A SYSTEMIC WAY FOR COPING WITH STRESS

摘要

The objective of this work is to show that there is a systemic way for coping with stress, that has proved to be effective in a wide variety of situations. A number of stress relieving techniques have been developed and applied to tackle this problem, ranging from psychiatric based treatments up to alternative medicine; however, such approaches are not often available to all stress sufferers and lack effectiveness, since they all seek cure through physiopsychological modifications and lack feedback control actions (??). Psychosocial stress has become a major problem in most communities, its impact can be appreciated in the rise of related diseases (peptic ulcers, hypertension, some types of cancer), labor conflicts, familiar instability, alcoholism, drug addiction and crime rate. This is why urgent actions are badly needed to tackle this widespread problem on all fronts. The fundamentals of our systemic approach to stress relief are that the patient is an active element of the cure cycle. The therapist acts as a guide and evaluator, but the patient takes full responsibility for the treatment. The patient seeks to understand and control all stressors while entering in a harmonious relationship with the environment. We should all be aware that there are several levels of stress having different impacts on different people, consequently, effective stress treatment should be tailored to the patient needs and environment. In all groups studied, ignorance and uncertainty have been found to be major sources of stress, leading to personal insecurity, fear and failure, which in turn increases stress. The very treatment of stress should be introduced by an adequate instruction and education of the patients group, as described in the body of this paper.