, or guilt. Called "Intermittent Explosive Disorder"(IED),it is defined by attacks of ... more...

Personal Development » Stress Management | By Tony Fiore @ Thursday, 31st August 2006 @ 3:09 AM

Pennsylvania:A parent body slammed a high school referee after he ordered the man's wife out of the gym for allegedly yelling obscenities during a basketball game. The referee was treated at a hospital for a concussion and released after the attack. Charged with simple assault, assault on a sports official, reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct was a 47 year old father. Kentucky: A father of a T-ball player was briefly jailed after an outburst against an umpire during ... more...

Personal Development » Stress Management | By Daniel Lesser @ Tuesday, 29th August 2006 @ 4:58 AM

Days like today, I would love to know what my blood pressure reading would be. Everybody knows what I'm talking about - the vexation, the frustrations, the irresistible instinct to scream. We've all been there. My husband is day after day stressed beyond his limitations. A few months ago, we were taking a stress test that we found online, and he scored a great deal higher than I did. That discouraging score caused us to do a bit of research. I took a look at great deal of articles on s... more...

Personal Development » Stress Management | By Rebecca Prescott @ Tuesday, 29th August 2006 @ 3:18 AM

Stress can be a positive thing in that it can spur us to transcend boundaries and ideas we had about ourselves. However, stress can become negative if it leaves us feeling overwhelmed by circumstances in our lives. Often, we may find it difficult to change circumstances that cause us stress. And, in fact, if we are constantly avoiding things in life because we find them stressful, it can really narrow our experience of life, and lead to another type of stress. But one thing we do have the... more...

Personal Development » Stress Management | By Karen Singer @ Tuesday, 29th August 2006 @ 2:17 AM

Throughout our busy work day, whether running a home business, working 9 to 5, being a stay at home mom or dad, or even a combination of one or two of these scenarios, there is often a lack of planned down time. Now you may be saying I do take coffee and lunch breaks, or I run to the gym after work, or I watch some television, while the kids nap, but do you schedule time to do nothing. Often, it is hard to feel refreshed and relaxed when we add even more activity to our already bu... more...

Personal Development » Stress Management | By Terence Young @ Monday, 28th August 2006 @ 8:57 PM

The word is such a fast paced world that is constantly evolving and changing. With change we feel a loss of control over our lives and we start to see situations presenting themselves throughout the day that become stressful. Stress is a characteristic of many peoples daily lives, whether it be stress brought on through work, through commuting to work or from your interactions throughout the day with other people. You can never predict when your bout of stress is going to hit you, what is clear ... more...

Personal Development » Stress Management | By Christopher Bjork @ Monday, 28th August 2006 @ 5:25 PM

Here is Peter, a white rat in cage number eight. Once in a while a little red light bulb in the cage lights up for about three seconds. As soon as this happens, Peter stops what he is doing and runs to a button on the wall and presses it a few times. After a few presses a food pellet drops noisily into a tray. When this happens, Peter runs as fast as he can to the tray and eats the pellet. There is Paul, an office clerk in booth number 6 on the third floor. From time to time he receives a... more...

Personal Development » Stress Management | By Terence Young @ Monday, 28th August 2006 @ 2:57 AM

When email first hit the scene many experts were touting the end of snail mail. After all they said email can be sent for free, it was instant and you were able to potentially receive a reply to your communication faster than it would take you to drop of your snail mail at your local post office. Decades on email has certainly far from replaced the use of snail mail. In fact in many respects all email has done is added another communication channel and increased the use of all the other communic... more...

Personal Development » Stress Management | By Arun Pal Singh @ Saturday, 5th August 2006 @ 2:33 PM

Our actions and reactions are guided by our emotions. Sometimes this influence is very obvious and at other times quite subtle to be recognized. We often see emotions as a sign of weakness. We try to put them aside and try to focus on the rational aspects more and more. No matter how strict and logical you want to be, the emotional aspect cannot be overlooked. We will always be a human being, not a robot. Our feelings make us human beings Material success is important and ... more...

Personal Development » Stress Management | By Abbas Abedi @ Wednesday, 2nd August 2006 @ 5:52 PM

Many people go through their days not aware of the stress in their lives. They might think, "Well, how serious can it be if I don't even know it exists?" Quite simply your body can get used to stress in such a way that, even though your body still reacts harmfully to stress, because the stress is so continuous, you just don't realize how much stress you are in. Regardless of how little or how much stress you have in your life, being able to identify it will be a big he... more...

Personal Development » Stress Management | By Andrew McCombe @ Tuesday, 1st August 2006 @ 6:23 PM

Studies from the 1950s, 60s and 70s predicted that with advances in technology we would have a lot more leisure time by the year 2000. How wrong they were! Today we are expected to produce a lot more, of a higher quality, as fast as possible and all with less support than we had 30 years ago. In this information age we spend more time living inside our heads than in our bodies; we move less and think more and it is taking a major toll on our health. The effects of pressure have become so prevale... more...

Personal Development » Stress Management | By Carol Ann Rowland @ Friday, 28th July 2006 @ 12:04 AM

Headaches, muscle tension, anxiety, insomnia, weight loss or gain, fatigue, high blood pressure, chest pain, depression, irritability, memory problems, phobias, social isolation, rage, and feelings of overwhelm: all of these are just a few of the many symptoms associated with stress. We live in a modern age, with increased technology to assist us in our daily tasks. However, at the same time, our tasks have greatly multiplied. Single parent families are increasingly common, with ... more...

Personal Development » Stress Management | By Abbas Abedi @ Thursday, 27th July 2006 @ 11:04 PM

Making decisions is never easy, especially when it comes to making those big decisions that can potentially change ones life. A bad decision can cause alot of stress while good decisions can help you manage your stress. This is why before making a decision, a person must put a lot of thought into it. This means carefully examining and assessing the situation, as well as contemplating the pros & cons, and possible consequences of the decisions about to be made. Here are some tips o... more...

Personal Development » Stress Management | By Abbas Abedi @ Wednesday, 26th July 2006 @ 11:24 PM

For you to think positively, you have to change your mental and emotional approach towards every aspect of yourself. There are steps that you may apply to enhance your positive thinking towards people and different kinds of situations. You have to learn on how to think positively by deciding on things that are more superior to your attitude. In this way, you will eliminate all negative things that can affect your decision-making. You have to always react on things that you think ... more...

Personal Development » Stress Management | By Phyllis Wasserman @ Wednesday, 26th July 2006 @ 4:27 PM

Trying to be happier should come naturally. Don't let negative thoughts creep into your mind. Sounds easy, right? Well for some it's not. Some people obsess over the little things. Women worry more than men do. Healthy thoughts about a lot of things should be with you daily. In fact, its good for you to mull over everything. But on the other hand, one should not worry excessively because that does not have any advantages. It can drain your energy, lower your productivit... more...