Causes and Symptoms of Stress
From my article The Causes of Stress and How to Overcome Them at Dumb Little Man:
“Stress is one of the greatest causes of illness in our society today. It is possible that as much as 70% of all trips to the doctor can be attributed to stress. Stress is the great pretender, mimicking or contributing to nearly every ailment imaginable. In the interest of your own personal development, you need to be able to identify your sources of stress so you can control them.
In order to get control over your stress, something in your life must change. We all live with a certain degree of stress in our lives, but there is a point at which it becomes unmanageable, causing physical and mental illness.
Causes of stress can be broken down into internal and external stressors. External stressors are those things which we have no control over. Physical stressors can include a noisy environment, being overly hot or too cold, or feeling confined.
Major changes in your life can also cause stress, such as a lost job, the birth of a child, or a death in the family. Even that promotion you have been wanting will cause stress. Daily inconveniences create stress in our lives: rudeness of others, unreasonable rules at work or inefficient business practices, commuting, and deadlines.
Finally, you also have personally imposed stressors, such as a negative attitude, perfectionism, setting unrealistic expectations, self-criticism. As you can see, stress is hitting you from all angles.
Stress manifests itself in various ways, but there are three main categories where stress will begin to appear.”
Read the rest of The Causes of Stress and How to Overcome Them.
David, I read your full post on Dumb Little Man and I think you touched on some very important keys that are critical towards effective stress managment. For me it all boils down to a mix of sensible Nutrition, some Mindset strategies that shift perspective, and effectively looking after the body through both relaxation and activity.
You made a great point towards the end of your article about us needing to first identify the causes of our stress. This is no doubt the beginning stage towards effective stress management, without which we will continue to stumble in the dark wondering why on earth the lights are never turned on.
Effective and long lasting stress management is no doubt an ongoing process that we must be flexible and patient with at the same time.
Thanks for your great insights.
Adam Sicinski
Adam,
You said it all when you characterized stress management as s process that needs to be “flexible and patient”.
Thanks for visiting.
David
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I have been on my job for 19 yrs. I have boss’s that are like a volcano, they can erupt at anythime for any small matter. I am so stressed that it is as if i am scared to go to work , not knowing what to expect day to day. The ppl. i work for are very spoiled and pampered adults that have it all on a silver platter. They are rude, harassing and just plain ignorant.
I plan on retiring early. I can’t seem to take this much longer.