| | | | | stress management would consist of: |
| Stress, if not handled properly, can cause many | | | | |
| health problems. The most well-known are high | | | | -a program to attack stress, instead of merely |
| blood pressure, bad digestion, and fatigue. But | | | | avoiding it; |
| some other effects of stress are the constant | | | | |
| worry, the constant feeling of tension, and the | | | | -a program for improving your health and fitness; |
| inability to focus. And these affect your | | | | and |
| relationships, if you do not have a comprehensive | | | | |
| stress management system. | | | | -a program to teach you how to improve your |
| | | | | skills at managing stresses. |
| The result of failing to handle stress in a way that | | | | |
| destroys the stress is interference with your | | | | The program would be in discrete modules, so |
| relationships. Even if the stress has nothing to do | | | | you can learn it at your own pace, and refer to |
| with the relationship. The inner tension that stress | | | | specific parts in the future. |
| causes removes your confidence, so it is harder | | | | |
| to talk to people. It distracts you, so people you | | | | This type of program would be able to address |
| are involved with feel like you aren't listening to | | | | the stress you are under, and help you eliminate |
| them. And stress prevents you from focusing, | | | | or reduce the stress, and counteract the bad |
| which interferes with conversation, remembering | | | | health effects of stress. If all you do is avoid or |
| anniversaries and birthdays, and not focusing on | | | | delay the stress, then you still have the stress, |
| interacting with your partner. | | | | but now it's probably under worse conditions. So |
| | | | | you have lost ground in the fight. Sure, the |
| There are innumerable stress management | | | | meditating may have made you feel better. But |
| systems available. You can try individual | | | | you will feel even worse when the stress returns, |
| counseling, group counseling, or education. Most of | | | | |
| these programs recommend that you somehow | | | | The comprehensive program outlined in this article |
| avoid the stress by meditating, repeating little | | | | strengthens you to resist the stress, instead of |
| sayings, or actually getting away. But these | | | | just "going to a happy place." It also gives you |
| programs do nothing to eliminate the stress. | | | | the tools and skills to attack and eliminate the |
| | | | | source of the stress. One thing that most stress |
| A comprehensive stress management system | | | | management programs fail to teach you is how |
| may be just what you need. A comprehensive | | | | to improve your skills. |