Stress is an irksome part of our existence. Everyone faces stress, almost every day. Stress prevails everywhere. If you are at your home, you may experience stress for not being able to decide the simple menu for the breakfast. Workplace is a stressful place, almost every time you need to interact with different stressors. We cannot possibly avoid stress, so it is crucial that we should know how to deal with it. It all boils down to the way you manage stress in your everyday life. In most of the cases, you can simply avoid being distressed just implementing proper management of stress. This article tries to explore various features of stress in different places and what methodologies we can adopt in dealing with stress.

At Home

'Home sweet home' is an old saying that has great significance. If you do not find peace at your own home, you may not find it anywhere on earth. You may not have the flexibility of clear mind so that you become able to focus on any aspect in addition to physical discomfort as well. Stress at home primarily affects children too intensely. Most of the cases, we can see parents in the modern world simply put their children in an invisible race. Their days start with strict commands such as 'get up now', 'start studying', 'hurry up', 'be fast, you will be late for school,' etc. etc.

Additionally, if parents have their own conflict, it also offers added stress to children at home. Result is quite evident and inevitable such as drugs, violence, suicide, etc. Not necessarily parents always promote stress to their child's life, it is not at all intentional, but it happens, sometime in a very subtle and unavoidable form, say for example, stress due to peer conflict. So it is the duty of the parents to let their child grow with techniques that help them dealing with stress.

The parents should understand the perspective of their child. Their attitude towards their children should be empathetic and this is the first phase to let them develop dealing with stress. Parents should also implement useful stress management techniques such as meditation and relaxation in their own lives so that they can possibly avoid the adverse effects of stressful encounter. All the family members should employ an environment free from any conflict along with a freedom of opinion and choice. Essentially it is the integral role of the head of the family to employ such environment with the family so that all the family members can face the stressful situation if it occurs to any of the member's life. Needless to say, it is the most effective way in dealing with stress at home.

At Workplace

In modern days, stress related to workplace has become a serious threat to the worker's health and mind. It not only affects an individual psychologically, but also it promotes serious physical health hazards in due course of time. It is not only true for people who go to office for work, but it is also applicable for people who work from home even. It makes people exhausted and irritated gradually in time. While dealing with stress at your workplace, the first thing you should know is how to manage your time.

You need to prioritize your tasks and set a realistic goal always. Managing time is a crucial factor for triggering stress at workplace. Email, chat and phone distract the concentration and disrupt workflow, hence kills the time. You should keep yourself away from all these things at least while you are focusing on your task. Managing your time is an effective way in dealing with stress at workplace. You should be careful about your food at workplace, it matters a lot. Many of us simply avoid taking healthy food at work; rather depend on junk food or fast food. This results in health complications, leading to stress in life. You should not forget to take a break, even it is little, but it may help you out of being overstressed. Feeling exhausted at workplace is not a sign of weakness, but it is a warning sign of being stressed out. You should act on it before it gets too late.