EPISODE 12 - GENERAL ANTI-STRESS DISPOSITIONS

In the last episode, we talked about the cost of stress to an organization, breaking it down into naira and kobo, also about causes and signs of stress at work. Today we want to look at how to control the stress and live better.

In the first instance, most of the symptoms such as chronic fatigue, headache, high blood pressure, etc should always be investigated by  a medical personnel to make sure there is no underlying disease condition.

But I want to simply list some things we need to do to read our body and see if all is well

1.    Listen to the body- every part of the body is a living entity that can communicate to the entire system about its state of affairs and the communication is mainly via the sensory organs. If the stomach is dirty it can communicate same by emitting some unpleasant odor via the mouth and the sense of smell picks it up. If one is often tired, don’t just drown yourself in tea and coffee, take some time and rest and do some breathing exercises to see if any part of the body will elicit some pain or discomfort.

2.    Seek quality care early and dig to the root cause of the problem.

Do not just self-medicate to reduce the symptoms you feel.  e.g. if your legs get swollen up without any sprain, don’t jump to lasix to drain the water; go and let some tests be conducted to see if any of your body organs is diseased.

3.    Find out the appropriate supplements to take to help you glide through life more easily, a tab of micropirin-aspirin daily, a capsule of ginsomin or other ginseng and selenium based supplement plus others to boost immunity, strengthen your bones and mental efficiency are certainly in order these days that we don’t have time for healthy diets.

4.    Learn to exercise; do the warm ups, take a brief walk, jog or skip. Exercises metabolize stress hormones and enhance the mood. Learn to do belly breathing- sitting down and breathing from the stomach without moving the shoulders and also rotate the shoulders to send more blood and oxygen to the brain..

5.    Always keep the act of relaxation handy and don’t play God as if the world will crumble if you are not there.

6.    Don’t Ignore Problems or Conflicts because they will build up and create more problems for you and establishment. Control your anger all right, but don’t run away from the problem thinking that it will frizzle away with time. Rationalize the issue objectively and find a way to discuss and solve the problem with the appropriate person. Never live on with grudges; it’s not healthy.

7.    Don’t keep wishing you are somebody else or that you belong somewhere else. God has not made a mistake in placing you where you are; you are the one that has found out why you are where you are and play a positive role there.

8.    Let’s learn to be content with our lot, add value to our environment and try always to reward ourselves with recreations and the things that make us happy. For me, trying to build intimacy with my God has smoothened the rough edges of my life; you can try that too.