Mentalfitness

Stress is a natural state of an organism, developed by evolution, as a reaction to a danger or a difficult situation. It mobilizes all the resources of the body and helps develop effective protection for it. With stress in the blood, the concentration of certain hormones increases, especially the adrenal hormones - adrenaline and cortisol. The heart rate, respiration increases, the metabolism is activated.

In other words, stress is a protective mechanism inherited from the animal world.

Does this mean that stress is not dangerous? Not at all. Indeed, not always the level of stress can be adequate to the threat. In addition, prolonged uninterrupted stress, albeit of low intensity, clearly harms the nervous system and the entire body.

Constantly acting stress can lead to various diseases:

• Weakening of immunity,
• Hypertension,
• Heart attack
• Cerebrovascular accident,
• and some others.

To find out the way of getting rid of the stress tormenting you, you should understand its causes. This may be uncertainty about tomorrow, dissatisfaction with social and financial situation, problems in personal life, various phobias.

As a result, the process of regulating the amount of cortisol in the body is disrupted. This leads to fatigue, decreased immunity, changes in the structures of the brain, including those responsible for learning, memory, and emotions.

Therefore, the ability to get rid of stress and relax and resist stress is critical to our survival. Of course, everyone has different ways to control stress. But, importantly, they work.

Meditation

Meditation is a good way to reward yourself for wanting to control your inner and outer. These exercises help to organize thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, calm the mind, relieve tension. Thanks to this, a person gets useful experience and control over attention, reduces the level of discomfort and negative experiences.

Proper meditation strengthens the connections within the brain. It activates and thickens the frontal cortex, thereby reducing the level of stress and you feel better.

Creativity and Sports

Other people turn to creativity or physical activity. Art, music, sports, dancing and yoga have a beneficial effect on immunity, blood pressure, heart rate, cognitive abilities and the general condition of a person.

This effect may be explained by the fact that a person is immersed in a special state of the flow, leaving his head in a new occupation.

You can also get rid of stress through social interactions. You will definitely feel better after meeting friends, family or just playing with your pet.

Therapy

If a person has difficulty with relaxation and cannot relax on his own, he should turn to specially developed techniques and the help of a trainer.

Progressive muscle relaxation is a special system of exercises. First you need to use the main muscle groups, and then take turns to relax each of them.

This method has established to be very effective in reducing stress and physical discomfort. Some doctors help patients connect the imagination and imagine how the muscles become heavy or warm, enhancing the effect of the entire therapy.

In addition, the biological feedback technique, which involves the use of special medical equipment, is widely practiced . The patient is shown on the screen the work of his internal organs - how often the heart beats, how the blood pressure changes, how the brain works. Thanks to visualization, a person receives strong motivation and a sense of control over his own body.