How to de-stress in today's mechanical world

First of all We need to understand what stress means and what it can do to us. Stress is very easily defined as any physical or mental demand exceeding the capacity of the person and causing the equilibrium of the person to fall below the normal state of control. One can identify stress by these major altercations in behaviour: Increase in heart beat, heavy breathing, feeling of having butterflies in the stomach, stammering while speaking, sweating during the course of interviews or discussions with superiors. 
Though we realise that stress is a part and parcel of today's materialistic lifestyle, we don't address it in the best manner. Stress is of two types Eustress & Distress. Eustress is when you get all exciting and happy news and you feel completely on top of the world. Distress is just the opposite when you face all negative news such as termination, failure in examinations,annulment of marriage, divorces and a close person's death. 

In order to seek a remedy for stress, one needs to firstly understand and accept that he or she is under distress. The major symptoms to be identified are having excessive fatigue, increased palpitations, facing sleep problems, inability to relax and so on. Once the symptoms are identified, We need to research means to alleviate the stress symptoms. 

A few suggestions which can act as de-stress techniques are:

1. You may prefer confiding with someone, avail their support, sometimes take suggestions and advice, implement the same.

2. A very good method of relieving stress is to pick up some workout regime such as physical exercises, going to gym, running, swimming, jogging, sports like badminton, Golf, Snooker etc.

3. One can also listen to their favourite music, take out time for themselves and most importantly listen to their body.

4. Start doing activities which you enjoy doing such as trekking, photography, travelling, going for movies, to name a few.

5. Spend time with your family. That is another way of reducing stress.

6. Once you leave your workplace for your residence, avoid carrying the burden of your work to home. Do not convert your home into office.

7. Be calm and maintain your cool. If your heart starts beating faster than usual, take your time and relax.  Practice any relaxation techniques twice a day.

8. Keep motivating yourself by uttering positive statements such as I can do this, All is well, You are    bound to succeed and so on.

9. Try to get as much as sleep as possible and practice methods of sleep hygiene.

10. Try to identify the most unhealthy aspect of your stress and jettison it from your life. 

11. Crack jokes, spend some time leisurely and learn to enjoy your life as much as possible.

These steps above are just basic suggestions to reduce the stress levels in any competitive environment. There are many other methods of reducing stress but they could be a long term process to implement. So it would be good for us to try practising these remedial measures to decrease the level of stress in our lives and make it more enjoyable for us as well as our near and dear.