stress

[SamWhiting12]

Just like to say what a great thread this is! The more that's known about stress the better, and reading this thread has made me realise that actually there are a lot of people around me suffering from stress but not doing anything about it.

 

Myself, I can handle stress pretty well, but my other half has all the classic signs of stress, lack of sleep, headaches and general agitated. She does reckon she's stressed and hence wont do anything about it. Just wondering whether someone has had a similar experience and can recommend the best way to go about getting her to realise she is over stressed and needs help?

[Andy Collins]

Stress is evil, t manifests itself in so many ways. I've been experiencing a horrible prickly sensation lately, couldn't work out what it was. I do three days a week, most weeks, for health reasons. So why would I have this. Yep, it stress related, and it drives me mad. But it's an anxiety stress this time. If I feel I'm late for something, it flares, if I'm in a queue in a shop, or a crowd, it flares. If I get a summons for jury service, it flares, (found this last night). But I've learned a little mind control, if it flares, I stop and clear my mind, whatever I'm doing, and the prickliness evaporates fairly quickly.

Don't ignore the symptoms, get help, let others help you, it will make you seriously ill.

[Stephen Blair]

I get itchy feet, that's the first sign!

[Paulfreebury]

I get a warm sensation in my left buttock and down my left leg and also itchy feet

[broonie]

I suffer from anxiety and silent stress(rumination- over thinking things) , my symptoms are swelling of the stomach and over production of stomach acid, take omeprazol daily to counter the acid problem and have slowly working through all issues that cause my stress to flare, mostly financial/business related.

[Matthew Storrs]

Tension in my calf muscles is the first sign for me, the feeling of needing to stretch them. It took me a while to realise it was me stressing over things that caused it. Think I'm pretty much on top of dealing with it, other people have far bigger problems.

[hazzygawa]

I have started to grit my teeth. I often find myself lying on the sofa or in bed doing it.

[Mr P]

Think I'm lucky enough that I don't have too much stress but have been reading this thread a bit and walked past a quote that our boss has put up in our office, I like it and thought it might help a bit....

 

The importance of attitude

 

"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, then circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think, say, or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. It will make or break a company, a church, a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past. We cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you. We are in charge of our attitudes."

 

 

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[Undercut]

Your 100% correct , problem is people are 2 pig headed to change their methods of thinking

[Tothetree's!]

Learning to relax can be a difficult thing to do. If you pause for a minute during your day and ask yourself 'am I relaxed?' Chances are, you won't be. During this pause you will probably notice that your shoulders are haunched up and your hands slightly clenched. This shows that your pretty tense, breath in and out slowly, on your out breath tell your shoulders to soften and then to carry that sensation down your arms, inhale and on your next out breath let the feeling travel through your hands and out of your fingertips. This technique of action on the breath is basically how meditation and yoga works.

 

Look into it and give it a go - you'll be amazed at what it can do for you.