Positive Thinking and Well Being to Overcome Helplessness

Abstract

Individuals undergo lot of stress due to many reasons which include long hours of working, extreme  focus on achieving goals, health issues,  emotional problems etc. Stress effects both mental and physical wellbeing.  Every individual undergoes stress but the levels of stress are different for each individual.  Too much of stress will lead to severe mental disorders and make an individual feel helplessness.  Extreme work pressure and obsessive feelings and negative thoughts will increase stress.  Though stress cannot be measured, it can be felt by the individual.  Close associates can identify the symptoms of stress in the individual who is suffering from it.  More than the medicines, counselling and social gatherings will help the individual to recover from stress. It is very important to manage stress by tracking physical and emotional responses, establishing boundaries, learning how to relax, talking to well wishers and giving time to yourself. Due to repeated failures,  level of stress increases and an individual feels Helplessness, which  is a state of mind. Helplessness makes an individual believe that they are unable to control or change the situation and fails to take the opportunities.   Helplessness leads to increased negative thoughts and depression.  To overcome stress one should have healthy life style and positive thinking.  Before taking up the task one should be prepared to accept the result what so ever may be.