Coping With Stress With The Help Of Mood Enhancers Mar 15, 2010
Stress is an inevitable part of life that everyone – adults, teens, and even children – experiences many times throughout life. Stress can be beneficial by helping people develop the skills they need to cope with and adapt to new and potentially threatening situations throughout life. However, the beneficial aspects of stress diminish when it is severe enough to overwhelm a person’s ability to cope effectively. This is when people most often turn to mood enhancers to help cope with stress.
Strong emotions, jitters, and sadness or depression may all be part of this normal and temporary reaction to the stress of everyday life or most often an overwhelming event(s). But when the symptoms of stress are intense or last too long, it can cause people to feel overwhelmed and have an effect on their ability to cope and even their overall health.
Common stressful reactions can include:
· Disbelief and shock
· Fear and anxiety about the future
· Difficulty making decisions
· Apathy and emotional numbing
· Loss of appetite
· Nightmares and reoccurring thoughts about stressful events
· Anger
· Increased use of alcohol and drugs
· Sadness and depression
· Feeling powerless
· Crying
· Sleep difficulties
· Headaches, back pains, and stomach problems
· Difficulty concentrating
· Difficulty positively interacting with peers
Feeling emotional and nervous or having trouble sleeping and eating can all be normal reactions to low doses of stress. Getting the right care and support or use of mood enhancers can put problems in perspective and help stressful feelings and symptoms subside in a few days or weeks.
Here are some tips for getting the right care and support in difficult times.
· Stay in touch with family. Stay around people who are caring and positive.
· Stay active. Go for a walk or run.
· Get involved. Get involved in activities to support your community.
· Avoid drugs and alcohol. Drugs and alcohol may seem to help with the stress temporarily; in the long run they create additional problems that compound the stress you are already feeling.
· Find support. Ask for help from a parent, friend, counselor, doctor, or pastor. Talk with them about the stress you feel and problems you face.
· Take care of yourself. Get plenty of rest and exercise and eat properly.
· Take a time-out. If you feel stressed, give yourself a break. Allow some down time, even if it is only a 30-second time-out.
· Supplement Mood Enhancers like Happy Pills.
· Practice Breathing Techniques.
Staff – Everythingantiaging.com
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