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we All have to go through various stressful events. Let's discuss a few facts about stress, which is useful to take into account.

Many people know that there is bad stress (distress) and good (eustress), and I think that's good for the body only eustress. But in fact is important to us and one another, as stress is necessary in order to adapt to changing conditions. And if we draw a line on one side which will have people reacting strongly to stress, and on the other – do not react – both will be equally bad. Strong reactions are understandable, but here, it would seem that bad to be on the other side of that line: such a stress, not to succumb to provocations, and in our culture is the value of a strong personality that can not be broken. The fact that people are not reacting to stress, you lose the ability to adapt their behavior. For example, they beat us – we grow stronger, money is tight – tighten the belt, a man continues to be in the same terms as it does not occur anything, it encourages these conditions to change.

When affecting stress factor, we go through three stages: the stage of alarm, stage of resistance and stage of exhaustion. Ideally, we should adapt the first two before the third can not be reached. But it all depends on the strength and stress from our body. In the first stage of alarm – almost all of us are not very adequate – there is a powerful release of adrenaline and activates the sympathetic nervous system: heart starts pumping, breathing quickens and becomes shallow, the limbs may feel numb or cold – they went to the outflow of blood. That is, energy in fact more than enough, but it is very chaotic. If we have this energy to be scared or it did too much to recycle, we can carry out in hysterical panic, or start to do stupid things.

On the phase of resistance finally included bark – we begin to think, be able to analyze. If our adaptive capacity is enough – that we begin received in the first phase of the energy concentrating on the goal. If not, then the psychologist can also help to sort out the situation. The main thing – not to try to deal with this energy (because it is like to stand in the way of the tsunami), and to use it.

what if we did not adapt after a traumatic event in the first two phases and went on the stage of exhaustion. At this stage we've weakened a violent reaction starts and apathy. On a physiological level, this happens because the adrenal cortex is exhausted, the adrenaline is not produced, depleted lipids, all of the nutrients spent in the previous phases. The nervous system also falls on a psychological level to handle the stress lack of resources begins to react the body through various symptoms.

If we didn't make it themselves or didn't help us, and we went into the stage of exhaustion, it is not necessary for it to psychologically try to work out what happened. Now the body first of all you need to gain the resource. This means: be sure to sleep well and eat well. To sleep ideally, to 12, to sleep at least 8 hours. No diets, in the diet should be enough fats and proteins, you can additionally B vitamins and magnesium. Of physical exercise the perfect a walk in the fresh air.

If you go for psychotherapy, it is better to leave alone deep study, and also to resource techniques (hypnosis, trance, art therapy). Only when the body is restored, I will have the strength and mental resources, it will be possible to return to processing trauma.

Physiologists was discovered stress-limiting factors (they stop the stress reaction or slow it down). So: the most powerful stress-limiting factor is the close, lively, and emotional contact with another person with whom we can share our feelings. So do not hesitate to ask for help from their loved ones, family and friends and be there when bad for those who are dear to you. It is very important not to comfort, not to calm, just be there and allow the other to Express their feelings.

And a little bit of reaction to stress: cry, the tears is one of the best options. If a person is able to cry – then the body has already gone processing traumatic events, and he will be fine. So do not be ashamed of his tears, in a sense, they are a real cure. Time frame: if we're talking about a stressful situation that does not involve a reaction of grief (e.g. death of loved ones), the primary symptoms should diminish after 48 hours. But here, of course, there are individual tolerances.

I Wish you all less stress, and when they come – efficiently and expeditiously to deal with them.

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