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Stress Management Is Primary
The need for stress management ranks high for everyone, even though we are affected individually by different pressures. Ignoring stress may result in serious and difficult problems to solve, indeed it is linked to many negative health conditions such as heart, blood pressure, and immune problems, healing ability, and many more, especially quality of life. Stress takes it's toll on emotional stability as well. Yet, a poor reaction to stress is caused by emotions that arise from thoughts about the stress and performance expectations.
The picture is a series of interacting events, all with individual variations, depending upon our psychological and physical makeup, personality, learned coping abilities, and where we are in our lives, to name a few. However, there are a few constants in the overall picture that apply to most everyone, and are places of intervention. First, it is important to understand some of the basic premises surrounding stress.
Stress Reactions Generally Develop Over Time
Short of a major happening that turns your life upside down, stress creeps into our lives like an unwanted weed in a fine garden. Stress seems small at first, and we shove the realization of its presence down. "Oh that's a problem, I'll pull it when I garden on Saturday." The next time you pass the garden another weed of a different variety is growing in a new corner, the first one is taller. You know the drill, the gardening day gets filled with higher priorities, and soon more and more weeds pop up. If a major event happens, many smaller stressors become problematic.
We live busy lives, filled with ever increasing priorities. Small issues become bigger, and more issues take precedence over the time and energy needed to resolve them. The job may have a new wrinkle that requires more time and skill to fix, the kids need attention, there's no time for just me, my partner is expecting more from me, I need to get new tires, on and on.
Unsettling Events Around Us Weigh Heavily
Many events outside of the our lives hit the news every day. We learn that the Gulf disaster is ruining lives, suicides are happening, the ecosystem is lost, the animals are suffering and dying. Jobs everywhere are gone; the economy dips again. There's another flood somewhere. These events, too, take a toll on a person's ability to handle stress.
Emotional Reactions Deepen
Stress propels thoughts of "try harder, do better, I can't do it, or can't you see I'm pedaling as fast as I can?" Usually, the thoughts are laced with resentment, anxiety, anger, sadness, feeling overwhelmed, lacking confidence, and any negative emotion you can have.
The first step is recognizing that the uneasiness or outright panic is due to stress, then recognizing where that stress is coming from. Spend time writing a list of what you are stressed about, even if you think this is a step you can skip over. The writing helps you get a clear idea of the problems. It will be easier to find solutions, if you know the basic issues. Also, writing will help you refine the issues, making them a point of intervention.
The next step will be to analyze the emotions that arise. We'll expand upon this issue in the next post. You need time to digest and fine tune your understanding about the sources of stress.
The least you need to know:
1. Stress is pervasive, usually starts with small annoyances, and progresses until you are affected in many life areas, especially the quality of your life and emotional stabilization.
2. Complicated lives, even outside events (like the news), create overwhelming pressures on your psyche.
The mission, should you chose to accept, is:
1. Begin with finding and exploring the cause of your stress. Don't try to skip this step.
2. Recognize where all stress is beginning, even news about the state of the world!
I have been a psychotherapist for many years. Many sessions, I see myself more of a life coach, helping clients to own their inner strengths and use their inner resources to untangle life problems. Early in my career, I understood " to work in your passion means you will never work a day in your life." Personal growth is a passion, as is helping others grow and learn to cope with bumps in the road. Greeting challenges continues to be a blueprint for apparently most of us in these times.
Having survived a life-threatening health issue myself this past year, new paths have been forged. I would like to share survival thoughts and coping techniques with more people than only those who sit in my office. The internet is the obvious choice for expanding client bases and reaching new audiences. Helping others is very rewarding. Thus, adapting to change, increasing coping skills, and personal growth are the underlying themes of this blog. I have been truly blessed to "Make Better Lemonade," and I gratefully ski down another mountain to share whatever insights I have, and hopefully learn from my readers. I always warn my clients, I receive far more than I ever give.
The title of my blog is Making Better Lemonade, http://healthyavatar.net
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