Managing Stress

1. Fight or flee
2. Exercise on a regular basis
3. meditation
4. relaxation
5. Elimination of drug use
6. moderate alcohol
7. medication
8. Take a lunch break and don't talk about work.
9.  Take a walk instead of a coffee break.
10. Don’t schedule so many events that Monday morning will seem like a relief.
11. Learn your stress signals.
12.  Take regular vacations or even long weekends or mental-health days at intervals that you have learned are right for you
13. Create predictability in your work and home life as much as possible.
14. Structure and routine your life
15.  Think ahead and try to anticipate the varieties of possibilities, good and bad, that may become realities at work or home.
16.  Generate scenarios and response plans. You may find that the "unexpected" really doesn't always come out of the blue. With this kind of preparation, you can turn stress into a positive force to work for your growth and change.
17. counseling -individual or group therapy