RECOGNISING STRESS
Not all stress is bad – some stress is essential
Minor stress is something that everybody experiences at some time in their lives, from being stuck in a traffic jam to burning the toast in the morning. Depending on what is happening in your life at the time, the effect of these minor incidents soon passes, but if you have stress in other areas of your life, such as work pressures, relationship issues, family worries, then these minor occurrences can become a major stress issue.
So how stressed are you?
Take a look at our list and see what you recognise in yourself. And you may want to check out our Top 10 Tips for Reducing Stress!
- Noticing it in ourselves and others:
- Pessimism at work and in personal life
- Increased dissatisfaction
- Lack of motivation
- Inefficiency
- Feeling down or even depressed
- Insomnia
- Overeating
- Smoking more
- Increased anger
- Intolerance of others
- Personality changes
- Lack of enthusiasm
- Increased tiredness
- Frustration
- Increased moodiness
- Withdrawing
- Unable to make decisions
- Feeling depleted
- Compromised immune system
- Changes to eating and drinking habits, either more or less.
Find out about our Workshops on Stress Management for Beginners or contact us for more information about how we can help.