Publisher's Synopsis
For millions of people around the world, coping with worry, stress management and anxiety treatment are very real and very big issues in their lives. Stress is the cause of a variety of ailments, from true physical problems like increased immune deficiency, heart problems, high blood pressure, weight problems and more. What's more, the psychological issues that excessive stress cause are responsible for millions of filled prescriptions, drug and alcohol dependencies and broken relationships year after year. The excellent guide, The Smart & Easy Guide To Reducing & Managing Stress: The Ultimate Worry, Anxiety And Stress Management Techniques And Treatments To Take You From Coping To Living, provides real world, easy-to-follow advice on how to identify and manage stress. Jackson makes great arguments for the huge problem coping with worry, stress management and anxiety treatment poses to our society, including: Poor health problems Negative interpersonal relations Drug and alcohol dependency Difficulties with managing job responsibilities Financial issues Suicide He notes that much of the stress we face is self-induced, meaning that we put that stress and pressure on ourselves - though this makes it no less real or potentially harmful. We all know how unhealthy and devastating stress can be, but we often fail to see our own culpability in our coping with worry, stress management and anxiety treatment. We are often responsible for our excessive burdens such as: Overworking at our jobs Too many after work commitments Toxic interpersonal relationships Expecting perfection He advocates taking account of our life stressors and determine what we do and do not have control over. Once we do this, we can work on changing those things we do have control over, and learn how to find more healthy and adaptive ways of dealing with the stressful areas of our lives that are beyond our control. The Smart & Easy Guide To Reducing & Managing Stress: The Ultimate Worry, Anxiety And Stress Management Techniques And Treatments To Take You From Coping To Living is here to help. When it comes to areas of our lives that are stressful, but out of our control, Jackson offers a variety of stress-relieving measures that help to make life more bearable during times of unavoidable coping with worry, stress management and anxiety treatment. The best means of dealing with stress seems to be to avoid dwelling on it and letting it control your life. Jackson suggests the following activities as potential stress relieving measures: Healthy eating Physical activity Taking a multivitamin Massage Deep breathing Crafts or other creative endeavors Yoga He also outlines the common, negative ways that many people choose to manage their stress. Drug and alcohol are often used by stressed out people to calm down and chill out. This often leads to dependency, which has a whole host of negative consequences. Risky behaviors, such as promiscuous sex or excessive spending may be distracting now, but will only serve to compound stress later. The Smart & Easy Guide To Reducing & Managing Stress: The Ultimate Worry, Anxiety And Stress Management Techniques And Treatments To Take You From Coping To Living gives you more productive and effective options. The Smart & Easy Guide To Reducing & Managing Stress: The Ultimate Worry, Anxiety And Stress Management Techniques And Treatments To Take You From Coping To Living is a helpful reducing stress book, written in plain English, that illustrates the problems that coping with worry, stress management and anxiety treatment has on our lives and provides a means to help us identify our sources of stress and find better ways of dealing with it. Jackson lays out a compelling argument for holistic, natural treatment options, as opposed to immediate submission to medication. He lays out the ways in which we can help take back control over our lives and learn how to handle our stress in a healthy and productive manner.
