Table of contents:
- 1. Poor sleep habits
- 2. Eating irregularly
- 3. Drink coffee
- 4. Sitting too long
- 5. Cell phone
- 6. Work overtime
- 7. Watching TV too long
- 8. Too often listen to vent
It is no longer a secret that the millennial generation (who are now in their productive age) find it difficult to avoid three psychological problems, namely stress, anxiety, and being unproductive. Data American Psychological Association (APA) shows that the millennial generation is less able to overcome these problems than the previous generation.
Not only bad for mental health, according to research from Harvard University, anxiety and stress are linked to the risk of heart disease, migraines, chronic respiratory problems, and other adverse conditions.
Unfortunately, work, ambition, and various tough choices in life are indeed the main things why stress, anxiety, and unproductive tendencies afflict you. However, rarely do we realize that daily habits are also slowly forming the three main problems of the millennial generation. These bad habits are:
1. Poor sleep habits
It is common knowledge that poor sleep habits are a contributing factor to stress, anxiety and unproductive tendencies. A University of California study states that lack of sleep can attack the part of the brain that causes anxiety in humans. The main cause of lack of sleep is starting to sleep at different times, not prioritizing sleep, and what often happens is busy using a laptop, cellphone, or gadget before going to bed.
Solution:
Reporting from calmclinic.com, The simple thing that can be a solution to this problem is to make sleep a scheduled routine, remove objects that will make you delay your sleep (laptop, cellphone, etc.), and then exercise regularly during the day.
2. Eating irregularly
Not only a matter of body metabolism, regular eating has also been proven to have a good effect on a person's mental condition. Reporting from bodyandhealth.com, "Delaying eating too long or skipping breakfast can cause blood sugar levels to become unstable, and can trigger anxiety, confusion, dizziness, and difficulty speaking." Dehydration or lack of fluids in the body can also have the same effect, because basically food and drink are the primary biological needs.
Solution:
Eat a regular and consistent daily diet. Keep snacks away from your desk or desk in your room. Always provide a bottle of mineral water wherever you are on the move.
3. Drink coffee
In the context of short-term benefits, we often use coffee as a solution. For example, to make us more focused and alert in the next few hours. However, behind these benefits, coffee makes us more sensitive, irritable, anxious, and nervous. Caffeine turns out to pump a sense of panic in us, and then makes us phobic around. Caffeine is also a diuretic, that is, it triggers an accelerated formation of urine, and that adds to the anxiety of its own.
Solution:
For you coffee fans, learn to limit the portion of coffee to one cup a day. If you can't help it, switch to decaffeinated coffee, or black tea. If it has made you calmer for a few weeks, stick to that path.
4. Sitting too long
Sitting too long will cause you anxiety. This is evidenced by researchers from BMC Public Health. The reality is, nowadays most jobs put us at work desks, and all jobs can be accessed via computers. However, it turns out that this is also not good for our psychology.
Solution:
Stand up and walk every 90 minutes you sit down. It is better if this is balanced with regular exercise.
5. Cell phone
The technology offered by today's generation of mobile phones makes us even more addicting. In many contexts, there is indeed a lot that we can achieve with the technology offered by our mobile phones. Baylor University research in 2014 stated that the screen cellphone as an information center can increase the activity of the nervous system. Increased activity of the nervous system can trigger strong anxiety.
Solution:
Don't always use cellphone if you're in a bored position and you're doing nothing. Get used to put it cellphone You are in your bag or in your pocket when you have nothing to do with cellphone.
6. Work overtime
Go home to the portion scheduled for your job. Quoted from Forbes, when work takes up a portion of our daily life, anxiety will automatically be present. Ignoring working hours can cause psychological harm to us.
Solution:
Schedule all your activities according to time. Limit the maximum time you work, and determine your sleep schedule each day. Make sure your work ambitions are in line with how you form a healthy psychological state.
7. Watching TV too long
Many consider resting on the sofa and spending time in front of the TV screen as a good rest method. However, a study disproves the method. A study states that anxiety and stress can be found by someone who watches TV for more than two hours in a row. Other studies have also suggested this is as impactful as spending time in front of a computer screen.
Solution:
When you're done with your job, look for activities other than watching TV. Look for activities such as exercising, chatting, hang out be with the park, or write. Increase interaction with nature and people around you.
8. Too often listen to vent
Expressing anxiety to others is an attempt to calm the mind. However, one study found that if you are always a place for friends to confide in their feelings and emotions, you can potentially feel worse. Likewise, if confiding is done in a group, then someone's anxiety (who is confiding in) will be transmitted to the group.
Solution:
This doesn't mean you have to stop listening to friends who complain. But after that, look for fun people who can make you happy and even forget about any problems.
