The Stress: Did you know that there are characters that are more prone to anxiety? And it is that the same situation puts on the nerves to some more than others. Discover how you are and what is the best way to manage certain emotions.
A busy pace of life, having everything under control, a thousand things on your mind We have all gone through moments of tension.
However, when it always lives in “emergency mode,” the mind and body may pay a high price because it releases substances into the bloodstream that damage health.
Often, stress cannot be avoided, there will always be pressures, but the solution is not to tolerate it while waiting for the situation to improve, but to learn to deal with it without affecting health.
It is convenient to discover if you have a personality prone to suffering it and know how to recognize the symptoms that alert you that, although you do not realize it, stress is taking its toll on you.
1. 3 Different Attitudes to Facing Yourself With Life
Doctors Meyer Friedman and Ray Rosenman, from Mount Sinai Hospital in San Francisco, California (USA), already determined in the 1960s the existence of 3 personality types (A, B, and C) that mark the propensity of each to suffer stress.
A model that doctors and psychologists continue to use to respond to stress.
Analyze them to see which one you identify with the most:
a. TYPE A: Are you a perfectionist and always in a hurry?
They Are …Type A corresponds to extroverts, ambitious, impulsive, competitive, and perfectionists. They drive in a hurry; they are always watching the clock and worried about the lack of time.
They fly into a rage at the small setback.
This is How They Behave … Some typical behaviors are constant movement, impatience, a tense facial expression. Their conversation is fast, and at high volume, they respond immediately and interrupt frequently.
They often complain a lot.
They Are More Risk … When manifesting stress with anger attacks, some studies show that they are more predisposed to cardiovascular diseases (hypertension, heart attack ), ulcers, and obesity (they eat more to compensate for nervousness).
b. Type B: Do You React Calmly and Cautiously?
So They Are …Personality type B is intermediate, the ideal mode of behavior. It corresponds to people who manage their stress well, and react calmly and prudently. His character is optimistic. This type of nature is a minority.
Soft. They are satisfied with their situation, avoid competitive situations, and rarely complain. Their conversation is slow and low volume; they listen carefully and wait to respond.
Naturally, they are more protected because the levels of hormones such as adrenaline or cortisol only skyrocket in specific situations.
Therefore they do not harm the body since they are usually in an optimal balance for health.
c. Type C: Do You Usually Withdraw Into Yourself?
SO they ARE … I Ntrovertidas and obsessional, just the opposite of the first (type A). This character corresponds to people who internalize their reaction to stress.
They seem resigned and peaceful, but it is a false calm since they suffer in silence.
This is How They Behave … They tend to walk with their heads lowered; they find it difficult to look into the eyes and, when they are in a group, they do not speak.
They are insecure and prone to defeatism. By not venting in public, they are likely to criticize when in private.
They Are More Risk …Contained aggressiveness, insecurity, and a tendency to defeatism make them more prone to suffer from depression and disorders related to a weaker immune system ( allergies, a higher number of infections ).
2. Keep Stress Stripe
If you have identified with type A or C, think that the wear and tear caused by living a prolonged stress situation are detrimental to our health.
Neck pain, digestive discomfort, premature aging, insomnia, fatigue, irritability, poor memory may be some symptoms that indicate that the nerves are leaving a mark on your health.
Stress affects your health: insomnia, stomach pain, skin problems.
It is logical to think that the definitive way to tackle stress is to eliminate the cause that causes it, but that is often impossible.
Therefore, it is very important to work on the “weak” points of our personality and accept that it is usual for the situation to overcome us at certain times.
3. Techniques That Help You Manage Your Nerves
And for the moments when stress seems to overwhelm us, it is very useful to know some keys to learn to manage it.
a. Take a Few Minutes Each Day to Ease.
The relaxation is one of the best skills you can develop so that the voltage will not exceed at critical moments.
When you have been practicing it for some time (do it even when you are not nervous), you will notice greater peace of mind and muscle strain.
Please focus on the muscles in every part of your body and feel them.
One way to start is when you lie down in bed and feel each of your body parts. Start by concentrating on your feet, how your toes are, how your legs support each other and work your way up; the back, each muscle as it is, the support points.
The arms, feel them, and take the opportunity to relax and do the same with each area until you reach the top of the head all accompanied by calm and slow breathing.
b. Breathe in Critical Moments
When nerves are lurking, abdominal breathing is a necessary form of rapid relaxation. Inhale greatly through your nose until you feel your belly swell like a balloon. Hold the air for 3 or 4 seconds and slowly release it through your mouth.
Take 5 or 6 breaths of this type while you repeat to yourself a phrase that helps you relax your nerves (“I’m calm,” “I feel calm”).
c. Mindfulness: Live in the Here and Now
The Mindfulness or Mindfulness technique is based on a millenary meditation technique that has been integrated by modern psychology to combat stress and consists of concentrating.
Just on what you are doing without thinking about the list of tasks that you have left to do. Or in other concerns.
Start practicing driving, cleaning dishes, or riding the bus.
If you are driving, listen to the motor’s sound, the street, feel the touch of the steering wheel, the seat If you are at home washing dishes, feel the water falling on your hands, listen to the sound of water and the clink of avocados.
On the bus, look at the sounds around you, how your feet to rest, the colors of the clothes of the person closest to you any everyday situation is good to start practicing.
It’s about focusing only on the here and now.
d. Worry Constructively
Specialists say that another way to control stress is to learn to worry constructively. It is a rational concern.
It includes plans and methods to face everything that causes you stress and, fundamentally, it focuses on building possible solutions that may be more than thinking about the problem itself.
