What causes me to feel stressed?

We feel stressed when demands on our system are not met with equally effective coping strategies. We may have excellent coping skills for several areas and limited resources in a few. It is important to determine which areas are more challenging to make appropriate accommodations.

Essentially, we ‘stress out’ for three (3) reasons:
1. Change in life has an unsettling effect.
2. We are feeling challenged or threatened by an outside force.
3. We experience a loss of personal control.

When experiencing any of these factors, a person can either resist it, avoid it, or adapt to it. Examine your pattern in the past when dealing with stressful situations. Are you pleased with your current coping strategy? If not, go here and begin to explore some alternative methods to effectively handling your stress!