Stress is inevitable. It walks in our life even when we do not realize it and it can easily walk all over us unless we take action. It is just another aspect of human experience and dealing with it is often unpleasant. Below we list down some ways on how you can work to rewire on your brain to cope better with the nature of stress itself.
- Ditch Over thinking – One very common and destructive thing is that people think too much. They over think every little problem until it becomes bigger and scarier than it actually is. This over thinking sometimes leads them to make some impulsive decisions which can cause trouble both in their personal and professional lives. Dump this thinking and become the ultimate skeptic, if you think about what is causing your thinking to be so stressful, it’s often the personal convictions that our thoughts are actually true. By seeing the lack of truth in your beliefs, you will find yourself much more relaxed in all situations.
- Neuroplasticity – Our mind can do a lot more than we think, it can transform over time, it is fascinating and very flexible. This flexibility helps it in learning to cope with almost everything like daily challenges such as stress to even catastrophic injury. This flexibility has a name: neuroplasticity.
In simpler terms our brain can reorganize itself and expand networks, we just need to create the pathways and change our recurring thought process.
- Resolve to take action – You yourself can take action when presented with a stressful situation. You can have three actions for the situations you are facing; first, you can work to change it by putting whatever influence you have to use. Second, you can choose to remove yourself from the situation. Third, you can recognize that the situation cannot be changed and simply learn to accept it. Sometimes, leaving problems behind cannot be possible, but if the stress is work related you have the control on your brain to say no and simply walk away.
