Frequent stress can even undermine good health if you do not learn to cope with it. Unfortunately, it is not always possible for a person to turn to a professional psychologist in difficult moments, so you should remember several features of correct behavior during stress and use them.
Instructions
Step 1
Don't panic and try to assess the situation soundly. For example, you made a mistake while doing your job and received a reprimand from your boss. Think, is your mistake really that terrible and worth the painful experience? Wouldn't it be better to accept this negative experience, as well as the fact that all people are wrong, and then move on to more important work projects? In general, try to take any failure only as a lesson to be understood and remembered.
Step 2
Try to separate yourself from the cause of the stress. If your boss brings you to nervous breakdowns every day, change jobs. When faced with rudeness in a store, public transport or on the street, try to cut off communication as soon as possible and in general any contact with the person annoying you. Stressful situations are especially dangerous when you are driving. If some reckless driver cuts you off, deliberately interferes with driving, honks, chases, slow down, or even park and wait until he leaves.
Step 3
Try to get rid of fear, anxiety and other negative emotions with the help of a special psychological defense technique. Close your eyes and concentrate on your breathing. Breathe in, and clean, fresh air rushes into your body. Exhale and negative emotions leave you. Imagine a light breeze blowing through your heart, taking with it pain, fear, excitement and leaving lightness and emptiness. This method is very effective for stress and even for panic attacks, however, it is important to remember that the state of ease and calmness must be consolidated, without letting stress overwhelm you.
Step 4
If the source of stress is a person or group of people with whom you cannot immediately break off contact, try to reduce the importance of them. For example, when your boss scolds you, mentally place a soundproof glass wall between you or bottle him up like a genie. When speaking to an audience, pretend that your listeners are babies in diapers, helpless, unable to harm. By the way, the offender can also be mentally dressed in diapers and remind yourself that an adult should behave calmly with unintelligent babies.
