How Do I Manage Stress in the Workplace & Beyond?
These are a couple of things that I find useful to manage stress in the workplace and in my personal life:
Change of perspective! Looking from many different angles
Looking from Many Different Angles
I find keeping a journal useful. Start noting down situations that may have made you abnormally upset or confused. You may stick to two simple questions, "What made me upset?" and "Do I have the resources to overcome this situation?" If you notice that your mind is spiraling with negative thoughts, you may want to simply write all of them and then look at it tomorrow to see if any of these thoughts are helpful. If they aren't, feel free to discard them. Some stressors are not worth holding on to, they do not make you "worthier".
Talk therapy and the community
Talk Therapy and Community
We need a community who understands our troubles to thrive. Mental health conditions do not choose people, and anyone can struggle from it. This pandemic has opened our eyes to the idea of therapy and a therapist can be effective for some. Don't you find that sometimes just talking out loud about a problem already makes you feel just a little better?
Finding the right therapist, therapies and people will be an effective part of you building resilience. You may be a shy introvert like me but there are many different options these days and don't give up even if the search takes awhile. Additionally, when you are in a community and interacting with someone else, you feel better by feeling that good energy bouncing off your mind, calming you down.
Rest is not idleness
Rest is Not Idleness
Give yourself a break, you deserve it. When you find yourself without the resources to do what needs to be done, you end up feeling less able to get through the day.