What is Stress and Stress Management?
Stress is
a generic term used to describe feelings of being anxious and
overwhelmed. Stress management has been around for many years as a way
to help people cope with their stress. It Really is possible to find
stress relief!
In the
middle of a hectic day full of appointments, deadlines and expectations,
you may find yourself saying, “I am getting stressed out!” In
actuality, you are experiencing external stressors and responding to
them with anxiety about whether you can cope with them at all.
When a
person is feeling tired, anxious, tense and discouraged, it is usually
more socially acceptable in our culture to say “I’m stressed out” than
to say “I’m feeling anxious”. Part of the reason for this is that
stress locates the cause of our problem out there somewhere in our
environment, while anxiety infers that we may have something to do with
how we are feeling and reveals our vulnerability.
Stress
sounds more macho than anxiety, as if we are hanging tough while fending
off the attacking hordes. However, locating the problem outside
ourselves also puts the solution out there and out of reach.
Stress
Management is a critical component of being able to identify, isolate
and resolve that which plagues us. This website has a host of great
information that can help you with stress management and getting to the
bottom of the problem you may be experiencing. We are always looking for
stories from people who have you used stress management techniques to
help them find stress relief. Please email your stress management story to :
admin@stress-relief-information.com .
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