<p><span>In this article you will learn the following</span><br></p><p>-<b data-redactor-tag="b">33 causes of self-inflicted unnecessary stress</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">-100 techniques on how to prevent getting stressed without any real-cause or reasons</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">All of us get overwhelmed and stressed time to time - but in most cases they pass soon. </b></p><p>Although stress is a natural part of your being a human - <b data-redactor-tag="b">many times what you stress yourself about - are not worth your mental, physical and emotional energy.</b></p><p>With so many stressors in your life, relationship, professionally and in the society - <b data-redactor-tag="b">why would you like have additional self-inflicted stress to your day to day life.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">If you are not focused on managing our stress and stressors and allow them to affect your life - even small stressors can add-up and damage</b> your health in multiple ways - like leading to illnesses such as depression, headaches, stomach disorders, heart disease, and stroke. </p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">If you can look at what you can control and stop doing things that prolong and aggravate your stress levels</b> and focus on what you can do to help yourself feel more relaxed - <b data-redactor-tag="b">then the stressors will have less power on you.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">33 causes of self-inflicted unnecessary stress <a name="1.-Rehashing-Stressful-Situations"></a></b></p> <ul><li>1.<b data-redactor-tag="b">Visualizing and reliving past stressful situations</b> - this is one of the most useless stressor of replaying a stressful situation in your mind over and over - <b data-redactor-tag="b">because none of original stressors which caused you distress in the past are present</b> anymore</li> <li>2.Your subconscious brain can't differentiate - whether it is still relevant or this you experienced in the past - <b data-redactor-tag="b">as long as you are thinking and reliving any past event while being emotionally attached</b> - you would manage to create stress within yourself</li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">3.</b>Reflecting on past negative incidences <b data-redactor-tag="b">will always create similar chemical and emotional reactions and responses in your body - as if they are actually happening to you right now</b></li><li><b data-redactor-tag="b">4. Magnifying small incidences as catastrophe </b></li><li><span>5.Imagining the worst every time there is some negative thought props up</span><br></li> <li>6.Generalizing even one time setback as the permanent one</li> <li>7.Always assuming that negatives are permanent and positives of your life as temporary</li> <li>8.Imagining a future event or situation - going badly and highly wrong </li> <li>9.Projecting and visualizing only negative outcomes in the future</li> <li>10.Worrying about these things - even when you don't have any inkling of all the variables and parameters and when you don't have any idea of what will happen</li> <li>11.<b data-redactor-tag="b">Procrastinating all those things that are making you scared, nervous, anxious and overwhelmed</b> - this avoidance and escapism can only increase your fear-factor, frustration and the magnanimity of the problem</li><li>12. No being concerned about honoring and respecting time - both for yourself as well as of others </li> <li><span>13.Being late so that you may avoid saying or doing things that is making you scared - this nothing but an ostrich mindset</span><br></li> <li>14.Accepting every demand from others - even when you don't have the time even for your own important works</li> <li>15.Comparing your life with others based on what others have shared on social media</li> <li>16.Comparing yourself with others without even being aware of how others got what you are envious-of or feeling inferior-about </li> <li>17.Relating your self-worth, self-worth, self-confident and self-esteem with other people's accomplishment </li> <li>18.Oversharing on social media making yourself highly vulnerable from people who are just your social media connects without any rapport, trust and respect</li> <li>19.Mental clutter as well as disorganized house, work-area or hap-hazard going about in day can make you feel stressed</li> <li>20.Financial stress about how to manage your expenses </li> <li>21.Worrying about money that you feel you have wrongly spent - understand that no one can unspent anything </li> <li>22.Ruminating over your past mistakes and failures</li> <li>23.Overthinking every future scenario with high negative expectations</li> <li>24.Making statements and opinions of others - define your worth letting these create emotional-havoc within yourself</li> <li>25.Being physically unhealthy and mentally-emotionally disturbed</li> <li>26.Toxic relationships in your life</li> <li>27.Not having the ability to deal with difficult people</li> <li>28.Not knowing how to relax</li> <li>29.Your attitudes and perceptions -how you view the world or a particular situation can determine whether it causes stress</li> <li>30.Having unrealistic expectations - if you expect to do everything right all the time- you will be stressed many-many times</li> <li>31.Major life change can be significant sources of stress</li> <li>32.Using drugs and alcohol or any other substance to reduce stress</li> <li>33.Inability to face the truth and facts or unable to accept things as they are</li></ul> <p><b data-redactor-tag="b">100 techniques on how to prevent getting stressed without any real-cause or reasons - </b>given randomly without any specific order - and all the single sentence advice have detailed do it yourself blog among my 900+ articles in both my websites<b data-redactor-tag="b"></b></p> <ul><li>1.Overthinking and over-analysis can be overcome <b data-redactor-tag="b">by changing the way you think about some situations by replacing </b>these thoughts using various techniques given under this heading</li> <li>2.<b data-redactor-tag="b">Visualizing some positive affirmation which you want to happen - as if they are already happening</b> - to break the never-ending cycle of negative thinking</li> <li>3.