stress

Paul Laohapiengsak

Stress Management

Stress is truly inevitable.  It is an unstoppable and continuously occurrence which human beings must face.  Stress can leads to many undesirable outcome such as disease or tragedy.  Believe it or not, stress is one of the leading causes of cancer.  Therefore, being able to reduce stress is very important.  From CLS 105 class, there are many stress management, which I learn about which includes stress diagram and stress reduction plan. 

For the stress diagram, I was able to lists all my stress and identify which bothers me the most.  In addition, I was able to identify to root cause of my stress, which is very helpful.  In addition, from this stress management method I was able to prioritize my stress.  Therefore, I was able to address it first. To create a stress diagram, one must list one’s stress into a list of 5 and order them from low to high.  Then, draw a pie chart where each section of the pie would represent the relative amount of stress in one’s life.  Shown below is my stress diagram.  From the stress diagram I was able to identify what causes me the most stress and eliminate them affectively because I could tract it’s root cause.  For example, knowing that not getting into Whitman is the main cause of my stress, I tried my best my studying hard to make sure that this stress would not bothers me.

1.   Not getting into Whitman School of management

2.  Family related stress

3.  Friends related stress

4.  School works

5.  Exams and quizzes

            The stress reduction plan is another helpful stress management that works really well with me. The stress reduction plan is the activity that I can engage in so that it would help myself forget and reduce the stress while I enjoy doing them.  For myself, the best way to reduce my stress is to engage in physical activity, which are playing tennis, working out, take a walk, and play soccer.  I believe that this method somewhat help me in getting my mind off the stress that I currently have.  By giving myself more time, I was able to think clearly and recognize the root cause of my stress.  I normally workout every other day which is why I think I am not stressful all the time.  Because my body release endorphin when I exercise I believe it helps make me feel happy and forget about whatever stress I am having.

            Stress is what stops us from reaching out objective.  It is normal for everyone to be stressful; nonetheless one should know how to control them.  If one allows stress to build up, it can be very dangerous.  In college life, students mainly become stressful from classes, friends, and family and it is important to deal with them healthily.  I would recommend, everyone to use the stress diagram and stress reduction plan to help relieve stress.