HOME REMEDIES FOR MANAGING STRESS AND ANXIETY
Stress is something that almost everybody knows, has experienced or is experiencing in his/her life. It’s a feeling of pressure as a result of too much to do and too little time to do it and the brain releasing the stress hormone Cortisol. Sometimes a person gets confused and loses direction when stressed. Cortisol affects many tissues and organs in the body and when too much of it is released, it may present as fatigue, headaches, increased blood pressure, irritability and so on.
It is vital to note that stress is unavoidable but manageable.
It may be caused by events that are positive for instance overjoy when having a new job, marriage, gifts, new house, new baby etc and may equally be as a result of negative events, such as job loss, divorce or death of your beloved family member or friends. This may lead to what is known as Anxiety. Anxiety is that feeling that accompanies stress and typically brings about thinking of something that may happen in the future. For instance when someone loses his wife and is thinking of how the rest of his life without her would be. This sort of thinking may sometimes motivate you or help you respond to danger but it may also become a problem especially when it became frequent and interferes with your daily activities, making it hard to concentrate and move forward.
Tips to manage and control stress and anxiety
To help control stress and anxiety, experiment with these self-help strategies:
Try to have a daily Plan. This will help you to organize your daily tasks and have concentration on each task mindful of sequence and timing.
Relaxation. This will help you refresh and lower your blood pressure.
Try to create time for enough sleep. This will promote your mental health and improve your memory and thinking faculty.
Be active in conversation with your trusted friends. This will relieve you from stress and may also improve the ability to provide solutions to your problem.
Stay physically active. Exercise keeps your body healthy and helps burn off excess energy that stress can produce. Aim for at least 30 minutes of daily exercise.
Eat healthy food.
Avoid drugs, Alcohol and smoking.
Try to be positive and control your emotions
Try setting realistic goals. This would keep you so busy and improve your concentration and prevent disappointments which affect our mental health.
Finally: If things are getting out of hand, please contact your healthcare provider or a mental health professional nearest to you for proper support as these tips are just home remedies. Call us on +234 814 831 8965 or send us an Email at: info@copeandlive.foundation
Abubakar Magaji Yabo
Sarkin Yamman Yabo
Cope and Live Mental Health Awareness Foundation
Sokoto State Focal Person and Director of Programmes, North West
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