The Method of Spiritual coping with Stress in the View of Islam

Psychology proposes some ways for coping with stress. These ways are influential in helping individuals to cope with the relatively low stress, but spiritual ways of coping with stress are more influential in very difficult situations. Spiritual methods of confrontations refer to religious beliefs and activities which help individuals manage emotional stress. Since the ways of coping with stress, which were introduced with an Islamic approach, did not enjoy the necessary comprehensiveness. So, it is necessary to study this issue in the light of the doctrines of Islam. The present paper seeks to make explicit the ways of coping with tension and stress from the view of Islam. A content analysis of religious texts is used in this paper. The research findings indicate following ways as spiritual means of confrontation from the view of Islam: transcendence- orientation, reinterpretation of happiness, situation analysis, regarding difficulties as affliction, considering the mortality of the self, realization of the final end, considering visiting our dear ones in the hereafter, paying attention to idea of pleading for justice in hereafter, neglecting mistakes, comparing the existing difficulty with greater ones, generalization, hopefulness, prayer, proper lifestyle and increasing tolerance.