Why Are You So Stressed?

By Andrew John

Have you been feeling stressed continuously for months? Have all usual tricks that help people get rid of stress worked way below your expectations? Are you getting desperate and go at lengths to manage your stress, yet your successes are temporary? If any of your answers to those question is "yes", it is time for a change in tactics. Instead of waging guerilla warfare against stress, you have to prepare a regular campaign. Take your time, have a cup of coffee, sit back, and start preparing a list of things that make you feel stressed. Once completed, it will be an excellent weapon against long-time stress - one that may win this war in a few weeks.

Get a piece of paper and start making notes. List all situations in your life that make you feel bad. Try to be as specific as you can, but if you feel strongly about more general problems, you may include them in your list.

Then, populate the second part of your list with all the people that make you feel stressed. Friends, family or workmates - it doesn't really matter. If you feel uneasy or stressed because of someone, put him or her on the list. Remember that it is ok to cool down or break those relationships that make you feel bad, especially that if you are unhappy with meeting someone the chances are this person doesn't like you very much either.

Now you can turn your attention to solutions rather than to problems. Think about how you can alter your current lifestyle, family life and work environment to amend your problems. Do not hesitate and write down even the most extreme solutions as long as they are technically doable and won't bring more problems than they can solve.

Now when you know what you should change in your current lifestyle, the time has come to spice up your life a bit. Think what you are not doing right now, but you would like to do. You have to add such activities to your daily routine - they help you wind down and prevent stress from building up. Not to mention the fact that they are fun to do.

Now you have all you need to cope with your stress-induced problems. You have created a roadmap that allows you change your present life into something more pleasant. Just do not let yourself end your actions on creating a list alone. You have to put what you've written into action. This is the only way for that list to work.

About the Author:

The Author: John Andrews writes about stress, stress relief and how to combat stress. For additional info about Relagen and Natural Stress Relief , just click on the links.

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