Stress Prevention:4 Critical Questions
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How to manage stress in today's fast pace world should be a subject taught to everyone. People in all walks of life encounter stress on a daily basis. Schools offer no courses to educate students about stress; thus when entering the work field, they have no idea of how to manage the stress encountered. The stress mechanism is a part of our human hereditary make up: although we all use the same stress system, our personality characterizes affect the way we react to stress. Many people learn how to manage stress reactions from their families. If a "hot temper “ person has a child, that child may display a "hot temper" personality trait of the parent. We often say that person is hot tempered just like his mom or dad. Red headed people in our society are usually associated with "hot tempers" and if a child has red hair, we expect them to also to have a "hot temper". Our reaction to stress does not necessarily depend on genes. We can learn to control our stress in the same manner that we learn to manage to our temper. One previous school of thought was to not allow stress to build up inside you. We were advised to "let it all hang out" when something really bothered you. You just verbally expressed yourself to someone; thus, your tension would be eased. The problem with this approach is that you provoked a stressful situation to another person. You were also encouraged to physically work off the stress such as running, lifting weights, cleaning house, etc. Unfortunately, these methods could lead to undesired results (exhaustion, sore feet, pulled muscles) which would create more stress than was prevented. A new thought of how to manage stress is prevention! Try to prevent stress before it begins to build up. This type of system appears to have more benefits for all people involved, because it requires you to stop and ask yourself four questions before responding to a situation. With practice these questions are asked automatically in a few seconds, and the automatic reaction to act in a negative way is prevented before it begins. There are four questions to answer before responding to someone or a situation. It requires a yes answer to move on to the next question before you respond. If a "no" answer is encountered before the last question, the process is stopped, and you reply appropriately to the request. If all four questions are answered with “yes”, then you will be able to react to the situation in a more logical manner. The four questions are: 1. Is it a matter important to me? 2. Is the situation appropriate to the facts presented? 3. Is there a positive way to modify this problem? 4. Can you balance the needs of other people and yourself? By stopping and asking these four questions you will be able to control your reactions and think clearer before your stress system starts. By preventing the stress reaction from starting in the first place, you not only help yourself but other people as well.
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