Nine Basic Ways to Deal with Stress

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Turning stress tactics into successful strategies: these are the nine tactics to deal with stress:

 

1

Reducing the importance

 

2

Reducing the likelihood of the nightmare scenario

 

3

Reframing things in a positive way

 

4

Celebrating

 

5

Using mental energy wisely

 

6

Escaping

 

7

Seeking support from friends

 

8

Asking the right questions

 

 

 

 

9

Confronting the situation

Within the nine Stressbusters, there are two distinct types. Numbers one to seven are all to do with looking at the situation differently: they are emotion- or assessment-focused strategies. Tactics eight and nine, mean-while, are to do with working out what action to take and then taking it. These are problem-focused strategies. In order to bust stress effectively, we often need to use a mixture of these techniques.

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