Stress Management Support Group

Stress management defines stress as a person's physiological response to an external stimulus that triggers the "fight-or-flight" reaction.Stress can be overwhelming. This community is for best practices in stress management.

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Trixx 08/02/2017

I have been coping very well. I love my job and love what I do - but today has just been terrible. First time in 6 months I have cried on my way home from work. I stopped my medication when I started this job because I felt I didn't need it - and I haven't up until now. Today I just felt snappy, angry, tired, weepy - all these things at once. I haven't been sleeping and now my eating is going to hell (as in I'm not eating, I'm not even remotely hungry). I'm smoking more just to get my head shared in the car for 5 minutes.

I'm so happy where I am - so why am I feeling like this!?

bikermama 08/27/2017

sometimes I get hit out of the blue just like this - I have to try and rationalize where these feelings are coming from - not always easy to do in fact just starting my meds after being off them several years hugs !

Janie.T 07/23/2018

I think the trick is that we need to keep doing the things that helped us get rid of stress in the first place. I.ve been doing good for some time now, but then the whole last week I didn't do any meditation, didn't go for walks every day and eating habits went to hell, and wham! I am now now back to nausia, restless legs and no sleep.
Even when you think you're doing good, you have to remember that stress isn't just something you fix and then move on. You need to make the changes stick both at home and at work.
So, back to doing the things that helped you in the first place. I recommend mindfulness cause it's been proven how much it helps.

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