STRESS MANAGEMENT Some simple facts about Stress Management Symptoms Need For Stress Management
Excessive stimulation of the Sympathetic nervous system during stress has to be countered by enhancing Parasympathetic activity. Stress Management techniques are self- regulating to enhance Parasympathetic activity. Stress Management technique is centered on correct breathing. Physiologically it decreases SNS stimulation and increases PSNS activity. This counters the opposite tendencies associated with habitual rapid and superficial breathing. Breathing regulates subtle systems of the brain and
is co-ordinated with the rest of the physiology through the various plexus (chakras) of
the body. Ultimately what matters is the correction applied to the system to counter the
deficient oxygen supply that affects vital organs. Breathing muscles get strengthened,
enhance lung functions and increase pulmonary ventilation, increase breathing capacity and
make the vital organs copiously supplied with oxygen. Breathing connects body, mind and
spirit. By learning Stress Management, prone patients can
save on huge treatment costs and immeasurable suffering. By actively involving in self
-care and personal well being, prevention of Coronary Heart Disease and other severe
diseases is possible. Stress Management contributes to positive health behaviour and is an
effective tool to combat stress pathology afflicting modern high speed and machine aided
lifestyle. Stress management must form part of the work culture since most management
genuinely care about their staff, as they are serious about giving quality service to
their customers. Let us note the typical symptoms of stress. Headaches and back pains are symptoms of muscle tension. People suffering from severe back pain and migraine report inability to concentrate on thinking and their work output suffers in terms of quality and quantity. We do come across colleagues who show their stress reactions. They react emotionally with irritation, aggression or helplessness. We can perceive their mental blocks at the time of their stressful behaviour. Stress has adverse effect on hormonal secretions leading to coronary and circulatory problems, immune system failures. Company's work output suffers due to absenteeism, sickness, irritable reactions, fatigue and lack of concentration. Work stress can not be avoided. But people can learn to balance work and play, learn to cope with stress, recognize stress symptoms in time by self-inspection and guard themselves from falling sick. Prevention of disease, longevity, and continuous
growth in all areas of life are dependent upon how balanced is our thinking and how we
maintain inner peace in spite of external disturbances. Increasing our resistance to
infectious diseases is possible by moving our Pranic energy consciously in different parts
of our body. Society is changing very fast with information explosion, business competition, and impersonal relationship between people with selfish pulls and counterpulls everywhere. Stressful behaviour cuts across all layers of society. Rising incidences of hypertension, sudden heart attacks, ulcer, back pain and many psychosomatic disorders are indicators of the state of modern stressful lifestyle. Work speed and style have changed. Stress is a fact
of life. People would do well to learn stress management rather than falling victim to
excessive stress. People should rejuvenate themselves instead of getting frustrated and
depressed due to inability to cope with work stress. Companies would do well to sponsor
their executives to our stress management program. Stress is a health risk. It is as bad
or even worse than smoking. Company bosses and administrators are prone to high stress due
to very severe demand on their time and their services, due to poor infrastructure support
and overall decline in standards. By simply hoping, stress effect will not disappear.
Something worthwhile must be done to get rid of stress from time to time. People turn to
cigarettes, alcohol, coffee, drugs, and beverages whenever they are highly stressed. These
are not only harmful but are not the right stress relievers. They actually increase the
risk of heart disorders, brain strokes and kidney failures, may not be instantaneously but
over a period of time. Stress management program has actually helped many to reduce risk
of adult onset of diabetes, stroke, cardiac disorders, osteoporosis, cancer etc. Hence the
correct approach is to learn coping skills by attending stress management program. With all our intelligence why should we be comfortably unhappy? The answer is, we need soft skills to deal with stress and emotive intelligence to pre-empt stress. Even a great doctor with full knowledge of the anatomy and stress pathology, a wizard in diagnosing in a split second may be drowning his tension in alcohol, getting his anger out on his family and driving his staff mad with his tantrums. Doctors run between various places to meet appointments, to meet commitments and hence, they are themselves stressed. They are faced with too much of demand, lack of private time, poor infrastructure and therefore they are unable to spend quality time with their family. If a doctor gets stressed up, his decisions could go wrong and ultimately the patients could stand to lose. Look at any executive trying to transmit stress to all under him as a result of his tension dumped on to him by his wife or his boss or a particular situation. If we catch the real culprit, we can catch the source of all diseases. Stress is at the root of every mindset. Mind alone is the cause for bondage and liberation.. We need to understand our mindware as much as we understand computer software. You will endorse that a healthy mind is a must for a healthy body. An office that starts daily with a mass meditation
for twenty minutes will save a lot of productive time and increase quality work output.
Many giant multinationals are doing this with remarkable success. Come, help yourself and
your friends to relieve stress and to learn coping skills. |
