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What are some of the top major stressors in life?
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Dr Julie Day
Chiropractor
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When most people think of stress, they are thinking of the mental/emotional kind. The major emotional stressors are negative thinking, worry, anxiety, ingratitude.
Stressors can also come from physical and chemical sources. Physical stressors include sitting for extended periods, not exercising daily, poor posture. Chemical stressors include eating food that is man-made/processed.
Thinking, moving and eating in a way that is not congruent with your genetic requirements is a stressor.
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Shona Cassell
Psychologist, Sport Psychologist
Shona is the principle psychologist of Keeping U On Track and a local resident of the Sutherland Shire. Shona is a registered psychologist and has … View Profile
According to the “Holmes-Rahe Social Readjustment Rating Scale”, the top life stressors are related to things that bring about change in our lives - some within our control and some outside our control. For example, death of a loved one, relationship breakdown, injury or illness, financial stressors, changing jobs, lifestyle changes etc. The key to dealing with all this change is to focus on what is and is not within your control. You might not be able to control the situation itself but you can control the thoughts and feelings you have around the stressor.
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Muriel Cooper
Psychologist
I specialise in stress, anxiety and depression as well as general psychology. I have been a counsellor and psychologist for nearly 20 years and firmly … View Profile
Shona has mentioned the Holmes-Rahe Social Readjustment Rating Scale and control. I'd add one of the most stressful things is worry - and worry is often about your communication with yourself (self-talk).
Learning how to deal with worry can reduce stress and anxiety dramatically.
How do you know it's a worry (rather than a genuine concern)? - it's persisitant, pervasive and does nothing at all to fix the problem - it's just your survival brain waving it's arms around in the air and saying ‘danger Will Robinson’ whout doing a thing about it.
Be mindful to seperate endless worry loops from genuine concerns - then if it's a genine concern - write it down and write down as many things as you can think of, that you do can do about it. Then put your written work away in a visually striking place (a book or a ‘worry box).
Then when your brain wants you to worry, be firm and tell it ’it's in the book' or ‘it’s in the box'.
Result - not no stress - but stress in perspective.
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Grace du Prie
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Stress is the “wear and tear” our bodies experience as we adjust to our continually changing environment; it has physical and emotional effects on us and can create positive or negative feelings.
As a positive influence, stress can help compel us to action; it can result in a new awareness and an exciting new perspective.
As a negative influence, it can result in feelings of distrust, rejection, anger, and depression, which in turn can lead to health problems such as headaches, upset stomach, rashes, insomnia, ulcers, high blood pressure, heart disease, and stroke.
With the death of a loved one, the birth of a child, a job promotion, or a new relationship, we experience stress as we readjust our lives. In so adjusting to different circumstances, stress will help or hinder us depending on how we react to it..
As we have seen, positive stress adds anticipation and excitement to life, and we all thrive under a certain amount of stress. Deadlines, competitions, confrontations, and even our frustrations and sorrows add depth and enrichment to our lives.
However, our goal is not to eliminate stress but to learn how to manage it and how to use it to help us. Insufficient stress acts as a depressant and may leave us feeling bored or dejected; on the other hand, excessive stress may leave us feeling “tied up in knots.” What we need to do is find the optimal level of stress, which will individually motivate but not overwhelm each of us.Report this post
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