The psychology of stress and burnout
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Re: The psychology of stress and burnout
#2> Dealing with stress over time can break down the body’s ability to deal with short bursts of stressful situations, he says.
For what I could get from the article, under (mild) stress your thinking becomes sharper, but as it lasts longer, it breaks you down and you can't handle stressful spikes.
So, perhaps, not being stressed all day long is the key? I mean, just surf the stressful spikes, don't have a light stress constantly, because you won't be able to deal with those hard moments of stress (and yes, they will come someday and all you've gained from the light-stress-boost will be thrown away because you'll burn out).
Re: The psychology of stress and burnout
#3> Dealing with stress over time can break down the body’s ability to deal with short bursts of stressful situations, he says. For what I could get from the article, under (mild) stress your thinking becomes sharper, but as it lasts longer, it breaks you down and you can't handle stressful spikes. So, perhaps, not being stressed all day long is the key? I mean, just surf the stressful spikes, don't have a light stress…
I think it's a price you decide to pay or not. If you want to think sharper, you need to pay with the side affects. Very similar to Limitless (the movie and tv show), if you saw it.
Re: The psychology of stress and burnout
#4I would add music and workout. Music help get distressed very easy. And workout help bringing more oxygen in the system.
Re: The psychology of stress and burnout
#5> Dealing with stress over time can break down the body’s ability to deal with short bursts of stressful situations, he says. For what I could get from the article, under (mild) stress your thinking becomes sharper, but as it lasts longer, it breaks you down and you can't handle stressful spikes. So, perhaps, not being stressed all day long is the key? I mean, just surf the stressful spikes, don't have a light stress…
Acute stress is good (adrenaline -> fight or flight), chronic stress is bad.
So, worrying about money or being fired or all day every day will wear you down and limit your ability to reason. There's not much brainpower left over. This is why it's, for example, difficult to be super productive at work when you're going through a divorce or dealing with a breakup. And why it's never a good idea to launch a new product while moving house.
But, going bungee jumping or downhill mountain biking or racing cars or just driving too fast on the freeway. That's relaxing. Gives you focus, gets you away from the chronic stressors and into the immediate. Wonderful.
Re: The psychology of stress and burnout
#6> Dealing with stress over time can break down the body’s ability to deal with short bursts of stressful situations, he says. For what I could get from the article, under (mild) stress your thinking becomes sharper, but as it lasts longer, it breaks you down and you can't handle stressful spikes. So, perhaps, not being stressed all day long is the key? I mean, just surf the stressful spikes, don't have a light stress…
Acute stress is good (adrenaline -> fight or flight), chronic stress is bad. So, worrying about money or being fired or all day every day will wear you down and limit your ability to reason. There's not much brainpower left over. This is why it's, for example, difficult to be super productive at work when you're going through a divorce or dealing with a breakup. And why it's never a good idea to launch a new product…
> Acute stress is good (adrenaline -> fight or flight)
citation needed
Re: The psychology of stress and burnout
#7It's all in your head, for better or worse.
Extreme sports or intense physical exertion have been key, for me, in dealing with daily stress.
And no, I'm not some superstar adrenaline pumped athlete, just an amateur that loves skydiving/paragliding/fast motorcycles/hiking/etc over the weekend.
I didn't realize how much these activities help me, until I had to take a break from them for whatever reason (e.g.: winter where it's cold enough that you can't do most sports, but with not enough snow to go skiing or something).
I could almost measure the effects: the longer the break, the lower the threshold for daily stress -- from feeling slightly irritated to almost angry over the simplest triggers, if enough time had passed.
Then I'd do one skydive and it would make all the difference in the world, whatever daily stressful thing would happen "in the real world" it just felt like it didn't register as dangerous/stressful in the brain.
My feeling is that you can raise your tolerance threshold for what counts as stress, you just have to find out what works for you.
I'm guessing it also has something to do with these activities being very focused, so you're kinda disconnected from what's happening in the world and just truly "in the moment".
Maybe that pause from stress is what does it?
Has anyone else had similar experiences?
Re: The psychology of stress and burnout
#8I would add music and workout. Music help get distressed very easy. And workout help bringing more oxygen in the system.
>Music help get distressed very easy.
You mean de-stressed, not distressed: the captain of the Titanic sent out a distress call because his ship was sinking, while the string quartet played music in hopes of de-stressing the ill-fated passengers.
Re: The psychology of stress and burnout
#9I would add music and workout. Music help get distressed very easy. And workout help bringing more oxygen in the system.
>Music help get distressed very easy. You mean de-stressed, not distressed: the captain of the Titanic sent out a distress call because his ship was sinking, while the string quartet played music in hopes of de-stressing the ill-fated passengers.
Thank you for correcting me. Wont blame the autocorrect :)
Re: The psychology of stress and burnout
#10Drink hot water and go for one hour early morning walk;