Almost everyone is familiar with stress, I for one is no stranger to stress. Are there individuals who don’t seem to get involved in stressful situations, this who never get stressed.
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Almost everyone is familiar with stress, I for one is no stranger to stress. Are there individuals who don’t seem to get involved in stressful situations, this who never get stressed.
There’s nobody who never gets stressed. Everybody has their triggers and breaking points.
Crying babies, a heavy workload, hunger, relationship problems, mess, lack of sleep, financial difficulties, annoying relatives, shoes that don’t fit right… everyone has a collection of things that are going to immediately put them on edge. Techniques for avoiding stress should first focus on avoiding the sources of stress to begin with. If being even somewhat hungry will cause you stress, carry a couple of cereal bars in your bag or pockets; if having a messy house causes anxiety levels to increase, set aside time to clean.
Sometimes it’s not so easy, however; in situations whereby it’s either unhealthy to avoid the source of stress (eg getting anxious in social situations), or else completely impractical or impossible (you can’t just ‘avoid’ financial difficulties), you need to find ways to minimise the stress caused. If dressing up nicely makes you feel more confident and capable, be sure to do that before entering such a situation. If putting some music on makes the idea of calling the electricity company to ask for more time to pay your bill (yes, you can do that) makes the whole idea a little more bearable, then it’s a win.
Also keep in mind that when the stress does eventually get too much, there are very few scenarios where you aren’t able to take a few minutes to collect your thoughts and calm yourself down. It is okay to say “I’m not ready to deal with this right now, I need a minute.”
Finally, after a stressful situation it pays to know what things can help reduce your current stress level. A long walk, a cup of tea, some TV, its usually the little things. If you find a drink or a smoke of something helps then you might wish to use that, just be very careful that it doesn’t become a long term coping mechanism as that is extremely unhealthy.
In summary, you need to find the major causes of stress for you personally, and then find the methods that help you avoid, minimise, and get rid of the stress caused by them. There is no one size fits all answer, and you will never completely get rid of stress.
I think that we all get stressed, but that it’s how we react to the stress of life that will determine the degree to which we perceive life generally.
In a positivist and humanistic outlook, I believe that your ability to move on strongly plays a factor. I think people who never get stressed also frequently take breaks in whatever it is they are doing; but they don’t make those breaks their living. Furthermore, I think that they are people who sleep well at night, because they know they have worked hard during the day.
They are also people who appreciate the boringness, moderateness, ordinariness of life. They may also reciprocally be people who have managed to gain control over their body. They are most oftenly not people who live fast.
Overall, I think they are people who don’t allow for circumstances to move beyond their control, and if they do, they are people who can almost instantaneously move on.