Since stress kinda affect my physical health, I first focus on what I eat and put my body into condition then I try to relax by watching tv shows or movies and sometimes videos that can make me laugh then I deal with the stressful things later when my mind is clear.
In general, the stress comes when we have a lot of expectations and things does not turn up as we had thought, lowering our expectations is another way of releasing the stress.
Some people take stress medicine which have a lot of side effects. We should refrain from such medicines.