Where Does All Your Stress Come From?
Where Does All Your Stress Come From?
Where Does All Your Stress Come From?
If you think you have a stressful job or life; if you believe stressful things are always happening to you, you're partly right. But it's a very small part.
An estimated 10% of our stress comes from what's happening to us; the other 90% comes from the way we think about what's happening to us.
Most of the stressors we experience are not major crises. They're more likely to be in the form of "hassles": little frustrations and setbacks that we encounter on our way to a goal, whether that goal is simply a relaxing lunch or a new, exciting opportunity in life.
Hassles add up, too, and they even seem to multiply. If you experience a setback, and feel a little irritated and fatigued, because of it, you are more likely to experience something else as a hassle. Perhaps it's just something that someone says that doesn't seem supportive, but it adds to your frustration.
Let's say that, when you got up this morning, your water heater was broken, so you couldn't take a hot shower. Then you car wouldn't start, and you had to call someone to jump start it. Arriving at work a little late, you met your boss, who said, "Remember, that proposal needs to be done by 10 a.m." You immediately thought of this as a warning, and perhaps a signal that your boss doesn't quite trust you.
Worrying about that, you got to your desk, to find a reminder that you had a lunchtime appointment. You experienced that as more pressure, although there are times when that would have been an interesting break in your day. But not today.
And then something else happened, and that was irritating, too. Pretty soon your day was filled with hassles.
You can protect yourself against the multiplication of hassles, and even make yourself stress-resistant. Here are some simple things you can do:
Get enough sleep!
Sleep deprivation is a major cause of stress, and sleeplessness is one of the sure signs that you are under too much stress.
Ever notice how things bother you less when you're rested? You can even think of more creative solutions, such as asking your next-door neighbors if you could use their shower.
Set a regular bedtime and stick to it. Avoid stimulating food, drink and exercise too close to bedtime. And make your bedroom a tranquil haven, not a cluttered place where you stick everything out of sight of guests.
Choose calming and substantial foods early in the day, such as oatmeal to give you long-lasting, slow-burning energy. Avoid the sugar-filled doughnuts and rich pastries that give you a quick spurt of energy. And limit your intake of caffeine-rich coffee and tea.
Watch your self -importance! When you start thinking that everything that you are doing is so important that you can't not do it, then you are under severe stress.,
Ask yourself, what will be the consequence of not doing this task? A year from now a week from now will anyone care?
When you become ill and if you continue to over-stress your body, you will you will find how quickly you can re-write your priority list. It becomes easy to let go of things that are non-essential. You find that it's easier to recognize when someone is making an urgent demand on your time and energy that doesn't have any real consequences; it's just a result of that person's stress level.
So why not start re-setting your priority list right now?
The answer to the question, "where does your stress come from", is easy: it comes from you.
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