Stress Relief: Cope with Stress by Expressing Emotions

Talking, crying, sobbing, sighing, bawling, squalling, groaning, moaning, grunting, protesting, scolding, yelling, screaming, etc., in response to an upsetting event or situation, are some of the common healthful ways by which we express painful emotions. To do this, one must be aware of his inner emotions (‘I am aware that I am angry at this person’ ); be willing to admit them to himself and others (‘I am so mad at him that I want to wring his neck!’); and be able to express them in an appropriate manner (‘I am mad at you because of the nasty comment you made about me.’).

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Stress Relief: What is Mid-life Crisis?

We read elsewhere how buried painful emotions can resurface later and cause double whammy. In mid-life crisis, it is not the buried emotions that resurface but buried desires, dependency needs, cravings, wishes and yearnings from our childhood days which were not met. When this happens, one experiences an intense need to fulfill those unmet needs and desires. Usually, this is triggered by a seemingly insignificant event. The consequences, though, could be great and often disastrous. Most men and women having affairs in their mid-forties are going through their mid-life crises.

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Stress Relief: Cope with Stress by Emergency Burying

In an emergency situations, we are able to bury our emotions in the hidden mind so that we could deal with it effectively. Once the bad event is over, he brings up the emotions from the hidden mind, breaks down and expresses them out by talking, crying, sobbing, etc. Many heroes you read about in newspapers coped with sudden crises like this.

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Stress Relief: Cope with Stress by Canceling Out Painful Emotions

People with good coping skills are able to make painful emotions disappear from their mind by using one or more of several mental mechanisms listed below. People raised in functional, healthy families learn from their parents, relatives, teachers, pastors, siblings and other important people in their life many of these ‘tricks’ which help them to cope better. They also learn from reading books and religious scriptures how to cancel-out painful emotions.

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Stress Relief: What is ‘Acting -out’?

There are several meanings to this phrase. The basic meaning is that instead of speaking out his feelings, one is acting them out. In its grossest form it means that a person is showing his emotions in the form of an overt action or behavior. One might slam the door, throw a book, crash a car, break a window, put a hole through a wall, spit on face, and what not to show his anger. Acting-out is an immature way of expressing one’s painful emotion. Children mostly act out. Adults are supposed to speak-out.

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Stress Relief: What happens in Premenstrual Tension Syndrome (P. M. S)?

Many women of child bearing age suffer from what is called premenstrual syndrome. A few days before their menstruation they develop a variety of symptoms such as irritability, hostility, depression, mood swings anxiety, tension, agitation and many more. Immediately after the menstruation, these symptoms disappear or ease up. These women go on a fruitless search for a hormonal cure for their problem. The medications that have been found to be most helpful are certain antidepressant medications clearly indicating that chemical changes in the brain have something to do with their symptoms.

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Stress Relief: Manage Stress by Managing Emotional Health and Managing Money

Managing emotional health:

This entire Catogory is about managing painful emotions. To avoid repetition, I will give here only the bare essentials; Raise your awareness about your inner emotions; learn to express them appropriately; never let yourself be trapped in a life problem; learn to cancel-out emotions on a daily basis. By managing one’s emotions well, one could effectively avoid all stress related disorders we read about before. Besides good emotional health is essential for us to enjoy life to the fullest extent.

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Stress Relief: Definition of Stress

We will consider a little background information to give some rigour to the term we have been using—stress. Living organisms have regular patterns and routines that involve obtaining food breeding, migrating, molting, and hibernating. The acquisition, utilization, and storage of energy reserves (and other resources) are critical to lifetime reproductive success. There are also responses to predictable changes, e.g., seasonal, and unpredictable challenges like storms and natural disasters.

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Stress Relief: What is Stress and How Do We Recognize It?

Open the papers, watch the news on TV or read any general interest magazine and you will find some discussion on the ‘tensions’ or ‘stress’ that we face in this fast-paced computer age. Pseudo-science masquerading as solid scientific research is used to sell merchandise to relieve stress. From yogurt’ to ‘yoga’ all are touted as magic remedies to rid the body of toxins generated due to stress. The only thing that seems to work here is the money machine for the sellers! Here we will try to clear the air about what exactly constitutes stress, why it is bad and what it actually leads to.

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