How to Make the Youth of the World Stress- free? 20 Simple Steps.

 

How to Make the Youth of the World Stress- free? 20 Simple Steps.

Mental –stress affects people of all ages, genders and races. There is no place in the world where stress is abstaining. Stress in general is taken as reinforcement force for a person. In fact human body is design to experience some certain level of stress and react to it much of the times.  When a person experience changes and challenges in his or her life, the body produces physical as well as mental responses that is called stress.  But severe stress causes mental health problems.

Main 5 factors cause mental stress in the youth:

Genetic Factor:

 Biologically, family history may be a cause of mental stress. Genes plays vital role to transform the risk of health hazards in the family. Quarrelsome, divorced, single parenting, drug addicted, alcoholic family background etc. may lead a person in stressful environment. According to National Library of Medicine, offspring are affected by parental trauma or stress exposure. However, not all stress is inherited. But, we must consider about their gamily status. Anxiety, stress and depression

Environmental Factor:

 Stress mainly occurs according to your ongoing situation. If a youth’s environment becomes uncertain, doubtful and unpredictable, it forces them to change. Forceful environment may lead them into stress. Depressive, frustrate and hopeless environment cause stress among the youths. Main environmental stressors are poverty and hunger, overcrowding and natural disasters.

Job Factor:

 It is the most crucial factor to increase stress in youth. In this modern scientific and technological world, many youths are suffering from organizational injustice like low pay, insecure job, uncertainty in promotion, irregular changes, poor support, low recognition, and few opportunities, poor relationship in the office etc. is leading to chronic stress and potential negative impacts on mental health. It creates stress because job is the main sources of income for the youth around the world.

Psychological Factor:

The inner conflict between thoughts and actions results stress. Persistent conflicts in family, husband and wife relationship, work related pressures, financial hardship, major changes in life; anxiety from the past life, frustration can lead to stressful life.  Different phobias cause stress in mind. It slowly damages your mental health.

Individual Factor:  

A person’s academic pressure, financial issues, relationship problems, health issues, social problems, accident, economic hardships, unexpected changes, career pressure etc. all cause of stress. An individual mostly stress nowadays by money worries. A top cause of stress is family and children too. An individual is mostly stressed by social media and mismanagement of AI. Stress among youth is an important concern globally.

According to American Psychological Association, those born after 1996 reported the highest levels compared to other generations. A survey by the American College Health Association found that 60 percent of college students felt anxiety, while 30 percent reported that stress had negatively impacted their academic performance.

The CDC reports that depression and anxiety are prevalent among young people, with suicide being the second leading cause of death for ages 10-24. According to WHO, the COVID-19 pandemic caused high stress levels among youth in the world due to disruptions in uncertainty about education, social distancing, life threat and unknown future.

Common Mental-stress Signs:

·         Lose hope in small problems and lose interest in different activities at home or at school.

·         Low performance in academic excellence, low morale and low energy.

·         Continuous problems in sleeping, doing assignments, eating and social connection.

·         Feelings of isolation neglected and betrayed.

·         Addiction of alcohol, drugs etc.

·         Having suicidal thoughts and harming own self.

·         Shouting, crying and scratching body without any reason.

·         Lack of concentration, fatigue, chronic pain, irritation, anxiety and headaches.

·         Sweating, Fighting and feeling depressed.

·         Pain in body parts.

·         Digestive problems.

·         Sadness

·         Chest pain.

·         Weak immune system.

20 simple steps to reduce stress for youth:

In the Morning time:

1.       Awake soon:  You have heard that one should go to bed early and wake up early too. You have to wake up at 5 o’clock or sleeping enough time to relax your body. Drink a glass of water and make refresh your body.

2.       Pray to GOD:  You have to thank to God for this precious human life in this beautiful world. Thanking to God boosts your energy and you can be grateful to others. It releases your mental- stress.

3.       Do some exercise:  Exercise reduces stress, anxiety and depressive thoughts. It boosts energy and body strength.

4.       Keep sweat smile: Keeping sweet smile on your face shows that you are a happy man in this world. A happy man’s mood is always on. Smile leads you in success. It is the sign of stress less man.

5.       Have balance diet: Diet measures your overall aspects of health. Healthy eating habits improve your quality of life. Delicious foods make your mood good and it helps you to reduce mental-stress by developing a healthy immune system.

6.       Prepare for day’s work: You must manage your personal status. Be neat and clean, be smarter and an active doer. Be energetic to start your day.

 

In the Day time:

1.       Start your journey with high hope: Either you are job holder or jobless, you have to collect hope for good performance. Plan for something new to catch up. Avoid the obstacles on your road. Make a road by yourself. Collect your energy and try to cash the given blank cheque. Be hopeful and begin your day. Hope makes you stress less. Keep your target on your mind.

2.       Carry a single task: Don’t carry the loads of multi-tasks. Make a single plan, multi plans derails your goal. You have to calculate which task is gettable. It keeps your stress low. It helps you to manage your time. You have to understand that how long it takes to finish task. Set the deadlines that reduce your mental stress easily.

3.       Do work: If you are working in the office, you should do your duty. Do work with your efficiency and capacity but stop nonsense chatting. You have to keep good communication with all. Be alert with those co-workers who are always ready for backstabbing you. Doing duty gives you confidence and it reduces stress.

4.       Manage yourself: You have to fit yourself in every difficult situation. You have to collaborate between your personal life and occupational life both. Try to connect with personal desires and wishes. Give time to your duty and beauty, due to this you are supported by your staff and beloved one. It boosts your mental health.

5.       Avoid criticism: Nobody likes you always. Your hundred percent commitments can be taken as nothing for your critics. So, focus on your main tasks. Listen your heart and be busy in action. It releases your mental stress.

6.       Take a break: You have to share your feelings of happiness and sadness with your friends. Take break and talk with lovely friends. Analyze your weakness and strength at the workplace. It helps you to complete your task with efficiency. It makes your good mood.

7.       Enjoy at the end: You have to leave all your job stress at the workplace. If you are jobless also stop jobless tension for tomorrow. Enjoy at last whatever you have, in which condition you are. It develops coping stress according to your own style.

 

In the Evening time:

1.       Go to your home on time: You need rest. You need nice food. If possible take a bath and refresh yourself. Enjoy the food. Stay cool and make comfortable. Your parents or your loving person may feel your sweet presence.

2.       Visit somewhere: You can inform to your parents or guardian that you are going to somewhere may be park or garden or café. If possible go with your family members or if you need privacy then tell them that your truth. Do not hide anything to your loving one. It makes you stress less.

3.       Be social: After returning from visit, you can engage with neighbors, elders and respected persons of your society. Your image can be taken as an honest and gentle person. Your dignity grows high in the society. Your mental flourishes.

4.       Enjoy evening meal: Share the table of evening meal with your family members. Keep aside your cell phones from your kitchen table. Enjoy the food and thanks to your mom and dad as well as loving and caring family members.

At Night time:

1.       Revise your whole day: Re check and revise your today’s performance. You must analyze your mistakes and wrong deeds of the day. You have to reform your plan, if it is wrong. Otherwise, you can go through the same way. It helps to reduce your ongoing stress.

2.       Make schedule for next day: You have to make the tasks of next day. You needn’t feel any hurry early in your day start. It helps you to make proper and effective plan. Time management is very easy. It also reduces your mental- stress. You may have good time

3.       Listen sweet music and go to bed on time: You have to listen sweet music that helps you to fall asleep on bed. If it disturbs you then keep aside it and think the sweet past moments or imagine the good future. Thank to God for this blissful life and sleep with sweet dreams.