Consequences – Stress or No Stress?
When you have faced an activating event, reacted to it through your thoughts and feelings, you end up with the Consequence. Did you get stressed? If you’re like many people, the answer is yes. The problem at this point is that it’s too late to change the fact that you’re stressed. All you can do is minimize the damage that is done by your stress. Damage? Sure, that’s why you’re here, right? You’re tired, grouchy, depressed . . . The list goes on. Of course, there’s damage to your body as well. High blood pressure, obesity, muscle aches and pains, heartburn, diarrhea . . . Need I say more?
There are estimates that up to 90 percent of all visits to physicians are for complaints related to stress. How do you think marriages fare under all this stress?
The key to beating stress is to stop it before it begins. Easier said than done, right? Well, we’re going to work on that together. But until then, try to minimize the damage done when you get to the Consequence stage. Methods for doing that include relaxing your body (yoga), relaxing your mind (meditation), and many others that we’ll cover a little later.
Next Step:
Understanding Your Stressful Situations
Once you become aware of your present situation, you can then begin to understand your stress.
Previous Step:
Your beliefs or thoughts can be a major contributor to your stress.
Other Steps in this Section:
Once you know the causes of stress, you are better equipped to develop an action plan to address your stress.
The ABC Model helps you understand the causes of stress.
Activating Events are those events in your environment that cause you to get stressed.
Possible Solutions to Your Stress
Solving your stress depends on what works for you.
Action – Strategies for Success
Take action in order to reduce or eliminate your stress.
Our Subconscious Stress – Fight or Flight
Our fight or flight response is nature’s own stress inducer.
