Increased stress resistance: ways and exercises. Formation and development of high stress resistance

What is stress resistance? How and why should it be used in life situations?

The tendencies of intensive and stressful living standards, in modern human conditions, lead to an increase in negative emotions.
That accumulate, form a pronounced and long-term stress conditions.

Everyone has different views on the problem that arises. Depending on this relationship, such a concept as stress resistance is formed.

Functions and mechanisms of stress resistance

Stress-resistance makes it possible to avoid stress by reviewing the attitude to the situation. Should I run and get nervous if I'm already late anyway?

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Any person, regardless of status and rank, experiences negative emotions. The difference, only, in the sizes and causes of those causing them. Unfortunately get rid of anger, resentment, resentment, disappointment, avoiding stressful situations is not in our power.

But to change the attitude to the arising negative reactions is possible. This is called stress resistance.

The first positive function of stress resistance is to protect the body from negative effects on human health.

• Many people are familiar with the condition when after even a little overexcitation there are: headaches, malaise, lethargy, fatigue, pressure rises, heartbeat and other unpleasant sensations associated with deteriorating health
• Medically, the level of cortisol increases dramatically during stress. It is due to the increase of this hormone that there are changes in the state of a person, far from the best. With deep-reaching consequences of

A person with high stress resistance has strong health and is least likely to be exposed to viral diseases.

The second function, it can be called - an easy and independent existence in all life spheres.

• A stress-resistant person can perform the task in any conditions. He is not distracted: noise, extraneous questions, eternal, unreasonable discontent of the authorities, envy of colleagues, family problems.
• . Such an individual always stands out from the masses - calm, confident, self-sufficient. This is a person - the leader of the
• . In any extreme situation( fire, flood, flood, etc.), he finds the way out
• Rudeness, aggression, ridicule, gossip, intrigue, he misses by himself, just not noticing

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Types of stress resistance

Without stress management, the chief reduces not only his efficiency, but also the entire

team. Scientific theories about the transformation of the incoming intelligence by the human intellect, in the event of stressful situations, divide people into four groups:

1. Stress-resistant. "Hard-core" people, completely unwilling to adapt to external conditions. Not being able to change their principles and attitudes, any negative changes, both in personal and in an external environment, for them- the stress of
   . In the event of a critical situation, they do not control their emotions, are strongly excited, aggressive. To take a quick and clear decision on the way out of the crisis situation is not in a position to
2. Stress-training. People calmly react to gradual changes. When there are sharp, global changes fall into depression, are subject to negative emotions
   As experience accumulates in sudden changes in external circumstances, they are more calm to stresses. In this case, they can already take quick and adequate decisions.
3. . Stress-brake. Invariably principled people in their life positions, and quite calmly reacting to external changes. Ready for a sharp change, to slow relate to stress.
   With a sharp change in the situation ready to become a leader in solving problems. At slow, sluggish stressful conditions, depression is depressed
4. . Stress-resistant. People are calmly reacting to any external changes. Psychologically, they are not subject to any destruction. Ironically, they refer to everything pre-planned and stable, understanding the relativity of all life processes. The organizers of the new transformations, while, in the event of the threat of their own personal space, go to the side. Excellent work in any force majeure. In places with established traditions, they feel a little worse. Only the most insurmountable hardships of their personal lives and close ones are the stress for them.

. Stress-resistance in professional activity.

. Stress-resistance will not give an opportunity to bring emotions to an uncontrolled state.

• Every competent leader is interested in having stress-resistant subordinates
• not a stressful boss, with a team of the same subordinates who are always ready to silently listen to the flurry of his unfounded whipsAfter personal, regular stress, it is unlikely that he will achieve good results of his company
• . After all, to listen and keep silent does not mean to be a stress-resistant individual.
• As we discussed above, it is important how to treat
• . Can this team work more efficiently? Or after the next catching up, moreover, plus family problems, and even someone a cup of coffee spilled on the table, on the bus stepped on the foot. What will happen to this team? Anything good
• Day will pass in experiences, discussions - what chief the boor
• How the strong person will arrive? As if nothing had happened. Then he will forget about everything. Sitting and will work

Therefore it is important:

• Not only when hiring, check the candidate for compliance. And not for the fact that he would listen in silence to the heat of passion. A competently and purposefully establish the real stress resistance of the future specialist
• In addition, it is necessary to improve this quality among employees. For this, first of all, a comprehensive psychological analysis of the term "stress resistance" should be carried out, involving competent specialists in this field.
• . This will relieve stress in the team, which will naturally increase the quality and productivity of labor, reduce the turnover of

How to test stress resistance?