<b data-redactor-tag="b">Learn and discover what types of meditation works for you best</b> and make this part of your routine like brushing your teeth - everyday</li> <li>4.Learn and do deep and different types of breathing - everyday</li> <li>5.Spend time in nature - in sunlight and among greeneries</li> <li>6.To overcome worst-case-scenario thinking - if you cannot do it yourself - <b data-redactor-tag="b">you need to either seek help from someone who is objective and emotionally mature and balance</b> [or from an expert mental health professional]- to ask whether the stressor you are getting paranoid about - is realistic</li> <li>7.If a future situation or a current event is making you stressed - ask yourself will this bother you few months or a year later</li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">8.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b">The trick is to ask yourself questions - to uncover and thereby challenge your assumptions, presumptions, perceptions and beliefs</b></li> <li>9.Ask yourself do you have the skills to handle the situation - <b data-redactor-tag="b">in case your worst possible imagination comes true - and can you acquire these or even more importantly can you seek</b> help or outsource these stressors</li> <li>10.<b data-redactor-tag="b">Focus on taking action with full involvement of your brain and emotion</b> - rather than just sitting and ruminating</li> <li>11.<b data-redactor-tag="b">Divide the large challenges into exclusive milestones and stages</b> - then create tasks which are manageable and within your areas of control</li> <li>12.<b data-redactor-tag="b">Take small-small action to get a sense of accomplishment and positive reinforcements</b> - rather than trying to too-much too-soon or all at once and experience more frustrations</li> <li>13.Ensure that all these small-steps and stages are taking you towards your long-term vision and goals</li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">14.</b>Before accepting any additional responsibilities, roles and demand on you time - <b data-redactor-tag="b">ask yourself - are these something refusing which will cause of big loss or can be simply avoided or delegated or outsourced</b></li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">15.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Learning and mastering the art of saying NO nicely yet firmly</b></li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">16.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Practicing to become assertive to express what you feel in the right manner</b></li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">17.</b>Learning to distinguish between - <b data-redactor-tag="b">what is within your power of influence and control and what is not</b></li> <li>18.<b data-redactor-tag="b">Give your 100% to what is within your control and important</b> and eliminate, delegate or outsource all what is beyond your area of control</li> <li>19.Learn to let go of past-mistakes and the past by focusing on the current-positives <b data-redactor-tag="b">AND on the actions to be taken</b></li> <li>20.Create your own benchmarks for success and happiness - which is to be based on delivering and creating excellence</li> <li>21.Create and enforce healthy personal boundaries </li> <li>22.Limit your exposure to social media - based on your goals and not for impressing others</li> <li>23.Start impressing yourself and stop trying to make others like you</li> <li>24. <strong data-redactor-tag="strong" data-verified="redactor">Start decluttering your laptop, your work-space, your wardrobe, your room, your relationships, your professional and social space</strong> - visualize what you want the space to look like - before throwing anything ask yourself do you use this, do you need this and do you love this</li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">25.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Organize your relationships - break them into most important, needed and have to live with</b></li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">26.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Work on making your most important relationships better</b></li> <li>27.Learn to manage your money - spend only after creating a saving first and that too within what you have</li> <li>28.Learn to make prudent financial decisions - especially in all important and long-term acquisitions</li> <li>29.Create resolve to spend money only from what you have - avoiding large purchases through credit cards</li> <li>30.Avoid spending money just to impress people </li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">31.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Identify stressors - by sitting quietly think about -make your top 10 list in each the following</b></li> <li>I.What stressed you during the day </li> <li>II.What weekly events and situations stresses you to the point of disturbing your peace of mind</li> <li>III.Which people make you most stressed</li> <li>IV.What activities and things causes stress in your life</li> <li>V.Ask yourself which of them can be eliminated - then start to weed them out</li> <li>VI.All those that can't be avoided or eliminated - explore the various options and solutions to make them less stressful to you</li> <li>32.Stop over-commitments - promise less deliver more</li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">33.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Go through the commitments that you have in your various roles towards your kids, your spouse, your parents, your passions and hobbies</b> - identify which one of them create most stress for and compare them with the value they provide<b data-redactor-tag="b">- edit brutally -and take steps to remove the ones that stress you out the most</b></li> <li>34.Create a <b data-redactor-tag="b">do it now habit</b> - do all that is essential as per your priorities of the that time </li> <li>35.<b data-redactor-tag="b">Make a conscious effort to start managing your time in such a way that you are little early rather than late</b> - by taking all the variables into your planning</li> <li>36.Stop fighting and trying to control the world</li> <li>37.Learn to let go of your need to control by delegating all that you can effectively</li> <li>38.Focus on one task at a time and do your best in that </li> <li>39.Stop multitasking - as it reduces the quality of your output and slows you down</li> <li>40.<b data-redactor-tag="b">Learn to manage your energy better as certain things in your life makes you more exhausted but adds negligent value</b> - identify those and cut them out</li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">41.