If stress had a voice, mine wouldn't scream nor babble, it would be a whisperer. It would whisper slowly, constantly and very audibly.
Stress is an inevitable part of life, a rather discomforting aspect in my opinion. Recently, I've noticed that I take so much precaution when dealing with activities of daily living. If an unnecessary activity connotes stress, I avoid such activities but in cases where such activities are inevitable, I go ahead to give it the amount of energy it requires and then take enough time to recuperate afterwards. More or less choosing my demons.
There was a point in my life when I knew nothing about stress management. Around the same period, I prided myself on being a good multitasker, so, every waking minute of every single day, I tried to prove myself capable and 98% of the time, I did. But to what end? I constantly overworked myself and did not compensate myself enough for the losses. My sleep wake routine was a mess, and my mental and physical health was also a mess, nonetheless, I kept trying to prove something I wasn't certain of to absolutely no one in particular. I don't know if that makes any sense.
It got to a point where I had to consciously remind myself to breathe. I remember the day when my sister saw the scribbles for my itineraries of that particular day and number one on the list was “remember to breathe”. My sister who always has my best interest at heart sat me down for an intense heart to heart conversation. I was still in denial of my messy mental state so I told her “everything is fine. You do not need to worry about me”. Syyykee! That was a lie. A false statement that I, myself, didn't know was false until a few days later when I had an honest conversation with myself.
This was the turning point for me.
One could say I began to pay more attention to the little signs that accompany stress; the eye bags, the headaches, the constant sour mood, weary eyes, tiredness, loss of appetite and the absolute worse, facial breakouts and acne. Or, better still, one could say that I embraced one of my favourite sayings; if it's not a life or death situation, don't treat it as one. Only then did I begin to regain my sanity. This way, I made less mistakes, carried out activities to the best of my ability, delegated duties whenever there was need for it, planned properly and somehow, I still managed to always keep to time.
I haven't completely eradicated stress from my life, oh how I wish I could, but now, I don’t just listen to the whispers from stress, I respond accordingly. I take things one step at a time because I'm the one who can control the effect stress has on me and not the other way round. Moreover, pressure doesn't define me, consistency and determination do.
LIEBE🤍
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Stress can be so overwhelming. Sometimes, we have to look within a d find a way out. Like you considered, sometimes if it's not really necessary, put it off. I think we have the control over what could stress us to a large extent. And that starts with the mind.
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