Stress and Self-Care

The Stress Bucket

Photo by Marina Khrapova @mimiori. https://unsplash.com/photos/4Tjk111E4xw

 

How Does Stress affect You? Two video shorts on the stress bucket. 

• A little stress can be helpful, but too much is a problem as demonstrated in this video by Braive on How Stress Affects Your Body and Mind Links to an external site. (2:32). 
• Watch this short video on what happens with stress and what are your options for managing it with self care by MindWell Links to an external site.. (1:47) MindWell offers resources as well. 

Self-care

Self-care is crucial for coping with stress reducing anxiety and improving mood, thinking ability, ability to focus, and memory. 

• Sleep is important for attentional focus and memory.
• Healthy eating (reduce sugar and caffeine, increase protein and fresh vegetables) maintains energy and physical health particularly when the body is under stress.
• Exercise improves overall health, attentional focus, sleep, and mood.
• Worship, meditation, healing and rejuvenation practices.
• Fun improves mood, motivation, sleep.
• Social relationships can help with confidence, anxiety reduction. Studying with others can be helpful to critical thinking, learning, and remembering what you are studying.
• Unscheduled time (time to relax, breathe, chill, be spontaneous, check in with yourself)