What is Stress Management and Why it is Important.
                     What is Stress Management 
and Why it is Important?
STRESS MANAGEMENT
• Stress management is a wide spectrum of techniques and psychotherapies 
aimed at controlling a person's level of stress, especially chronic stress, usually 
for the purpose of and for the motive of improving everyday functioning. 
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REASONS WHY YOU NEED TO MANAGE YOUR STRESS
Health
• Stress has a quantifiable impact on your body and health. Stress is found to be 
a component to heart disease, diabetes, ulcers, impotence and a decreased 
sexual drive. 
• Managing your stress can mean a longer, happier and healthier life.
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Work
•  Chronic stress at work can lead to decreased productivity, being skipped over 
for raises or advancements and impaired work relationships. 
• Managing your stress where you likely spend most of your waking hours can 
make you a better employee, co-worker or supervisor.
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Parenting
•  There is no parent on the planet who doesn't experience some level of stress. 
Being able to manage your stress can make you a more effective and happier 
parent.
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Relationships
• When you are stressed, your relationships will most certainly be impacted. It's 
difficult to spend time with loved ones when you are overwhelmed by stress.
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Improves communication process
• When stress levels are high, there is a negative effect on communication. 
Employees won’t discuss jobs between individuals. 
• However, effective stress management skill helps to identify a problem and 
resolve it, which strengthens the communication process.
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HOW TO IMPROVE STRESS MANAGEMENT SKILLS
Identify the sources of stress and prioritize
• The first step towards improvement of stress management skills is to be able to 
identify the source causing it. 
• Once identified, make a priority list and tackle the stressors one at a time. 
Being more organized sometimes helps in relieving part of the stress.
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Motivate yourself to find solutions
• There are many ways you can boost up your morale for managing stress. 
However, if the stressors are completely out of your control, you must be able 
to remind yourself and be okay with the fact that there is nothing you can do.
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Manage stress through exercise
• Take care of your physical health by eating healthy, avoiding excessive sugar 
and, most of all, exercising regularly. 
• Learn yoga as well as other exercises for muscle relaxation. This will help you 
manage your physical responses to a stressful situation.
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