Perez - Unwind Your Mind: 10 Minute De-stress Strategies to Live a Stress-Free Life

Chapter1 - Stress and its Different Types

Areyou feeling blue lately? Do you feel like your responsibilities are already toomuch for you to handle? Do you prefer to stay alone because you no longer wantto go out there and you feel like there is nothing that can make you happy? Ifyou answered yes to these questions, then there is a great possibility thatstress is already taking control of your body, mind and emotions, and you areon your way towards suffering from severe depression if you dont do somethingabout it.

Stressis normal. It is part of life. Note that you can never expect to be happy allthe time. There will always be things that wont go as planned, and this maycause you to experience stress. While there are normal stress levels, there arealso those that are beyond normal. Some experience too much stress that theyalready find it hard to function normally. Things that they find interestingbefore no longer interest them that much now.

Theirrelationships with their family, partners and their co-workers are alsodrastically affected, especially because they are already irritable. If youfeel like your stress is already going beyond normal, then you have to dosomething about it. You cant allow stress to control your life. You cantallow it to develop into severe depression, which can prevent you from makingthe most out of your life.

The first step to managing stress is to identify itsdifferent types. Understanding the different types of stress can help youdetermine the specific type that affects you, thereby helping you find the mostappropriate way to deal with it. Check out the following to help you learn moreabout the different types of stress and how each one affects your life.
Acute Stress
This is the most common type of stress. It usually results from thepressures and demands of the recent past, as well as the pressures and demandsof the future that the sufferer has already anticipated. The good news is thisis only short-term, and with proper management, you can easily overcome it.

Most Common Signs

• Emotional distress, which is usually characterized by muscular problems, such as tension headache, jaw and back pain, and muscle tensions
• Bowel, gut and stomach problems
• Irritability, depression and anxiety

Episodic Acute Stress

This is often characterized by suffering from acutestress on a more frequent basis. Sufferers of this type of stress often havedisordered lives. They seem to be always in a rush, but they still come latemost of the time.

Most Common Signs

• Over-aroused
• Often feel anxious and tense
• Irritable
• Short-tempered
• Persistent migraines and tension headaches
• Chest pain

Chronic Stress

This form of stress tends to wear its sufferers outevery day. It is already an extremely severe form of stress that it is capableof destroying ones life, mind and body if left unmanaged. It also haslong-term effects. It is the kind of stress often experienced by people becauseof poverty, being in a dysfunctional family or an unhappy marriage, or workingon a career that they dont like. It often happens when someone cant seem tofind a way to get out of an extremely miserable situation

Most Common Signs

• Being violent
• Having suicidal thoughts
• Depressed
• Depleted mental and physical resources

Ofthe three forms of stress, the last one, the chronic type, is the mostdifficult to manage and treat. However, with proper guidance, it is possible toget out of that miserable situation. You can manage stress and get back thehappy life that you once had. All it takes is dedication, commitment and theguidance and support of the right people.

Learnmore about stress and how you can finally beat it by reading the next chaptersof this book.