The Top 5 Strategies for Reducing or Managing Stress
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What are some of the strategies for reducing or managing stress?
Stress is a topic which seems to surface in more and more conversations. "He stressed me out, I was so stressed I forgot her name, the stress around here is too much, and I thrive on stress" are just some of the common expressions. It can be considered a topic which is woven deeply into the social and economic fabric of any country. Stress is first and foremost a necessary part of our lives. Without it, boredom sets in, and on the other hand, too much of it can be overwhelming and exhausting. Stress can be defined as the non-specific response of the body to any demand made on it when external demands exceed resources.
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This Solution discusses some of the techniques that therapists can use to help clients who are experiencing psychological stress. The strategies discussed here can be used together with other techniques as a therapist would deem fit, but they would work just right if used alone.
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Top 5 Psychological Strategies for Reducing Stress
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Stress is a topic which seems to surface in more and more conversations. "He stressed me out, I was so stressed I forgot her name, the stress around here is too much, and I thrive on stress" are just some of the common expressions. It can be considered a topic which is woven deeply into the social and economic fabric of any country. Stress is first and foremost a necessary part of our lives. Without it, boredom sets in, and on the other hand, too much of it can be overwhelming and exhausting. Stress can be defined as the non-specific response of the body to any demand made on it when external demands exceed resources.
The top 5 psychological strategies for reducing or managing stress include biofeedback, progressive muscle relaxation, meditation, cognitive restructuring and hypnosis.
Biofeedback
The term biofeedback refers to the technique of using equipment, usually electronic, to reveal to people some of their internal physiological events, normal and abnormal, in the form visual and auditory signals, in order to teach them to manipulate these otherwise involuntary or unfelt events by manipulating the displayed signals (Basmajian, 1979).
Biofeedback is a complementary and alternative medicine technique in which you learn to control bodily functions, such as your heart rate, using your mind. With biofeedback, you're connected to electrical sensors that help you measure and receive information (feedback) about your body (bio). The biofeedback sensors teach you how to make subtle changes in your body, such as relaxing certain muscles, ...
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