User:Mental health matter

Stress management, healthy lifestyle and emotional well being

''definition: Stress management refer to a set of management strategies aimed at controlling and reducing impacts of stress on ones physical and mental health. Your lifestyle and emotional wellbeing are some of the factors that contribute to stress and keeping them in check can help you manage your stress levels.''

stress can be caused by few of the following:


 * life changes such as divorce
 * financial issues e.g debt
 * academic pressure can be exams
 * daily hassles such as traffic
 * trauma from violence and
 * isolation

with effective management strategies such as relaxation, exercise, time management and seeking support one can help themselves mitigate the harmful consequences of stress. It helps individuals better handle challenging situations, reduce negative effects of stress and improve quality of life. This is were healthy life choices come in as aw way of living that promotes physical, mental and emotional wellbeing. Making conscious and right choices for ones own health in all aspects of life. By adapting a healthy lifestyle one is likely to maintain stress, foster positive mental and emotional state.

Healthy life choices


 * regular exercise
 * managing stress
 * adequate sleep and
 * hydration