Tips to know what stresses you

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What causes you stress and how do you relieve stress? For me, it is fear of heights. I didn’t realize I had acrophobia, which is a great fear of heights, until I was driving in north-eastern India some years ago. The memory came back to me recently in Juneau Alaska when my wife asked me to go on a cable car to the top of Mt Roberts. Both experiences induce stress and make me wonder how I can relieve stress.

Different experiences trigger different levels of stress for people. Some people get a rush out of extreme sports while others are terrified at the thought of doing such dangerous things. For me, it is heights like to think of a way of reducing the stress. My best stress relief strategy is to make sure that I don’t engage in these experiences.

What makes you stressed and worried? Spiders, snakes, people, tests, and public speaking are very common stressors. Look at what I’m going to say and work out which ones are problems for you.

In the workplace we have these triggers: organizational changes, unfair or excessive workloads, too much unpaid overtime, stressful demands and expectations, duties that do not match individual’s job specification, work that is boring and is not motivating, no (or limited) autonomy over the work situation, job insecurity and threatened redundancy, inadequate training for the demands of the position, inadequate, inappropriate or excessive supervision, a work environment that does not meet occupational health and safety standards, inadequate resources to do the job. Others include inappropriate social culture in the workplace, for example, racist, harassing, discriminatory, poor relationships with colleagues or bosses, and dramatic events in the workplace, for example, death, severe injury, hold-ups. What a list. It is a wonder that so many of us enjoy our workplaces a well as we do.

People have their own list of personal fears. Having grown up on a farm, I’m not particularly scared of snakes but many of my friends are terrified. A dinner party where you are meant to look good and sound smart can be quite stressful. Some people worry about their body shape because they are too fat.

Being a family can be a stressful event. If you are a parent, saving up to college, paying your kids dental bills, determining when they should be able to date, unwanted pregnancies – the list goes on. You might be worried about your own relationships and this causes you constant stress. Families do create stress but they also provide stress relief.

We each need to know what it is that causes stress and we have to learn how to relieve the stress. I use a simple acronym to help people manage their stress – BE CALM. It is B for build, E for examine, C for confront, A for accept, L for let go (forgive, forget), and M for Move on with your life. I explain this more carefully in clinical settings but the important point is that we can map out a program to relieve and manage stress very well.

Psychologist, Dr Jeff, helps stressed patients. Why tolerate stress? Learn stress relief tricks now. Click here for the free What is Stress by Dr Jeff. Don’t waste another minute stressed and burnt out. Get moving – learn how to relieve stress.

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