Can Thinking Manage Stress?
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We would all like to see our stress just disappear like magic. But, those of us who are more logical, understand that this isn't going to happen in the near future. There are many stress management approaches everyone can use. They will help protect themselves from the effects of stress on the body, mind and emotions. Have you ever thought about how your thinking can effect stress?
You have probably realized that how you react to a situation can actually increase or dissipate your level of stress. But, have you imagined that your patterns of thinking might be able to have an impact on how you manage stress?
Some people are extremely critical of themselves and even others. They have a negative way of thinking about things, other people and themselves. This less than positive way of thinking can and does effect the intensity of your stress. It will also influence the amount of unhappiness that we relate with the stress in our lives. Negative thoughts about what is happening to us can have a damaging effect on our self-confidence and our self-image. By practicing negative thinking, we can also become distracted from developing real solutions to the problems that stress us out.
If negative thinking can create damaging effects on the way we react to the situations in our lives, what could constructive thinking do for our ability to manage stressful situations?
Self-talk (the thoughts that run through your head) may be either negative or positive in nature. They are automatic thoughts and can come from logic and reasoning or from bad perceptions that we have developed due largely to past experiences. Individuals who have normally negative thoughts in their head are more likely to display a less than optomistic outlook on life. And, they are likely to approach stress in a less than positive fashion. A person who has normally positive thoughts in their head are much more likely to be an optimistic individual. That is much more likely to be able to manage the stress in life in a positive and healthy manner.
Researchers believe that individuals who regularly practice positive self-talk benefit in healthful ways. These may include: having lower occurance of colds and flu, improved general over-all health, a reduced risk for heart disease, easier breathing if you are a person with lung problems such as asthma the ability to cope better when faced with stress.
It is reasonable that if our brains control all the functions of our body that thinking can control how we handle stress. We have many choices in life and how we think is one of them. Given the choice, most people should decide to think in positive ways. Especially when they discover that there are health benefit to doing so.
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