Wilbert's 5 Top Tips For Dealing With Stress
If you're stressed, the first step to feeling better is identifying the cause. Whether by your job or something more personal, there are many potential reasons for stress in everyone?s lives ? and it?s important to recognise your unique causes.
Wilbert?s top tips:
Get active
Exercise won't make your stress disappear, but it can reduce some of the emotional intensity that you're feeling, clearing your thoughts and letting you deal with your problems more calmly.
Whether it?s going to the gym, going for a bike ride or a walk, just twenty minutes of activity can help lift your head above those grey clouds and see things in a different light; giving you a better perspective to find solutions.
Take breaks
We?re all guilty of ?doomscrolling? ? reading or watching endlessly on social media. It?s good to be informed, but there?s a limit. What have you achieved when you finally look up after an hour or two? Consider limiting news to just a couple of times a day and disconnecting from phone, tv, and computer screens for a while. Instead, take the opportunity to do household tasks, read a book, or get out and about. For example, our upcoming trip to Sudeley Castle?s Spectacle of Light!
Challenge yourself
Setting yourself goals and challenges, whether at work or outside, such as learning a new language or a new sport, can help you deal with stress. It can help you change your mindset and lead to new hobbies that can help combat stress over time.
Friends & Family
Whether it?s going out with your friends or staying in with your family, spending time with the people who make you happy is a great way to relax. You can talk with people you trust about your concerns and how you feel if you like, but simply spending time with others can significantly benefit your state of mind.
Sleeping Well
Everyone knows stress can cause you to lose sleep. Unfortunately, lack of sleep is also a key cause of stress. This vicious cycle causes the brain and body to get out of whack and only gets worse with time. Make sure to get the doctor-recommended seven to eight hours of sleep. Turn the TV off earlier, dim the lights, and give yourself time to relax before going to bed. It may be the most effective stress buster on this list.
Wilbert Howells is our Head of Staff Wellbeing, and as such he will be sharing his tips and tricks for improving your wellbeing throughout this academic year.
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