KEEP CALM...!
STRESSED? Stress can be caused by all sorts of things, from the predictable: work/ relationships/moving house scenarios, to the more unusual: my cake won’t rise/I can’t find my favourite underwear/there isn’t anymore cheese in the fridge. It affects us all in different ways and to different extents. Maybe you feel a little tired, or a bit down, or you might be one of the unlucky ones that experience nosebleeds and vomiting due to stress.
THE BLUES National Stress Awareness Day is here to highlight your plight! With autumn and its somber offerings of cold, wet weather and man flu in full swing, it’s a perfect time to raise awareness. 7th November has been marked as the official day, and all of us can take part in some little way.
THE STATS If you do nothing else to contribute to the occasion, take a moment and look around you. Does your work colleague look a little down in the mouth? Is your friend prone to crying? Is your partner more snappy than usual? There may be alternative reasons for these symptoms, but surveys have suggested around 45 million working days are lost every year through stress and anxiety related conditions, with about 12 million adults seeking doctors help with mental illnesses each year, most of which are stress related.
MOTIVATE OR HINDER? Sometimes stress can motivate us, making us start the essay we’ve been putting off, or ask the girl out on the tube we’ve seen looking at us intermittently for the last three weeks. But often, it’s not motivational, it’s unpleasant. So why not make your aim for National Stress Awareness Day to identify which colleagues are looking a little worse for wear, and bake a cake for your co-worker, or give them a hug (if they are willing), organise a surprise meal for your partner, offer to babysit for your friend.
RAOK Or if you are feeling super sociable, how about an RAOK – a Random Act of Kindness. Tell a stranger you love what they are wearing, or randomly give someone a bunch of flowers. Then, when you end up feeling a little stressed yourself, some kind person may return the favour and your faith in humanity will be restored.
RELAX! If you suffer from stress yourself, try having a nap (work permitting), making more time for hobbies like drawing, painting, baking, whatever it is that makes you stop and slow down. Sing along to the radio at full volume, be silly, daydream! In the words of the late journalist Sydney J Harris: “The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it�. Make time to deal with stress this year.
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