Stress
1.Stress is a form of mental
pressure which existed when we are confronted with bad events or sadness that
is not acceptable and unbearable which happens beyond our control. It can
happen to anybody, regardless of age or gender.
2.The causes of stress are varied.
It can exist as a result of various challenges, failure, unanticipated
surprises, disappointment in studies, social, relationship, marriage, career, business,
politics or other aspects in our daily lives.
Reality in Life
1.Everyone of us experiences stress.
From a simple stress i.e. feeling of guilt as a result of waking up late to the
most severe stress of loosing our beloved family member.
2.We can identify a stressful person
through his behavior. Failure in an examination, the after effect could be not
having any appetite to eat, wanting to be alone and remorseful. Failure in a
relationship or divorce make us lifeless, filled with sadness and unable to
control our feelings. Disappointment in career make us loose focus, unable to
complete work assignment, forgetful and no spirit to work hard. Failure in
business can make a person be involved in various immoral activities such as
chain smoking, drinking alcohol, bribery and betraying their business partners.
Failure in politics can make a person loose confidence, low self esteem and
forced to carry out some kind of strategy and bad intentions just so that he
can be back in power.
3.There are many forms of actions
carried out by those facing pressure, more so if the pressure is in the serious
category. There are those who succumb to damaging properties such as burning
the house, destroying iman and faith, committing suicide, killing other people eventhough
family members, slandering people, bad mouthing people, threatening people, bad
conspiracy, mental sickness, obesity, high blood pressure, abnormal heartbeat,
heart attack etc.
4.Straight thinking no longer exist.
The feeling of hatred and anger cannot be contained anymore. All decisions and
actions are directed and led by desires and syaitan rather than iman, takwa and
sanity.
Tips
1.Stress
and cortisol are synonym. Cortisol is a hormone produced by the adrenal factory
located near the kidney. The cortisol hormone is a hormone responsible for
controlling stress. A person under stressed will automatically send signal the
brain for the adrenal factory to produce the cortisol hormones in large
quantities.
2.Our
behavior and actions during stressful conditions is largely dependent on the
amount of cortisol hormones produced. The higher the quantity of hormones, the
more aggressive and violent our behavior and the higher the health risk. The
more aggressive and violent we become, the more difficult to control our
emotions, decisions and our actions. The higher the quantity of cortisol, the
higher the eicosenoid and insulin hormones secreted by our body.
3.These
three hormones are dependent on each other. If we can control the production of
insulin, we can control the production of the other two hormones. The production
of cortisol will be reduced once we are able to control the production of
insulin.Technically,the secretion of insulin is to suppress the release of
cortisol hormones. Therefore, when the body can control the secretion of insulin,
less cortisol and eicosenoid will be secreted from our body. This also means
less stress.
4.The
higher the quantities of these three hormones produced, the higher will be our
stress level and the higher the risk to be obese, high blood pressure, stroke
or heart attack. One easy way to control the amount of these three hormones is
to practice a balanced diet and exercise on regular basis.
5.We
need to balance the intake of the four macro-nutrients i.e carbohydrates, fiber,
proteins and fats in about the same proportion. The amount of carbohydrates, fiber,
proteins and fats that we consume each meal must be in the ratio of about 25%
each. In other words we need to reduce the amount of calories (mainly from
carbohydrates or sugar) in our breakfast, lunch, dinner or snacks in order to
reduce the amount of insulin produced by our body. With low levels of insulin, the
secretion of cortisol hormones will also be reduced.
6.Performing
solat fardhu, solat sunat, fasting, zikir, reading the Al-Quran and always be
in ablution are among the best and effective daily activities to achieve peace
and tranquility. There are also many strategies and management techniques
formulated to overcome stress. These formulas have the same goals as the ones promulgated by Islam to achieve peace and
tranquility.
7.Being
in a serenity and sane state of mind with peaceful life style are our aims in
life. We want to maintain this mental stability so as to avoid having stress and other serious illness
such as high blood pressure, stoke or heart attack. We want our lives to be back to normal with the optimal level of
health and happiness.
8.Without
stress we become more positive and more organized. We become smarter in making
decisions. We sleep well. Our bodies
become stronger and energetic. Our minds are more alert and sharp. Our
soul are calmer. Our spirits are higher. We will be able to think big dream
high and have a strong heart. Once we attained all these, then we are ever ready to face any
challenges to further elevate our success in study, career, business, politics
or in other activities in our daily lives.
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