Basic principles for stress coping provided by San Fransisco

In the modern era, there is every risk for gaining mental disorders. And, if not always, stress is one of the risk factors for an onset of the mental disorder.

Therefore, good stress-coping strategies are required for safe and effective life. Fortunately, there are many tips to reduce your stress level.

For example, University of California San Francisco provides an online program called emotional brain training for overcoming stress-induced mental troubles, according to the article below.

The Conversation: Reeling from the news? Train your brain to feel better with these 4 techniques

In my sense, the four points the author suggests for stress reduction are rational. Any of them has been established as a psychotherapeutic technique.

Thus, "See stress as a moment of opportunity" is a reframing technique in brief therapy. "Check your stress number" is self-monitoring as a basic process of inducing cognitive behavioral therapy. And, "Update your unconscious expectations" is no other than the cognitive modification in cognitive therapy. At last, "The power of compassion and humor" is not a single technique but fundamental and desirable attitude for the therapist.

I believe this method developed in the University of California San Francisco will be effective for many people suffering from depression, anxiety, and doubtful thoughts influenced by fake news and harmful words from others.