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Too much stress in life is not good for health. It may affect your immune system, digestive system, circulatory
                 system and many others. It affects your ability to think clearly, function effectively, and make justified decisions in
                 life. All these factors may affect your relationship with the people around you in your personal and professional
                 life which may lead to depression. Thus, stress management becomes very important.

                 Some of the basic need for stress management are:

                 •  To Maintain good health.
                 •  To Improve efficiency at home and in the professional place.
                 •  Balance your mood swings to maintain good mental health.
                 •  Boost up your immune system to protect vital systems of the body.

                 •  To have healthy relationships with people around you.

                         Steps to Manage Stress


                 Following are the steps to manage stress:
                 Step 1    Know about yourself that you are stressed: In this step look for the signs and symptoms of stress
                           in yourself. Symptoms like you do not feel like going out and meeting people, having anxiety, mood
                           swings, headaches, sleeplessness  etc. If you are able to acknowledge  your stress  then you will be
                           working in the direction of managing it.

                 Step 2    Figure out the root cause of stress: Once you are aware of your stress then in this step you find out
                           the root causes of giving you stress. It can be due to exam pressure, fighting with somebody close, the
                           illness of a person close to you, not being selected for some competition etc.
                 Step 3    Adapt stress management techniques: After identifying the root causes of stress in this step, you
                           focus on the important tools for managing your stress. It can be learning good time management
                           techniques, relaxing by spending quality time with the people you love, going out for picnics on
                           weekends, or relaxing mind and body with exercise and yoga.



                              Task


                     Answer the following questions:
                     1.  What are the common signs of stress?
                     2.  What do you mean by stress?
                     3.  What is the basic need for stress management?




                         Stress Management Techniques

                 Whether you are facing good stress or bad stress, it is important to learn some stress management techniques to
                 minimise the negative impact on mind and body.
                 Some of the good stress management techniques are:

                 Time Management





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