HOW TO EFFECTIVELY COPE WITH STRESS

HOW TO COPE EFFECTIVELY WITH STRESS
Sure-Fire Ways of Dealing With Stressful Situations

Feeling stressed? It seems people are always looking for ways to deal with stress. What is stress? What are the dangers of stress? How can people reduce stress?

Stress if one of the most common conditions affecting people today. The fact that it is common may lead some to doubt its seriousness. This would be a mistake, since stress can be an extremely serious challenge, if left untreated or unmanaged.

What is Stress?

The American Psychological Association (APA) divides stress into three categories: acute, episodic acute, and chronic. According to the APA, acute stress is the most common condition, with episodic acute and chronic stress carrying the most serious health risks.

Acute stress, explains the APA, is the body’s natural reaction to “demands and pressures of the recent past and anticipated demands and pressures of the near future.”

The American Academy of Physicians (AAFP) says that the “feelings of stress” stems from the body’s “instinct to defend itself” and that this instinct is quite handy in emergencies, such as “getting out of the way of a speeding car.”

While even acute stress can, depending on the person’s health, be problematic, the most serious problems arise with episodic acute stress or chronic stress. Episodic acute stress is when a person lives on a roller coaster, going from one stressful situation to the next. Chronic stress is continual physiological arousal, and is the most dangerous condition.

How Does Stress Affect Health

The AAFP explains that unmanaged/and/or excessive stress puts your body in overdrive. “Your body is working overtime, with no place to put all the extra energy,” says the AAFP’s website. “This can make you feel anxious, afraid, worried, and uptight.”

Indeed, excessive stress can cause a number of health problems, including:

Tension
Headache (even migraines)
Depression
Sleeplessness
High blood pressure
Weight loss or gain

Ways of Dealing With Stress

What are some ways that a person can reduce stress? The following approaches will help a person manage and reduce stress in his or her life.

l. Consult a Physician – Stress treatment must begin with professional, medical advice. Anyone with stress symptoms or challenges should make an appointment with a doctor as soon as possible to discuss their situation.

2. Study Stress – Arm yourself with knowledge. Read what the National Institute for Health, the American Psychological Association, The American Academy of Family Physicians, and other professional organizations have to say about stress. Become an expert.

3. Exercise Daily – Stress experts almost universally agree that one of the most important ways a person can reduce stress is consistent, daily exercise. Consult with your physician about an exercise plan.

4. Eat Healthy – A person’s diet affects his or her chemical balances. If you want your insides to work properly, you must put the right food and drink into your system. At a minimum, that means no smoking and little to no alcohol. You should also cut back on sodas. Consult your physician for a more detailed and personalized diet plan.

5. Take Control – Be proactive in your life. Set goals. Manage your priorities and your time. Don’t live in “reactive” mode. Think and plan ahead. Take control of your life.

Consulting with a health professional, studying up on stress, incorporating exercise and a proper diet into one’s lifestyle, and taking charge of one’s life—all these things will give a person an advantageous position over stress. This multi-pronged approach will not only help reduce stress. It will also help improve one’s health and confidence.

http://personaliltymooddisorders.suite101.com/article.cfm/how_to_effectively_cope_with... THE CALIFORNIAN, CARPATHIA AND THE TITANIC

15l7 people had perished in 1912 because of the sinking of the TITANIC. Off
Canada’s NEW FOUNDLAND.

The SENATE COMMITTEE criticized the Captain of the boat CARPATHIA for not helping the sinking TITANIC.

The CONGRESS gave the CARPATHIA the Medal of Honor for saving the people as best as she could.

Which now specific person is to blame them (the TITANIC) was told three different times of ice; she didn’t heed the warning.

The CALIFORNIAN had the same concerns as the TITANIC. The CALIFORNIAN saw the signals of distress coming from the sinking ship. They concluded that if the CARPATHIA had seen the signals earlier she could have same more or all of the people on board the ship.

Eight other ships were in the vicinity of the TITANIC. The OLYMPIC was the furthest away.

The passengers of the TITANIC saw the light of an unknown boat. This was the CALIFORNIAN which was less than 20 miles away.

If they had filled up the boats on the sinking ship a lot more people could have been saved. The life boats could carry up to 1176 people but the boats were not even half way full.

There weren’t any kind of distress signal for the passengers on the TITANIC to alarm them. It was about 20 minutes later before any kind of warning was sounded.

The crew was insufficient with the rules as they have only been through the drill only once.

The TITANIC was sailing with both sides of ice between them.

The light of the sinking ship was clearly visible to the CALIFORNIAN.

The distress signal was ignored from the TITANIC. And it was said that the CALIFORNIAN was a lot closer than 29 miles away.

They have concluded that the Captain of the CALIFORNIAN was in gross misconduct.

The wireless operator of the CALIFORNIAN did not wake up the Captain until 3:30 A.M. April 15. The TITANIC had been firing distress signals all night long. She had sunk during the night. If proper assistance had been taken they might have been able to be have been saved.

If the official distress signal had been sent the OLYMPIC at 6:16 P.M. and to the J.A. HUGES, also, the TITANIC they could have towed her to safety.

They had been firing distress signals through the night. The (TITANIC) had sunk during the nighttime hours. Had proper assistance been taken they might have been able to save all the people on board.

Some information had been sent earlier to the (OLYMPIC) around 6:16 P.M. Had this information been sent, also, to the J.A. HUGHES, the ship could have been towed to shore.

Since the sinking of the (TITANIC) it has been made mandatory that ships carrying over 100 passengers must have 2 search lights aboard.

The committee gave (Captain Rostron) of the (Carpathia) the highest medal awarded in trying to save the (TITANIC) and all the passengers and crew on board.