Changing jobs, moving to a new neighborhood, visiting relatives or joining a civic club are all positive experiences - yet each can bring about sweaty palms and that dry mouth feeling.

As much as you wanted that new home, there's a surprising stomach churning sensation as you sign the mortgage papers. That's called feeling anxious. In a matter of minutes or days, the anxious feeling passes. The fact that it passes shows the difference between anxiousness and anxiety.

When...

When you feel overwhelmed and up against the wall, do you notice the old familiar headache or backache that you get in response to a stressful situation?  Before you let it upset you, take time to think about whattypeof stress you're feeling.

There are two types of stress that psychologists call Eustress and Stress. These are as different as two sides of the same coin. One is actuallyusefulwhile the other is harmful to your body.

Eustress is an anxious...

There are some days that just go terribly wrong.  Your schedule gets thrown off kilter, you get into spats with the people you love, and like Murphy's Law – anything that can go wrong, will go wrong!

When these kinds of days occur, how do you normally react to the stress?  The methods you automatically turn to in an effort to help you deal with the increased anxiety levels is known as your stress reflex.

Just as your knee jerks when the doctor taps it, there...

Stress is a part of the human living experience; however, living with high levels of stress can put your health and wellbeing at risk.  The emotional stability, physical health and mental clarity can be adversely affected by excess stress making it seems impossible to manage and enjoy life. Stress can manifest physically in the body causing illness; the immune system can be affected by stress leading to the susceptibility to infections and viruses. Stress is caused by a number of...

The title might give away my entire point.

Have you ever found yourself in a really good mood and felt really energized...only to be interrupted by someone who insists that his or her day is absolutely horrible?  Have you noticed that it's always the same people doing this?

In high school, I had a math teacher who was great.  He taught math in a way that made it pretty fun and really easy to understand.  However, I can't think of one lesson that he taught me...

I NEED A DRINK

By

VIKRAM KARVE

One evening a friend of mine landed up at my place and said, "I've had a really hard day at work. I need a drink."

"I'll get you a cup of tea," I said.

"Tea…?" he exclaimed astounded, "haven't you got some whiskey or something…I told you I'm feeling terrible…everything went wrong today…I desperately need a drink…"

"I know you are dying...

This is Muhammad School-4

This article throws some light on the manner, behavior, Clemency and Conduct, of the Prophet Muhammad and how he used to deal with the pagan and the rude people.

(1) Abdullah ibn Amr (one of Muhammad's Companions) narrated:
"Allah's Messenger neither spoke in an insulting manner nor did he ever speak evil intentionally.  He used to say, 'The most beloved to me among you is the one who has the best character and...

There are many tips, techniques, and suggestions out there on how to reduce and manage stress. In fact, it seems that the topic of stress management grows more popular every day. I myself have been writing extensively about these various techniques here on ArticlesBase, as well as on my own personal website, mentioned at the bottom.

Many of these stress management methods are indeed very helpful and can reduce stress significantly. I know this because I've been using them myself...

What comes to your mind whenever you think of help with stress ?For some of us, we think about work and the fact that we have so much that is being piled on us on a daily basis.  Some of us may also think about home and family problems that we may be dealing with.

Regardless of what it is that comes to mind, however, stress is something that all of us have to deal with.  As a matter of fact, stress is not always a bad thing as it does help us to face challenging...

There are some things in our life that we cannot change, such as stressful situations that we may be dealing with at work or perhaps at home.  Although there are some things that we can do in order to achieve a little bit of peace in our life, we all have responsibilities that we need to live up to and even though they are stressful, they are ours to bare alone.

There are some ways for you to be able to affect your stress level to a certain extent, however, and these can help...