At some point in our lives, we’re all going to deal with stress.

Whether it’s workplace stress, relationship stress, financial stress, or other kinds of stress - it’s a universal feeling. 

But knowing how to deal with this stress is what’s important. 

Everyone’s ways of relieving stress will be different, and Stress Awareness Month is here to help us find healthy coping mechanisms for when things get tough.

Let’s dive into this month a bit more, and highlight a few ways to relieve some stress.

Stress Awareness Month

 

Established in 1992, Stress Awareness Month is a month dedicated to recognising and addressing the impact of stress on our daily lives.

It aims to increase our awareness of the causes and cures for the way we feel stress in every day life, because in understanding stress, we can find effective ways to manage it, which is crucial to maintaining our overall well-being.

By highlighting the importance of mental health and stress management, this month is all about encouraging us to reflect on our stress levels and adopt healthier coping mechanisms to help get us through it.

Opening up and having conversations around the stress we feel can be one of the most cathartic and relieving things, and this month gives us the perfect opportunity to do that.

How Does Stress Affect Our Lives?

 

Chronic stress can have a lot of effects on both our physical and mental health.

Physically, stress can be linked to serious health issues such as heart disease, headaches, muscle pain, and weakened immunity.

While our stress reactions are normal and can sometimes be beneficial in the short term, prolonged periods of stress can be super dangerous to our overall health.

Mentally, chronic stress can lead to anxiety, depression, and burnout.

Plus, stress has been a normal human reaction since the beginning of time, but add to that the pressures of our modern workplace culture, and societal expectations, and you’ve got a recipe for severe impacts on our mental health.

Recognising the signs of stress and setting boundaries for yourself is a great way to help prevent prolonged stress. 

Strategies for Managing Stress

 

Having a holistic approach to our mental wellbeing means being proactive in our approach to wellness, so what are some habits that we can incorporate into our daily lives to help with this?

• Meditation
• Nutritious meals
• Regular Sleep
• Journaling
• Movement

Making these things habit can help significantly reduce stress levels, and the key is to integrate wellness practices like these consistently without focussing on making them ‘perfect’.

Self-Care For De-Stressing

 

Of course, over here at Give Me, our favourite way to de-stress is through self-care!

By incorporating self-care routines into your every day life, you can have that little bit of time that is yours to focus on you and only you.

This can also be an effective way to manage stress, allowing you to collect your thoughts and have a moment of serenity to just breathe.

Let’s take a look at some products and bundles that can help:

 

The Essential Four Faces Serums includes four different serums which offer day and night skin-loving!

They each work to rejuvenate and nourish the skin, offering different benefits in each.

You could use the time you take to apply each of these serums as a reminder to take a breath and a moment for yourself.

 

As we mentioned above, stress can have a lasting effect on us physically, and thinning or loss of hair can sometimes be a symptom of stress.

Our Finer Thinner Hair Bundle is designed for those with finer or thinning hair, offering products that aim to strengthen and add volume and contributing to a stress-free haircare routine!

 

Next up is the ULTIMATE de-stressing haircare bundle - the Clarifying Haircare Bundle!

Curated with products and tools to help remove build-up of product on the scalp, this bundle is the perfect opportunity to have some much-needed down time and give yourself your very own head massage at home.

 

And last but not least, we can’t forget about the effect stress can have on our skin. That’s right, we’re talking about breakouts!

Our Calm & Clear Duo brings together our Spot Stop Pimple Patches and our dermatologically and clinically tested Hypochlorous Acid Face Spray.

While the spot patches work to create a barrier over breakouts, protecting them from grime and dirt, our hypochlorous acid face spray offers a gentle yet powerful cleanse to the skin, helping to support the skin barrier and restore calmness to it.

Remember, no matter what kind of stress you’re dealing with, it’s crucial to make sure you’re taking care of yourself and your mental health.

Make it a priority to carve out time for you to relax and have some time to de-stress, and remember that Give Me is always here for you x