How to Cope Up with Emotional Stressors

By: Dinah Millendez, Alaisah Didato

Given the state of affairs today, it is hard to avoid situations that can contribute to your emotional despair. Human as we are, we go through a lot of stress each and every day. Stressors could classify into two categories: negative and positive. Here are some immediate tips to cut some slack between your stressors:

1. Identify what triggers you

Tracking what could be the possible events to identify what are your stressors will be a step to handle it effectively. Give it a shot to go through circumstances, may it be the extensive changes in life in which sparing ample time to adjust the tread is the only way to go. Moreover, during the night staring at the sky while the cold breeze is at its peak, try to visualize how you can maneuver your surroundings for you to give a way and acknowledge not to eliminate it. Also, do not let other people intervene in your growth even if they say they are a dime a dozen to start with.

2. Pave a way to do necessary things to avoid pressure

Set a staple time to do what has to be done. Nowadays, students have to fulfill tons of workload to comply within a short period of time—not to mention the learning mode and lengthy articles to pair with your hot or cold coffee, whichever you prefer. While scrolling through achieved posts, perhaps the reason why it is much harder to acquire knowledge while sitting in front of the computer for hours—long enough to arch your back and formed a shrimp figurine is due to the fact that carrying this weight is a lot easier when we have friends to suffer, laugh and share our sentiments with. That is why it’s important to create and balance your schedule to give yourself a chance to breathe in between as it also assiduously manages the pressure that everyone has.

3. Recharge - spend enough time with your comfort zone

Did you experience writing not as usual as you used to? Cannot play a sport you were once considered as your forte? Indeed staying out of the lane of your passion is frustrating, however, take a deep breath and start to do things that you owe to yourself for losing things that you ought to protect. Actions such as showering affection towards your cat, lying in bed all day, or doing the daily dose of “add to cart” ritual at 3:00 is—to name a few. Do whatever it takes to revive your passion at your own pace. Eventually, you will be back again to the drawing board along with burning motivation.

4. Acknowledging your emotions

Feeling bad is good — emotional acceptance is one of the keys in order to heal. Growing up, we are often told to stop crying when we scrape our knees or injure ourselves, but that belief is a huge fallacy. We must honor what we truly feel and cry if we must. It’s essential not to dwell in false positivity for it can alter our behavior so as to do whatever it takes to keep from appearing vulnerable and avoid being hurt again. After all, we can’t appreciate the stars without darkness, right?

5. Do not react instantly

Breathe; it’ll make you feel calm and will be able to cope up with what stresses you. Breathing deeply makes your neurons and hormones send a message all over your body and mind to withdraw from the state of emergency and return to the state of normalcy. Give yourself time to think because any immediate reactions can make you lose control of yourself. Let that inciting moment to pass by and give yourself a break. In that way, you can deal with the situation by remaining fresh and unaltered.

Now that you have read this far, may you finally find whatever you are chasing right now. Remember to give yourself a benefit of doubt when you are trying new things to grow from different perspectives that you would not expect to become true. Relieve the stress and outgrow what your yesterday brought you.