Coping With Stress

Coping With Stress

Coping with stress is more easily accomplished when you are able to identify the stressors or triggers that are causing your stress and manage your time more effectively.

Stress is caused by internal reactions within the body that are built in as mechanisms that trigger the body to defend itself, which is part of the fight or flight reaction that humans have in response to fear.

This instinct is great for emergency situations, such as hopping out of the way of a speeding car. But ongoing stress puts your body in continuous fight or flight mode, even when you're sitting still and there is no approaching "run-away car" can make your body work overtime in order to displace all of the extra energy that is created when this instinct kicks in.. . . continue reading coping with stress >>