The avoidance of aggravating factors vary for everyone. What one stressed out individual avoids, another turns to as a cure. But what we will always be capable of fighting back.
No matter what the situation or what our personality is like, we are all, without exception, capable of fighting back and beating stressors. However, depending on how we live, the fight to get on top of things can be made easier or harder. Our diet, activities and mindset are all linked to how well we can handle with stressful situations. One major contributor to feeling more stressed is not sleeping enough, and it is a vicious cycle. When we feel stressed, we find it harder to fall asleep. Then, when we wake up from a bad night, we are not rested and feel the effects of stressors far more easily. So it is super important to switch off and try to engage in a routine to aid your sleeping. Therefore, we also need to look at our diet. When we’re feeling stressed out and only half switched on, we start to look for ways to stay awake and give us energy fast; sugary drinks and food as well as caffeinated drinks. But these also create a horrible cycle of dependency; we use them to stay awake, then they stop us from sleeping and so the next day we’ll be back at it with a sugary breakfast, too much coffee and some energy drinks to finish up. Stressful situations will also feel inescapable if we are already feeling under pressure. If we’re worried about an ongoing project at the office, it is really sensible then to go and sit in an hour of traffic. Whilst the rest is sitting, waiting patiently for it to move, we’ll be there with our fingers dug into the steering wheel and wanting to scream. Not a great way to end the day. The avoidance of aggravating factors vary for everyone. What one stressed out individual avoids, another turns to as a cure.