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Learn to handle difficult, arrogant and toxic people if you can't avoid or get rid them </b></li> <li>42.Learn to solve conflicts better</li> <li>43.Become a better problem solver</li> <li>44.Practice of <b data-redactor-tag="b">facing the challenging situations by confronting and facing them head-on</b></li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">45.</b>Simplify your life - <b data-redactor-tag="b">learn to simplify your to-do list down to the few essential tasks</b></li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">46.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Focus on the basics of happiness, success, growth and relationships</b></li> <li>47.Slow down- <b data-redactor-tag="b">learn to take things slow - enjoy your food, enjoy the people around you, enjoy nature</b></li> <li>48.Help others —<b data-redactor-tag="b">to make the lives of others better - while enjoying adding value and making positive differences to others</b> </li> <li>49.Learn to relax using the right techniques</li> <li>50.Exercise- <b data-redactor-tag="b">exercising helps relieve the stress buildup, it gives you some quiet time to contemplate and relax and it makes you more fit to handle stress</b></li> <li>51.Eat balanced and healthy food - avoid junk food if you can</li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">52.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Create your own grateful-catalogue with real reasons that resonates with you</b></li> <li>53.Learn and Practice good sleep-hygiene</li> <li>54. <b data-redactor-tag="b">Nurture your most loved-relationships as they can be your most fantastic sources of stress relief and for the emotional support</b></li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">55.</b>Stop overloading your schedule - <b data-redactor-tag="b">say NO to unimportant and unworthy causes and requests</b></li> <li>56.Schedule time for hobbies and interests</li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">57.</b>Learn to stop your cognitive <b data-redactor-tag="b">distortions by observing and changing your thinking patterns</b></li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">58.</b>Utilize every <b data-redactor-tag="b">opportunities that you feel have potential after due-diligence</b></li> <li>59.<b data-redactor-tag="b">If you feel stressed, anxious, depressed or stressed - seek help and take remedial actions</b> instead of ignoring or downplaying them</li> <li>60.<b data-redactor-tag="b">Learn to assert your feelings, opinions, or beliefs instead of</b> becoming angry, defensive, or passive.</li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">61.</b>Spend enough time with those you love <b data-redactor-tag="b">- by doing activities together to create memory-bank</b></li> <li>62.Dance, sing and play - as much as you can</li> <li>63.Go for physical team game like tennis, soccer, basketball etc.</li> <li>64.Go for mentally rejuvenating games, exercises and puzzles</li> <li>65.Stretch yourself beyond your current capabilities to reach higher goals</li> <li>66.Take risks that help you grow</li> <li>67.Look fear in its eyes - by taking small-small steps in what makes you scared</li> <li>68.Learn new skills which makes you keep updated</li> <li>69.Learn new languages and playing musical instruments</li> <li>70.Teach others what you know</li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">71.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Create humor to reap the benefits of laugh therapy</b></li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">72.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Have conversations with people who are close with you and you trust them - for release-therapy</b></li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">73.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Choose your battles wisely avoid those which you can't win</b></li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">74.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Don't go for false image-building - by living a life becoming someone else</b></li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">75.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Stop bothering about other people's opinions of you - it just does not matter</b></li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">76.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Stop being jealous of successful people - instead focus on your own growth and your own success</b></li> <li>77.Create a good support network</li> <li>78.Spend time in activities those you enjoy</li> <li>79.After you have made bad decisions and mistakes - learn from them and move on</li> <li>80.Be realistic and know your limits and be firm with them</li> <li>81.Prioritize the daily-tasks as per your long term goals</li> <li>82.Get rid of the belief that if you don't do something yourself - it won't get done right</li> <li>83.Ditch perfectionism and start going for excellence in what all you do</li> <li>84.Use technology to your advantage don't become a slave to it</li> <li>85.Unplug from all the media</li> <li>86.Take vacations and breaks time to time</li> <li>87.Go for healthy lifestyle - make self-care a priority - recognize and let go of sedentary and unhealthy lifestyle</li> <li>88.Avoid unnecessary conflicts - but confront and face adversary when it is absolutely important</li> <li>89.Learn to accept things as they are - face the truth - accept the things you can't change</li> <li>90.Work on what you can change</li> <li>91.Change your work principles and practices - to make them more effective</li> <li>92.Welcome change as a challenge but avoid situations that place you under stress</li></ul><div><br></div><p><a href="#howyouselfinflictstress, #howwemanaagetostressourselvesunnecessarily, #causesofunnecessarystress, #whyyougetstressedunnecessarily, #areyoucreatingstressinyourlifefornoreasons, #gettingstressedunnecessarily, #howtopreventunnecessarystressinlife, #areyouruiningyourhappinessbycreatingavoiadablestress" title="">#howyouselfinflictstress, #howwemanaagetostressourselves<b>unnecessarily, #causesofunnecessarystress, #whyyougetstressedunnecessarily, #areyoucreatingstressinyourlifefornoreasons, #gettingstressedunnecessarily, #howtopreventunnecessarystressinlife, #areyouruiningyourhappinessbycreatingavoiadablestress</b></a><b data-redactor-tag="b"></b></p>