Stress Test
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You will almost never seperate yourself from a stressful situation and will not reduce your efforts to deal with the stressor at all, even in very stressful situations. You have a strong religion or philosophy that you turn to when life becomes stressful.
How do you handle stress?
Stress has affected every single one of us at some stage of our lives. The gut wrenching cloud of stress casts a shadow over everything. Learning how well you cope with stress, your weaknesses, which of those weaknesses contribute to your levels of stress and which factors to focus on improving can greatly improve the quality of your life.
- Are you good at venting your emotions?
- Do you leverage others for support?
- Are you stuck in denial?
- Are you able to use humor to cope?
- Are certain substances contributing to your anxiety?
Why should you understand how you're stressed?
When we are stressed our bodies release certain neurotransmitters that are designed to help us cope with the stressful situation. Stress sustained over long period of time is extremely taxing and quite damaging to our health. People suffering from stress experience a lack of sleep, tension, irritability, heart problems and anxiety. In addition the physical symptoms people experiencing stress have a greater tendency to engage in behavior which is also damaging such as substance abuse and poor eating habits. Understanding your stress is the first step in identifying a solution.

