Stress Management Techniques At Leeza's Place we know energy can be inhibited by stress and anxiety. Not many other stressors can overwhelm as memory disorders do. Too much stress and anxiety can seriously affect ones' ability to focus on skills. Leeza’s Place works with a network of professionals to identify the causes of excess stress and anxiety, explain their symptoms and then identify techniques to manage them. It is important that throughout the journey with yourself and your loved one that you are responsible for your own stress levels. Very often stress levels are a product of the way that you think. Learn to monitor your stress levels - adjusting up if you need more arousal, or down if you are feeling too stressed. Also learn that other people may seek to manipulate your stress levels: if you are feeling stressed and uptight, the last thing you may need is a motivational talk from a professional. A certain level of stress is needed for optimum performance but too often there are negative effects that impact the healing journey a family must go through. These negative effects of stress are: »  Interfering with judgment and fine motor control »  Causing competition to be seen as a threat, not a challenge »  Damaging the positive frame of mind you need for high quality competition by: »  promoting negative thinking »  damaging self-confidence »  narrowing attention »  disrupting thought flow »  Consuming of mental and physical energy. This is energy that you could devote to keeping yourself healthy in the challenging times ahead. Very often stress can be both caused by, and a result of, negative thinking. If you interpret a situation by saying 'I'm in trouble', then you are much less likely to do well than if you think positively, seeing a new situation as an opportunity to exhibit your skills at a higher level.