Stress Less, Live More: Proven Techniques for Stress Management
There is no great need to define or explain stress because we all experience it nearly every day. It is an unavoidable fact of life. In fact, we need stress to complete our tasks and therefore often term it as positive stress. When a batsman walks out to the crease, he will naturally have stress but his success depends on how he manages it during his stay in the middle.
At some level, we all intuitively understand what makes one stressor more serious or crippling than another. Stressor is nothing but the thing or situation that triggers stress.
- The severity of the stressor
- How long it lasts
- Its timing
- How closely it affects our lives
- How expected it is
- How controllable it is
Signs and symptoms of Stress
Physical
- Muscle tension
- Rapid heart beat
- Problems sleeping
- Shallow breathing
- Sexual problems
- Headaches
- High blood pressure
- Feeling sick or dizzy
- Chest pain
Cognitive
- Difficulty concentrating
- Overestimating the scale of perceived problems
- Pessimism
- Poor judgment
- Racing thoughts
- Constant worrying
- Underestimating our ability to manage problems
- Emotional
- Worried
- Depressed
- Angry
- Impatient
- Anxious
- Irritable
Behavioural
- Uninterested in life
- Difficulty eating well
- Biting your nails
- Snapping at people
- Restlessness
- Being tearful
- Smoking or drinking than usual
CAN TREATMENT HELP?
The effectiveness of psychotherapies on reducing anxiety, stress and phobia is well established. In particular, cognitive behaviour therapy and clinical hypnotherapy have shown the most encouraging results.
RECOMMENDED TREATMENT
The treatment will depend upon some factors including the level of stress you are experiencing. For moderate stress and more severe stress it may be recommended that you need cognitive behaviour therapy and solution focussed brief therapy and stress management programme.
HOW EFFECTIVE IS OUR TREATMENT?
Our panel has highly trained and qualified mental health professionals with competence as either cognitive behaviour therapists, clinical hypnotherapists, clinical and counselling psychologists across Kerala mainly in Kochi, Trivandrum, Calicut and Thrissur. They have the necessary skills, competence and experience to help people overcome difficulties after determining the type of disorder and the right approach for that condition.