Managing Stress during Covid for better Performance
Managing Stress during COVID for better Performance
By Dr.R.D.Mishra
Director,
Greater Noida Productivity Council
Frm Director & Head, National Productivity Council, GOI
rdmishra1234@gmail.com
What is Stress?
Stress is a physical, mental, or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension. Stresses can be external from the environment, psychological, social situations, internal illness, or physical factors. There is hardly any person who does not feel the heat of Stress, particularly these days common people are under high Stress due to the spread of Corona virus & uncertainty of medicine. Yet Stress could not be precisely defined by Medical Science.
Stress is an umbrella term for a comprehensive catalogue of words that includes Anxiety, Tension, Arousal, Conflict, Pressure, Fatigue, Panic, Upset, Nervousness etc. By Dr.R.D.Mishra
In fact, Stress is a permanent companion of all living human beings in all stages of life. Only dead don’t have stress. Simply Stress is a discomfort either to physical or mental state of a living being.
What causes Stress?
On this experts are not on common opinion. There are numerous reasons of causing stress. In medical Science STRESS is “the pressure of Stimulus which cannot be tolerated” becomes Stress. Acceding to famous psychologist Phill Burger external circumstances and events do not create the mental pressure. Our reaction towards them perturbs our mental balance due to which body reactions starts, which are termed as FIGHT or FLIGHT Syndrome .Either we fight with Stress or get away from Stress
The World Health Organization stated stress has become a ‘World Wide Epidemic’ Study reveals that In India 72% of Population living under Stress….Japanese 82% of population live under Stress.
Stress leads to DISEASE, It is nothing but DIS-EASE
Effects of Stress.
Following Effects of Stress are common, which gives an adverse effect on Health.
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1 Physical symptoms and effects (fast heartbeat, perspiration, nail biting, fast breathing, sweating) etc.
2. Emotional symptoms and effects (anger, agitation, anxiety, depression)
3. Mental symptoms and effects (confusion, haste, clutter, memory loss)
4. Behavioural symptoms and effects (irritability, violent, withdrawal, shouting) etc
How to Manage Stress?
There are no fixed solution or remedy, however following three fold techniques are recommended for Stress Management
- Life style changes technique
What causes Stress in a person; person can himself/herself introspect
Identify and medicate through changes in life style, like;
a) Nutrition and Health Management
b) Sleep and life style modification
c) Time Management,/ activities Management
- Add Laughter in your life
- Using imagery
- Listen music of your choice
- Relaxation/Recreation
- Anger management
2. Progressive relaxation technique
. . .a technique used to induce nerve-muscle (neuromuscular) relaxation.
…Yoga is a form of Progressive relaxation technique
Following forms of Yoga is beneficial
- TAAD ASAN b)KONE ASAN
- PRANAYAM d) ANULOM VILOM
- NADI SHODHAN f) KAPAL BHATI
- BHRAMAHARI, and many more
- Physiological Interventions technique
Exercise is a physiological intervention that uses stress Products so they are not able to affect your health negatively.
Any type of Exercise, which burns Calorie, is recommended. Some forms of Exercise are as such;
- Swimming–lap swimming –aqua dynamics
b)Rope Jumping c) Bicycling d) Walking –Brisk walking – race walking e) Jogging etc
So Stress has become integral part of human being. It is said too low Stress and too high stress are harmful. One should take care of Effective Stress Management programme so as to live a long healthy life, perform better, less likelihood of depression, and an overall improvement in quality of life.*******
