Change your lifestyle. At times of stress, we often neglect our diet. Yet eating properly can actually help the body deal with stress better, and will strengthen your immune system. Eating a balanced diet can also help you feel more relaxed and avoid mood swings.
Cut out the junk food and increase your intake of fresh fruit and vegetables. Eat plenty of complex carbohydrates like pasta, rice, noodles or bread, drink lots of fresh water or herbal tea. Whatever you do, avoid caffeine.
Cut out stimulants - caffeine, fizzy drinks, chocolate, alcohol, drugs. Rather than calm you down, these stimulate the nervous system thereby increasing your level of stress. Drinking as few as four or five cups of coffee a day can actually make the body feel as if it is under constant stress.
Take regular exercise:
Physical activity is a great way of relieving pent-up frustrations and aggression. Furthermore, exercise releases tension in muscles, making it easier to relax, and gives your mind a chance to focus on something other than your problems.
Get enough sleep:
At times of stress, sleep patterns are often disturbed. Some people find themselves sleeping less than usual, while others sleep far more than is necessary. If you are stressed, getting enough - but not too much - sleep is essential to your general welfare. Find out how much sleep you need and stick to it. If you are having difficulty sleeping, getting plenty of exercise will be of great benefit.
Take regular lunch breaks:
Always make time to leave the office - even if it's just for a quick walk. Ideally you should aim to take at least 40 minutes 'time out' from each working day - remember you are legally entitled to a lunch hour.
Control technology:
While new technology has many obvious benefits, in the working world it now means we can be better monitored while at work.
Devices such as the laptop and the mobile phone also mean that for many of us the working day never really stops - even when we are off ill, or on holiday.
If technology is getting you down, then the answer is simple, don't let it. Switch off your mobile phone outside working hours, don't take your laptop out on the journey to and from home, and don't spend your evenings in front of it trying to catch up. ( dailymail.co.uk )
Cut out the junk food and increase your intake of fresh fruit and vegetables. Eat plenty of complex carbohydrates like pasta, rice, noodles or bread, drink lots of fresh water or herbal tea. Whatever you do, avoid caffeine.
Cut out stimulants - caffeine, fizzy drinks, chocolate, alcohol, drugs. Rather than calm you down, these stimulate the nervous system thereby increasing your level of stress. Drinking as few as four or five cups of coffee a day can actually make the body feel as if it is under constant stress.
Take regular exercise:
Physical activity is a great way of relieving pent-up frustrations and aggression. Furthermore, exercise releases tension in muscles, making it easier to relax, and gives your mind a chance to focus on something other than your problems.
Get enough sleep:
At times of stress, sleep patterns are often disturbed. Some people find themselves sleeping less than usual, while others sleep far more than is necessary. If you are stressed, getting enough - but not too much - sleep is essential to your general welfare. Find out how much sleep you need and stick to it. If you are having difficulty sleeping, getting plenty of exercise will be of great benefit.
Take regular lunch breaks:
Always make time to leave the office - even if it's just for a quick walk. Ideally you should aim to take at least 40 minutes 'time out' from each working day - remember you are legally entitled to a lunch hour.
Control technology:
While new technology has many obvious benefits, in the working world it now means we can be better monitored while at work.
Devices such as the laptop and the mobile phone also mean that for many of us the working day never really stops - even when we are off ill, or on holiday.
If technology is getting you down, then the answer is simple, don't let it. Switch off your mobile phone outside working hours, don't take your laptop out on the journey to and from home, and don't spend your evenings in front of it trying to catch up. ( dailymail.co.uk )
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