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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Merg2016
Merg2016

Today i just wanted to post, not to complain about all aspects of my life, but to vent and talk about how my life and the things i am involved in are causing me stress while they also make me happy sometimes. I am a college student who works full time at an autism school. I also coach high school cheerleading. On top of many responsibilities, i am also trying to juggle a social life and maintaining a heatlhy relationship with my family and my boyfriend. With all of this, i get pretty overwhelmed sometimes and really need to improve my stress management skills. I am always on the go and i think that sometimes i fail to just take a break and take care of me. I also owe a lot of credit to my boyfriend who always gets put to the side. He is what makes me happy and i really need to consider taking more time for us, which would be really great for self care and taking care of some stress. I really need to work on my stress management skills. Any tips? 

serenityspeaks
serenityspeaks
Well your clearly over scheduled so you have to evaluate what you can let go of. I always over scheduled myself with kids, work, school. But in my case they are all necessity. I can't even date it be too much on my plate. But if you continue doing it all the stress will be there as its alot. I just always stressed. But for me I do exercise, music, meditation to help my stress.
Leif7
Leif7
I am the same way where I enjoy everything that I do but in moderation. I am a full time student with three part time jobs. I love all of them and have relationships with my co-workers so I don't want to quit any of them but it leaves me with no time for myself. It has been really tough saying no but I have had to start scaling back hours at all of my jobs because when I was trying to balance it all I was not doing my best work. If you could write a list of all your responsibilities and prioritize them then the stuff at the bottom of the list may have to be scaled back. Even if you enjoy it, you may enjoy everything else a little more when you are not spread so thin. If there is anything at all that you could give up or scale back on then maybe you should at least think about how your stress would decrease without so many things to do.
baileyf14
baileyf14
Hi there! I am so sorry you have so much on your plate. You are such a strong woman! It is so good that you have a great boyfriend behind you and that supports you. My number one tip for stress is to go for a walk outside! It helps me so much and my stress and anxiety levels go down. Also exercise really helps me. I hope everything gets better!
Merg2016
Merg2016
Thanks for the feedback! I am going to try each of these things
Ncoover
Ncoover
You definitely have a lot on your plate and you hit the nail on the head recognizing that you need to take more time for you. Self-care is so important in life. Yes it includes doing things with those you care about, but doing things independently as well. They could be very simple small things like taking a bubble bath, wearing your favorite sweater, or larger things like spa day! Without self-care, we as humans burn out and so many aspects of your life will fall apart.
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