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Is work like being trapped in a pressure cooker? Does your struggle to escape only increase the workload? Stress can be conquered and put to rest, Here’s how.
The next time you lose your nerve at work, take a step back, breathe and think again. Stress leads to the fight or flight syndrome in demanding situations. It can be triggered by sudden or prolonged periods of pressure. Not only does it affect the physical but also one’s emotional health. So the next time your back hurts or you have a prolonged bout of the flu, give yourself a break. Stress can be classified as physical and mental. It arises due to situational factors or personal characteristics like a financial crunch, home-work imbalance, unhealthy comparisons with others, disagreement on priorities or excessive wants.

Signs of Distress
Fast paced lifestyles leave no time for one’s family or to unwind. Not all stress is bad as it helps in improving performance and in testing one’s potential. But what it doesn’t do right is:
c Lowers immunity
c Leads to excessive hormonal changes
c Smoking and drinking addiction to get through the day
c Irritable bowel, acidity or palpitations
c Constant mood swings
c Drug dependence
c Eating disorders
c Insomnia
Stress can trigger the onset of psychiatric disorders ranging from anxiety, adjustment problems to schizophrenia.

Change Maker
You can get temporary respite from sky-rocketing stress levels by over indulging in food or skipping meals. Shopping sprees are another upper, but the positive rush you experience is fleeting. There are a number of value-addition tools that help burst the stress balloon:

c Managing time effectively
c Prioritising tasks, delegating wherever necessary
c Not taking on more than can be managed
c Completing one task before moving onto another
c Going outside for a walk during the lunch break
c Asking for professional help

A change in lifestyle after 30 becomes tricky, but it isn’t impossible. Carving out half an hour for yourself a day can help reduce stress-related aches and pains. This is what you can do:
c Exercise, be it cardio-vascular or yoga
c Take up a hobby like pottery
c Share how you feel with friends and family. It lightens the load.
c Eat regular meals and have a balanced diet
c Try water therapy by drinking 5 to 6 glasses of water after waking up. It will do wonders to cleanse the system.

Comfort food
Stress escalates blood sugar levels, cholesterol, heart rate and leads to accumulation of toxins like carbon dioxide and lactate. A balanced diet and simple breathing exercises can help you relax. But it’s important to know:

What To Eat
c Green, yellow, orange and leafy vegetables and fruits
c Soups
c Yoghurt
c Fish
c Sprouted gram
c Skimmed milk
c Herbal products

What To Avoid
c Tea, coffee and cocoa
c Junk food
c Egg yolk as it contains a high percentage of cholesterol
Butter, cheese, shrimp and
meat
c Cashew, almonds and other
nuts
c Sodas, chocolate drinks and
soft drinks.
c Alcohol