In recent years there has been, quite rightly, a greater focus on seafarers’ mental wellbeing. But we should also take good care of our physical health.
Taking good care of our physical wellbeing enables us to better cope with emotional problems. A healthy diet, along with exercise and rest, plays a vital role in ensuring you maintain a healthy body and a healthy mind.
It is known that due to their nature to work, seafarers are often exposed to difficult working conditions, causing them job stress. Namely, job stress relates to a serious physiological condition that causes adverse mental and physical reactions to the body, such as the well-known panic attacks.
Do you currently feel stuck or in a sort of limbo where you can't actually access all the goods that life has to offer? Don't worry, life itself can many times be overwhelming asnd not engaging enough. Couple that with global pandemic, and your problem now has a name: languishing.
Positive coping statements encourage us and help us cope through distressing times.You only have to watch a tennis match to see the power of positive self talk. The player who looks despondent is probably criticising themselves whilst making lots of mistakes. The other player may look very confident, using lots of positive self talk to encourage and push themself, and they play like a master. This process might swap from player to player during the match – but the one who is using and believing positive self talk will be the better player at that time.