Types of stress:           

Cataclysmic events – Natural disasters, War etc.

Personal stressors – Death of a loved one, illness     

Background stressors – constant but continual low level irritations and problems

How do people deal with stress?

Every single person on this planet is an individual and therefore perceives the world in their own individual way; similarly each person perceives stressful situations in different ways and copes with the stress in their own way.

However as human beings we all deal with stress by the use of coping mechanisms which are atypical to our society.

When faced with Stress we use the following coping strategies to resist the effects of anxiety.

Direct avoidance of the stressor – by moving away from the stressful situation the stress can be lessened.

Information gathering – by learning about the problem the intellectual understanding can give rise to problem solving.

Inhibition of action – freezing or just doing nothing can be the best course of action.

Intra-psychic or palliative coping – by changing the internal environment with the use of drugs, drinking, smoking, eating, nail biting or engaging in meditation etc. are used to cope

Turning to others – asking for advice from friends and workmates e.g mobilizing a network of social support. Asking for assistance from a professional stress consultant, Psychotherapist or counsellor.   

Used in the correct way each of these coping strategies has some effect, however some are in themselves negative choices as they rely on unhealthy or inappropriate behaviour to be effective.

The use of these coping strategies will long term actually cause more stress than they reduce.

 

What are you going to do if stress becomes a problem at your work or home?

Stress can become a problem within your home or work place in several different ways;

 Causes of direct stress related symptoms:

1.Direct result of imbalances in life.

2.Pressures from different areas of your life, emotional, financial, sexual, relationships, family and friends

3.External pressures such as Bereavement, trauma, divorce etc.

4.Bad or inappropriate coping strategies for dealing with stress ultimately producing stress.

 Resulting indirect effects of stress within the Home or workplace:

1. The impact of someone suffering from stress related symptoms in your environment

 At home – causes arguments, unhappiness and of course in turn produces more stress.

 At work – causes discord within the workplace as members of the workforce suffering from negative stress work less efficiently and have a bad effect upon morale within the work place.

How to avoid the negative effects of stress

Hypnotherapy provides an efficient and effective way of avoiding and treating the effects of negative stress by

Pinpointing stress creating situations within your life or work place.

Learn to identify the signs of negative stress within yourself or work force, family or friends.

Learn how to use coping strategies correctly, using those which are appropriate to the situation and identifying those which are incorrect or not useful to you.

Assistance to successfully remove bad coping strategies from your behaviour patterns.

Learn fast, simple and effective techniques for relaxation and stress relief.

Individual management of personal “high stress” situations e.g. presentations etc

Individual monitoring of stress levels e.g. confidence building

Improving concentration levels and communications skills

Measuring stress levels

In the work place :

Personality Profiling (personality types)

It is always useful to understand who will be a good candidate for any position that is offered

Personality profiling is a very useful tool for assisting with decision making

Advantages are;

When deciding on a person to fit in with the rest of the work force personality profiling gives you character traits , weaknesses and strengths of each personality type , imagine the advantage of realising that one character type will find adjusting to the job difficult yet gel with the work force and become a member of the team, where another will pick up the job and run with it ( all the way to another company within the time it takes to train them).

 

Getting in touch with me:

If it all sounds interesting and not too scary I offer a free initial consultation. why not contact me to book your appointment today ?

Tel. 07940 029 383

 

 

Where is the Hypnotherapy Clinic ?

 

 

Matthew Smale Registered Hypnotherapist No. 81846

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