Stress and Stress Management
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Stress and Stress Management
Stress refers to a reaction to an external stimulus that disrupts a person’s mental and physical balance. Stress in a human body can be either positive or negative depending on the stimulus but both lead to a nervous system response. Negative stress prevention methods are categorized into three groups, primary, secondary and tertiary. Primary methods focus on lifestyle measures. It centers on health protective boundaries, reduction of risk and daily health improvement. Secondary methods center on the cure of diseases through rapid treatment and early diagnosis of a disease to reduce the overall impact the disease may cause. Tertiary preventive methods are applicable once a disease is fully established in a person. The methods include rehabilitative and therapeutic processes. In short, primary methods are lifestyle measures, secondary methods are swift measures through early disease diagnosis and tertiary methods are risk-reducing measures of established diseases.
Primary stress is
mainly managed through a day-to-day lifestyle change, which includes
identification of risk factors as one of the stress management tools.
Identification of the risks will help an individual adhere to a healthy
lifestyle by avoiding the risks. Secondary stress management is mainly done
through regular body checkups. This means often visits to a doctor or
physician. Body checkups facilitate early detection of diseases, which is
optimum for swift treatment. Tertiary stress management methods include all of
the above practices, which are a full lifestyle change, regular checkups and
medications to manage body damage being caused by a disease. It is the most
cumbersome form of stress management. The best form of stress management is
primary management that centers on lifestyle measures. A healthy lifestyle will
protect an individual from all levels of stress and minimize the impact of
stress.
References
Weinberg, A., Sutherland, V. J., & Cooper, C. L. (2010). Organizational stress management: A strategic approach. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.