Possible Solutions – What Works for You?
There are a myriad of possible activities to help reduce or eliminate your stress. The key is to find those that agree with you and that you will use. Some may be focused on eliminating the number of activating events in your life. Others may help you change your beliefs – the thoughts that cause you to react the way you do. Finally, there are activities that can help you minimize the consequences to your stress.
We’ll be covering a number of each of these types of stress management techniques. The key is to be open-minded and willing to try each one. Remember, a major part of the reason you’re stressed is due to your beliefs. If you start out believing a solution won’t work for you, guess what? It won’t!
You must work at trying a number of activities to determine the mix that will work for you. You will need to develop short term strategies as you work toward longer term goals. Remember, your reactions to activating events have developed over the course of years, so it’s going to take a while to overcome them.
The next step in the action guide is to take, you guessed it, ACTION.
Next Step:
Action – Strategies for Success
Take action in order to reduce or eliminate your stress.
Previous Step:
Understanding Your Stressful Situations
Once you become aware of your present situation, you can then begin to understand 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.
Your beliefs or thoughts can be a major contributor to your stress.
Activating events coupled with your beliefs end up with the consequences of stress.
Our Subconscious Stress – Fight or Flight
Our fight or flight response is nature’s own stress inducer.
