Dealing with stress is something that everyone has to deal with, usually on a daily basis. It's important to realize that you have to have an outlet for symptoms that stress causes. You know what it's like. Frustration shows her pretty little head. Soon to follow is her cousin Anger, and eventually Rage crashes the party. It's important that you deal with stress appropriately because its cause can be found everywhere:

• Work Stress- Your boss has been on you to increase your production, or you just can't stand listening to your co-workers' stupid conversations all day.
• Family Stress- Your wife or your husband won't stop bugging you about something you thought you settled a week ago, or perhaps having your kids, as much as you love, suddenly disappear for an hour or two so you can finally get some peace and quiet and be able to unwind from your day.
• Life Stress- Life in general just isn't making you happy. You feel like you everything around has been going bad lately and things will never start to seem ok again.

You need to be able to find ways to release this stress. If you let stress build up in your life, you could become very unhealthy. You may not be able to sleep at night because you're worrying so much. This will just lead to more stress when you're not able to be as productive as you'd like because you're so tired. Your diet and eating habits might become poor. If you're too busy with your work to eat a nutritious meal, and instead make frequent stops for fast food, your body is going to respond by not giving you the energy you need, making you sluggish when you're trying to finish that big project. You need to find ways to release the pent up feelings and emotions that stress causes. You should look to find something that will help relax you and recharge your battery, so to speak. Here are a few suggestions:

1. Running to release stress- Going for a run is an excellent way to release some stress. Some runners claim to getrunners high, providing them with a sort of euphoric feeling after running. This is definitely better than feeling stressed out. After getting your heart rate up and working up a good sweat, you'll feel reenergized to deal with the issues that are causing the stress in the first place.
2. Deep breathing exercises to release stress- Stop whatever you're doing, close your eyes, and take in a few deep breaths, letting them out slowly. As you breath in, feel the new energy come into your body. As you exhale, work to release all of the old, bad, stress energy out of you so that after this exercise you will be able to start fresh again and tackle the problems at hand.
3. Take a day off to release stress- If you're able, take a day off of work, or take a night out with just your husband or wife and leave the kids with a babysitter. Make time for yourself to get away from it all once in a while and enjoy yourself.

It's unhealthy to be put in stressful situations and to not be able to release emotion and frustration that stress causes. It is important to balance your work with your play to stay healthy. By managing your stress effectively, you will be better at dealing with all the craziness and uncertainty that life has to offer.