How To Make Others Relax

Most people instinctively offer help and support for those who are under stress and seemingly have problems with coping with it. We try to solve the problems for others and get rid of stress-induced problems that haunt others. The problem is that all too often we only make others angrier and feel more miserable. One simply has to know how to really help before trying to do it.

Rule number one: remember that you are a support of a stress victim, ie. you have to be close. Phone him or her every day, meet for a cup of coffee or go to the cinema from time to time. Feeling lonely is the most dangerous effect of stress. Usually just being there for him or her may get rid of half of the problem.

Try to be as close as possible (without being a pain in the neck of course). Ask your stressed friend or family member to go out, invite him or her to a dinner or go together to the cinema. However, the best thing is probably going together to do some physical activities: jogging, tai-chi, martial arts or simply a few hours a week at the gym will help the body regain balance and increase one's stress resistance.

Help your stress-affected friends when only you are asked for - and sometimes even without being asked. The major problem of long-term stress is that it reduces the ability to find solutions to the problems, even those that are easily solved by others. This is a temporary things, born from weariness and depression, but it means that those people do need your help. You have to be prepared to give them a hand anytime they ask for it and in many situations when they do not ask.

It is extremely easy to overlook other people's problems. We often ignore the first signs of stress. We don't bother with trying to find out true reasons for our friend's abnormal behaviour: pushing away others, getting annoyed for little or no reason, suffering insomnia or leaving their work. All of that are the signs of stress-induced problems and depression.

Always keep in mind that your job is to be helpful and offer assistance whenever necessary. Your presence is the best gift you can offer to those suffering from stress.

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