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Manage stress well to stay fit

Stress is a normal, unavoidable, and necessary process to a certain degree. How a person responds to stress will have a different impact on their overall well-being. Stress contributes directly to psychological and physiological disorders and diseases and affects mental and physical health, reducing the quality of life.

Stress is a person's reaction, both physically and emotionally (mental/psychic), when there is a change in the environment that requires a person to adapt. Our body reacts physiologically and psychologically to all types of stress.

Continued stress can cause a variety of symptoms that may arise, including:

  1. Behavior
    1. an increase or decrease in energy and activity levels
    2. being more sensitive
    3. having difficulty sleeping or resting
    4. crying more often
    5. worrying too much
    6. preferring to be alone most of the time
    7. blaming others for many things
    8. Difficulty communicating or hearing
    9. Difficulty giving or receiving help
    10. Inability to feel pleasure or happiness
    11. Increased use of addictive substances or "drugs

 

  1. Physical
  1. Complaining of abdominal pain or diarrhea
  2. Complaining of headaches and other aches
  3. Loss of appetite or overeating
  4. Excessive sweating
  5. Tremors or twitches

 

  1. Emotions
    1. being overly anxious and fearful
    2. feeling depressed
    3. feeling guilty
    4. being angry
    5. not caring about anything

 

  1. Mind
    1. difficulty remembering things
    2. confusion
    3. difficulty thinking clearly and concentrating
    4. it's hard to make a decision.

 

There are several ways to deal with stress, namely, emotion-focused coping (efforts from individuals to control emotional responses to conditions that are very stressful) and problem-focused coping (efforts to reduce stressful situations by developing abilities or learning new skills to change and deal with a situation, circumstance, or subject matter).

Sustained stress can cause anxiety and depression. Here are some tips to reduce stress, namely: Relaxation can be a way to deal with stress; this method can be easily done at home and does not require expensive costs. Problem solving is the ability to find solutions to all obstacles, and the better you master this skill, the quicker and more effectively the problem will be solved. One of the meditation methods used to train a person to be more focused on what is going on around him and to be able to accept emotions openly while reappraising negative thoughts is mindfulness.

If friends of Hermina have stress-related complaints or disorders, they can see a psychiatric specialist at Hermina Arcamanik Hospital. Download the Hermina Mobile Apps application to facilitate health access and registration at Hermina Arcamanik Hospital.

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