Overwhelmed with Stress?
Learn to Exercise Your Mind and Manage Your Stress!
If you think you “never dreamed you’d be in this position”, overwhelmed in an ocean of stress, welcome to the space millions of people sharing today.
Technology is awesome. Technology is tragic. Technology is also VERY stressful for almost everyone. For the awesome and wonderful use we have available on the Internet, cell phones, games, music devices, and the plethora of things available to us, there are also horrific and tragic events that occur because of the technological advances.
When “access” is denied
You have certainly had a program or something you’ve written disappear. Has the power gone off due to an unforeseeable incident, disabling the computer or television? Just when you have a deadline to meet surely something has gone amiss with the computer or printer. Perhaps your cell phone wasn’t charged, or you are out of satellite range just when you need to make a call.
These types of incidents can cause high anxiety and contribute to mounting stress.
Mind-Splitters
Technology can be disastrous too, for interpersonal relationships, whether it involves peers, partners, family members, or even strangers connecting.
Technology allows us to communicate with others and complete work rapidly, and that is a plus most of the time.
But this communication is less than reality, and is mind splitting and often human splitting! Often we find ourselves so busy with our gadgets that we isolate ourselves from movement and one on one communication.
Have you ever seen a mother and child walking in the park and the mother talking on the cell phone and ignoring the child? What about boyfriend and girlfriend strolling down the street, each with a cell phone to their ear? Picture the guy or gal fastening the seat belt, before the engine starts, to call or text someone. You’ve seen it happen!
Think of the lies procreated day after day between people on the Internet. A little lie here, a little one there, does not amount to much, it seems. Hearts have been broken and financial scams have increased by almost one hundred percent.
It used to be a human being stood before students to expound on lessons of history and human kind. Now so many students sit in front of their computer, learning from the teacher on line.
Think of the conversations between teenagers, that parents never hear! Plans made and “sexting” (the act of sending sexually explicit messages or photos electronically, primarily between mobile phones) to each other.
“Where’s the Stress Management here?”, you may ask.
It is right here, and right now. Simply put there are eight things you need to do to help manage these stresses.
1. Exercise your mind. Some things you simply have no control over. For those things, look at the challenges differently. Find an answer with a new attitude.
2. Set your priorities. Are any of the things above worth throwing yourself into a physical and mental turmoil? Soon another challenge will come and the current ones will melt away.
3. Stop saying negative things in your head or out loud. Negatively will only make it worse.
4. Remember, at any moment all of the “aids” to life we find in technology could be taken away. TRY not to rely on them as much as you rely on your own capabilities!
Technology or Humans – Which will the race ultimately? Think about it. If we sacrifice our mental and physical health constantly worrying about the “flaws” in the things we use, and the “discomfort” they cause when not available or malfunctioning , we need to step back, take a breath and remember who is in charge – you or the machine.
