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Life Deals us all Stress:
Life deals us all a
measure of stress. We can be focusing on handling our tasks according
to schedule when all of a sudden another issue brings itself forward.
For example, if a person
is writing a report that is due tomorrow and all of a sudden, the
phone rings and a friend is on the other line asking us to join them
in an evening of fun. This is a stressor, since the person may feel
like he or she let their friend down if they say no. On the flip side
if the person is torn between two engagements, he or she might weigh
the questions in their mind and see that the report is most important
to finish.
When the person decides
to finish the report and turns it in on schedule, he or she will feel
good for the accomplishment. Now if that person sits around the entire
evening trying to decide whether to join the friend or finish the
report he or she is adding stress. Therefore, decision plays a large
part in stress.
If we are making good
decisions most likely, the stress in our life will decrease. We can
see from the picture that had the person made the choice to hang out
with friends rather than hold up to his or her obligations that stress
would have followed, since the person would be penalized for failure
and possibly re-assigned. Another example can be seen when a mother
arrives home from work, the babysitter is telling her about the day’s
events, the baby is crying and she is rushing to prepare a meal for
the family.
We can see this woman
is weighed down with stress and stressors, but how she handles it
will make all the difference to her health and mind. Let us review
and think about a common situation and how stress can be reduced.
Ok, mom arrives home, the babysitter is cramming her head with the
day’s events, the baby is crying and a meal needs to be prepared.
What can the mother
do to avoid stress? First, the baby needs attention since he or she
is upset for some reason. Now the mother could ask the babysitter
to attend to the child, or else she could put the babysitter on hold
and attend to the child herself. The baby is quiet.
Now, mom can return
to the kitchen and tell the babysitter what she is trying to achieve,
and tell her that she may inform her of the day’s events, providing
she does so while she works to prepare the meal. It might be helpful
for the mother to relax for a few minutes and prepare herself for
the upcoming tasks by taking a few short breaths.
She then can return
to the kitchen, listen to the babysitter while she prepares a meal.
Now if she planned what she would cook for that day she is already
one-step closer to relaxation.
On the other hand,
if the mother continued rushing her nerves would be on edge and stress
would wrap itself around her for the rest of the evening. This is
part of life’s demands and it all depends on how we deal with
each situation that comes our way to determine the level of stress
we will endure.
The two examples are
less extreme, however, even if stressors present itself to us on a
complex level our decision will determine how much stress we will
endure. For example, a mother rushes home from work to find her children
unattended. The babysitter is nowhere in site and the welfare people
were contacted. The mother is expected to have dinner on the table
for her family.
What can she do to
remove stressors and stress? Wow, I wound not want to be this mother.
However, if the mother thinks throughout the complex situation she
will see an outing. If the mother questions the children to see if
any valid excuse is available for the babysitter ammunition will be
available, but since the state is now involved the mother needs some
valuable resources that will protect her children. She knows that
dinner is not the most important problem in front of her; therefore,
sometimes we have to put something’s on the back burner for
the time being. Therefore, we see that thinking and decisions all
play a part in reducing stress. Limiting stress is our ticket to success.
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