Every first Wednesday in November—November 2 this year—National Stress Awareness Day is a 24-hour reminder that worrying about things you can’t control doesn’t benefit you . Chronic stress actually impairs cognitive and physiological processes, according to a study. Would you prefer to sluggishly age? Without a doubt! Let’s practice selecting one idea over another on this day so that the stress will melt away.
When is National Stress Awareness Day
Do all people experience stress? We can benefit from some stress. It enables us to adapt to life’s changes. Our bodies use stress as a means of self-defense. On the other hand, relationships and our health suffer from excessive stress. On the first Wednesday in November, there is a day set aside to raise awareness of stress and its causes.
National Stress Awareness Day History
The International Stress Management Association (ISMA), a registered charity that promotes information about stress, best practices for stress management, well-being, and performance that are acknowledged nationally and internationally as well, sponsors National Stress Awareness Day.
Every first Wednesday in November, National Stress Awareness Day is observed by Carole Spiers, chairman of ISMA, with the goal of raising public awareness and assisting individuals in identifying, coping with, and reducing stress in both their personal and professional life. In order to inform employers and employees about how to deal with stress at work and build programs inside their organizations for that purpose, the organization develops initiatives supported by statistics and science. It offers thorough instructions on how to handle stress, take care of one’s health and well-being, and enhance one’s working environment.
Life-threatening issues can result from chronic stress, which is the inability to manage it for a long period and being in a lengthy and continual state of stress. Stress should not be handled lightly because it can lead to hypertension, heart conditions, lowered immunity, loss of sociability, and diminished mental vigor.
National Stress Awareness Day is a daylong celebration to take a deep breath and embrace calm in order to stop the domino effect. The holiday is observed on Wednesday, the busiest and most stressful day of the week, to raise awareness among people and organizations about the importance of stress management for peak performance.
National Stress Awareness Day Activities
DO NOT BE ALONE!
That is perhaps the greatest way to commemorate this day. Prepare yourself as the day draws near to enjoy the entire day stress-, worry-, and worry-free! Avoid negativity and spend time doing the things you enjoy; take a stroll, get a massage, take a long, hot bath, or hang out with friends. You are free to miss work on this day if you like, however, we won’t advise it.
Think about your tension points
It involves more than just today. If you want to entirely eliminate stress from your life, you should practice stress management and reduction constantly. Use today to identify the sources of your most stress, as we don’t really have time to do so on other days. Is it a result of your job or family, or is worrying over little matters just a habit of yours? Locate the trouble spots and make a plan of action to deal with them.
Laugh nonstop all day!
That is the difficulty. Prepare to do activities that will make you all laugh and have the finest time possible with your friends and family. Plan a party with skits, a competition to see who can tell the funniest jokes with a prize for the winner, or just spend the day laughing out loud at the funniest movie or television show (maybe “FRIENDS”?). Laughing is the finest stress reliever, so laugh away.