It is better to conduct an interview for a competent psychologist

• Any psycho-emotional state of a person can be correctly determined only by a professional
• All interviews conducted to determine stress resistance, without a competent approach, can disappoint both the employer and the candidate
• . Newfangled stressful interviews, most often lead tothis result. An inflated job seeker does not want to work anymore, the rude employer
• And the employer who brought the candidate to a stressful condition can not determine whether he is suitable for him or not
• Therefore, it is better not to experiment. Or to refuse such method, or to address to the expert for the help

And for personal use it is possible to pass the test.

Test for determination of stress resistance

Summarize the received balls.

We determine depending on the results obtained on the scale of stress resistance:

1. Less than 150 - large. Ideal stress resistance for work by a manager of any level. Especially in conditions of constant stressful situations. The stress load on the body is scanty, which makes it possible to work effectively in any, most crisis situations. Do not harm the health of the
2. from 150 to 199 - high. With a high degree of stress-resistance, there is no unnecessary waste of energy to equalize the psychological state, during stress. Efficiency increases, with the goal of prompt resolution of the problem. We recommend management work, with the possibility of stress situations
3. from 200 to 299 - threshold. The average stress resistance says that most of the energy in the event of stress, goes to stabilize the psychological state. The bigger the problem, the less power remains to solve the problem. You can work as a manager, with a small number of stressful situations
4. from 300 and above - low. Absolutely small degree of resistance to stress. Easy vulnerability. Almost all the energy of the body is spent on equalizing the psychological state. You should reconsider your attitude to the life of
5. If too many points are needed, urgent measures should be taken to eliminate stress. This is already threatening the nervous exhaustion of

. How to develop stress resistance?

Stress-resistance helps to solve any problems quickly and efficiently

Several methods can help to increase resistance to stresses:

Evaluation of what is happening

• For this, it is necessary to ask several questions: "is it so important for me?", "How to change this my life?", "I canI have something to change? "

In a situation where the flight was delayed, you can not change anything. Is it worth it to be nervous because of this? Destroying your nerve cells

• And if you do not like the service in the store, the quality of the goods. You are always nervous because of this. Really get rid of the problem by changing the store, to a more suitable

Thus, when analyzing situations it turns out that they can be divided into two types:

1. Which can change
2. Not subject to change

To eliminate stress:

• In the first case, we understand and accept the situation
• In the secondact and change the situation

Give the output to the emotions of

All negative emotions need a way out.

• For a long time known and favorite by the Japanese method: boxing the pear
• You can go to the park, find a deserted place and just scream loudly, all that has accumulated. As long as the emotional tension of
• does not subside. You can have a notebook and write all you wanted to say to the offender
• . You can go swimming in the pool or jog the
• . There are a lot of ways, for everyone it is individual. You need to dig yourself and find what works best for you.
• Doing exercises
• A good way to relieve the stress of the game in the Brain-Ring, "What? Where? When?".Which create a non-standard situation where you need to make the right decision quickly and clearly
• Playing checkers, chess, football, tennis, football hockey
• All that is related to making the right and instant decision in a non-standard for everyday life environment, helps to remove nervous tension
• Health

An unhealthy person is most prone to irritability
Healthy, on the contrary, is less prone to stressful situations.

Therefore:

• should always contain preparations for removing headaches, dental and other sudden pain
• food must be full and correct
• exercise any exercise( walking, running, yoga)

Psychological exercises for developing stress resistance

Psychological exercises for the development of stress resistance

It is very important to properly combat attacks of aggression.

For this we use some psychological tricks:

At the moment when an angry person splashes out on you all his negative, it's hard to hold back.

• Therefore, we leave our aggressor alone in the office and go out under any polite pretext. This breathing room gives you a chance to rest and calm down you and your aggressor
• Left alone, try to get rid of the negative
• We do a smooth breath through your nose and exhale through your mouth. We repeat at least three times

A little calming down:

• Trying to make yourself laugh. We represent the offender hero of the most ridiculous anecdote, sitting on a children's pot, in idiotic clothes not in size. Anything that would transform aggression into laughter
• We use the method of meditation. We turn off all unnecessary thoughts. We represent this person to a small, useless bug. Which you can blow at any moment and it will disappear. We do it mentally. And we feel like it becomes easy
• The best psychological exercises for increasing stress resistance, you can apply when attending yoga classes
• They contribute to the complete harmonization of the entire emotional state. Fill with energy and strength
• A person who has harmony and peace inside, does not react at all to the manifestations of any negative reactions
• Elementary breathing and meditative exercises can be found on the Internet. But do not yourself perform complex

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