The natural way to combat stress

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  STRESS is wear and tear of our minds and bodies experiences as we attempt to cope with our continually changing environment.
  Achieve relaxation and combat stress through self help.
  Change your thinking
  v Reframing is one of the powerful and creative stressr educers.It is technique used to change the way you look at the things in ordes to feel better about them.The key of reframing is to recognize that there are many ways to interpret the same situation.
  When faced with stressful situation try to avoid becoming preoccupied with debilitating negative thoughts of powerlessness, dejection ,failure and despair.Try to focus on positives.
  
• Focus on your strength

Learn from the stress you are under
Look for opportunities in the stressful situations
Seek out the positive-make a change.
v Be assertive
The key to assertivness is verbal and non verbal communication. Useful verbal and non verbal assertiveness includes ability to
\ Establish good eye contact,but do not stare.
\ Stand or sit comfortably without fidgeting.
\ Talk in firm steady voices instead of rambling or shouting .
\ Use gesture to empahasize points.
\ Use emphathetic statements of intrest such as what do u think, how do u? Use statements such as I feel, I think
Be concise and to the point. State clearly the message u want the other person to hear.
Other remedies are to get organized either at work or at home,
Humor is a wonderful stress reducer and antidote to upsets,as laughter relieves muscular tension, improves breathing, regulates the heart beat and pumps endorphins-the bodys natural painkiller-into the bloodstream.