Renee singh
We have discussed earlier how to overcome stress. Today let’s talk about adapting to a stressful situation. We needn’t constantly worry about overcoming or avoiding stress. We also need to address the issue from another angle. We need to accept stress and then just comfortably adapt to it. Very often we are faced with stressful situations, which we can understand are here to stay. It could be in terms of a job you need to keep or a relationship you need to stay on. It could also be any other situation which you feel cannot be changed with immediate effect. If you allow the situation to overwhelm you, it will take you to the level of chronic stress, which is the cause of various health issues. Even speeding the process of stress management is a huge deal. First and foremost we need to apply the following techniques:
Assessing the situation
Firstly, we need to see if a certain situation is causing stress. Is it something you are being able to handle at the moment, or is it something you realize which needs to be dealt with in a certain way to arrive at a position of mental and emotional comfort.
Understanding attitude
The situation which is stressing us is not always in our control but our way of handling it is. We can choose the attitude. Your personal attitude towards the situation will determine how well you are handling the stress.
Examine your thinking process
You have to realise that your thoughts and their recurring patterns are a personal choice, and you are personally responsible for it. We get to realize that we have habitual thinking patterns which are offset by some triggers. We time and again come back to them, keeping ourselves caught up in a circuit of stress.
Accept the challenge
View your situations as a challenge, more than as a threat. It is when you are dealing with your personal situation with an attitude of ease and comfort, that you are attracting only that level of calm into your life. Do not allow the situation to overwhelm you. Let it befriend you.
Change what’s possible
There could be certain aspects to the situation, which you could change. Changes could be on a large scale or a small scale, but they must be targeted.
Life planning
Plan your lifestyle the way you want. You need to prioritize your life. This is essential. Adapting to stress is a wonderful way of dealing with a stressful situation. When you know it’s unavoidable, you can adapt yourself to it and decide along the way as to how and when you can do it. Meanwhile just learn to handle it.
(Singh is a Chandigarh-based psychotherapist)
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