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Before we dive into the details, let’s break down some of the major myths about what anxiety and stress are, and how they are already affecting you without you even being aware of the psychological complications. When people imagine anxiety, they think of a person in a heightened state of unrest, shivering, perhaps palpitating, stammering and unable to form coherent sentences.
Yes, all of that definitely is stressful and can disable you from giving your best performance, anxiety also lies in the day-to-day tasks that we tend to ignore and dismiss. From the everyday employee squabble to back-to-back presentations, meetings, and conferences, running businesses or even being part of one is hardly a joke.
While easily-dismissed, prolonged everyday irritants can turn into physical and mental ailments, and make daily tasks an absolute nuisance! Lucky for you, we have narrowed down all the major way you can exponentially reduce the stress in your life. All you have to do is to tweak into your life the following changes.
- Sleep more and sleep well. This is perhaps the most crucial of all the advice we have to offer to reduce stress and anxiety. This is particularly necessary for a corporate setting where people continuously seem to be dismissive of a good night’s For some reason, depriving yourself of one of your basic needs and overdosing on caffeine to cope with it seems to be the norm.
And adults need an average of about eight to nine hours of sleep, and while you can definitely function on less, it significantly hinders your overall productivity, performance, cognitive abilities and long-term memory and judgment. This can lead to an exponential amount of daily unrest –one that is not only unnecessary but also easily-avoidable. So find a good mattress to cater to the needs of your body, perhaps check out the tempurpedic reviews, and sleep.
- Take a deep breath. This advice gets thrown around so much it has stopped holding value –but hear us out because it matters. Every time you find yourself needing a break, or taking a walk or gathering some fresh air, do not forget to take a deep, fulfilling breath. Go on, you can practice right now. In through your nose, hold it in for a few seconds, and out through your mouth.
This may seem inconsequential but it essentially offers a distraction from all the cluttering in your head, allows you to focus on your physical body and your surroundings instead. Moreover, when stressed, our body forgets to breathe as efficiently because our muscles clench up –as you can probably tell, this is not good if prolonged. So go on, take a deep breath!
- Reduce your caffeine intake! You may need that extra cup of coffee so that you can stay more alert during that presentation, but consume it every day and you have a recipe for dependence. Now, caffeine-dependence is not only bad for you because, in the long run, your body experiences painful withdrawal symptoms. It is bad because you definitely do not need to be alert all the time every single day either.
Unnecessary everyday caffeine-induced alertness can make you edgy, uptight and unable and your muscles unable to relax. Remember, your muscles are everywhere- your legs, your stomach, your shoulders, your hands. So the next time you find yourself stiffening your shoulders or shaking your legs, unable to sit still-you know what to do.
