Self-Care Activities for Managing Stress

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SELF-CARE ACTIVITIES
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Introduction
Nowadays, with the increase in responsibilities of one’s life there is increase in stress
level. Stress has become the major problem in modern day life and it is inevitable. Stress is
the main cause of many health related issue hence it is necessary to prevent and control for a
better and relaxing life. Therefore, the purpose of the essay is to elaborate the self-care
activities to manage stress situation. This paper predominantly focuses on one of the activity
which helps to build resilience.
Discussion
Stress can be defined in biological or medical context as the emotional, mental or
physical factor that causes mental or bodily pressure and tension. There are many cause of
stress such as pressure due to studies problems, related to work issues, family issues. Stress is
caused due to unhealthy pressure for a longer period of time. We cannot always control the
difficult situation that we face in life, but it is possible to control how efficiently we take care
of ourselves. This is important for developing resilience towards those stresses that is difficult
to eliminate Therefore we should learn how to deal with these stress therefore there are
certain self-care activities for stress which must be practised with regular intervals of time.
The self-care activities help us to take good care of our physical and mental health
and helps us to work more efficiently and effectively. Thus talking good care of health we
can be resilient towards the upcoming challenges and we become less reactive to the stress
we face in life (Wickman et al., 2019). When we take proper care of our body, mind and soul
which keeps us in perfect shape for handling critical stress, which provides more resilience
which helps us manage the uncontrollable stress in life.

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The followings are some of the self-care activities for controlling stress in life.
Maintaining Proper Nutrition- Studies have revealed that having a poor diet can
make us vulnerable to the stresses we face in daily life. It is known that a having stress makes
us more repulsive towards having a healthy diet. When we are busy regarding our works we
find no time for having proper meal and we may have tempted to eat unhealthy food which
can aggravate stress. Hence we must learn to, maintain proper and healthy diet to avoid
stress.
Getting Enough Sleep- Getting enough sleep reduces many problems related to
health issues and for maintaining emotional and physical well-being. Lacking in sleep on a
daily basis would lessen the ability to be productive and to handle stress (Fernandez et al.,
2018).
Meditation- Meditation is the method of focusing for a period of time without
thinking of the external world and worries to gain relaxation and internal peace. Meditation
helps to relax and think more deeply and overcome stress (Jannoo & Khan, 2019).
Exercise Regularly- Exercise is very important for mental and physical health.
Works outs helps our body to release endorphins, which induces happy feelings. It also
supports group motivation and social support. Doing regular exercise becomes a long-term
solution for quick recovery from difficulties and stress (Alavi et al., 2018).
Social Interaction- Social Interaction induces mental stability, as more we involve
with friends and family the less stress we get. Getting involved with good supportive friends
create a positive environment around us which helps to reduce stress and helps to develop
effective listening skills.