Q Hello, i feel i am suffering from high-level of anxiety, stress and tension and this is creating a lot of problems in my life every day. Life has become very difficult with it. My mind is never quiet, thinking many things at a time. I feel heaviness in my head all the time, feel exhausted and helpless. I don~t have anyone with whom i can talk all these problems. Being in tension makes me see everything in life in a negative way and this puts me in lots of stress. This is happening for last many years and now this problem has become a habit of mine. There is some tension all the time in my mind all the time and many times i am worried and tensed with no reason. I don~t know why am i worried and tensed and this is what happens every day. I feel that i have many things sitting and running all the time in my subconscious mind and it never leaves me alone. I am very much tensed about it, stressed all the time, not able to concentrate in my work, or not able to concentrate in any thing i want to do. I feel relaxed only when i am with people, having fun with them and i forget things for a while, but just for a while. Even if i am with people and get some quiet time, m worried again unknown of the reason. My biggest problem is that i think a lot. I think about anything and everything in my life. Anything happens and i keep thinking about it for hours. Now the things have gone so worse that i think a lot for everything and create tension for things which are really not worth it and which i should be worried about. I just want to get rid of this thinking problem as it is creating all of the problems what i feel. Should i consult a psychiatrist? Please suggest me some solutions for my stress, tension and anxiety. Should i go for meditation or related things. Will it help?? This is not something i though in a day... I am suffering from all this for last few years, but thought of solving it now because this has grown a lot and i know that in coming
What decision you made now should have done long time ago. Neverthless it is better to be late than never. My advice to you would be to consult a reputed psychiatrist to help you with your long list of troubles. Trust me if you regularly follow what ever the psychiatrist says you will definitely sail through this. Following are some tips to manage stress : n1.Learn to identify the cause of stress: Knowing what situation or factors give you stress help to deal with them in a better way. 2.Time management: Time management is one of the very important thing to keep away stress. It help in preventing piling up of unfinished business due to poor time management and thereby leading to stress. 3. Reduce your self expectation : Do not overexert yourself. It is absolutely normal to say no sometimes. 4.Try to have fun on regular basis: A daily routine can build up stress so try to devote some time to your hobby or meet friends on the weekends etc..5. Positive thinking: Do not brood over your failures instead try to learn from it so that it is not repeated again. 6.Maintain your health: Along with healthy mind it is important to have healthy body so that both can work in harmony with each other. Maintain a regular nutritious diet, do some form of physical activity, sleep for 6-8 hours regularly. Avoid smoking and alcohol consumption. 7.Take other~s help: It is absolutely normal to take help from others in times of need. 8. Practice relaxation exercise : such as yoga, meditation, massages etc.