Free of Stress

In Stress Part 1: Categorize that Stress we pointed out some unhealthy ways that we manifest our stress, from addiction to drinking to smoking to emotional outbursts. And we showed you how most stress management techniques fall into 4 categories: Alter, Avoid, Accept, or Adapt. In Stress: Part 2, we’ll discuss some healthy ways to manage and relieve the stress in your life.

As I mentioned in Part 1, finding relief from stress can be a challenge. You must be willing to make a change and desire to work at that change. As the saying goes, “The right road is not always the easy road.” It is easier to wallow away in self pity, and let the stress wash over you. The hard road is to make the change to better your health and peace of mind.

Are any of these items moving? Or are they perfectly still? The picture below is used to test the level of stress a person can handle. The slower the pictures move, the better your ability of handling stress. None of these images are animated – they are perfectly still.

This emailed stress test has been circulating the internet lately. We all feel quite proud of ourselves when we make the little picture almost stand still. We desire to be stress-free. Whether or not this test is valid, it did make me think about the stress in our lives right now and how we can better deal with it.

I will admit there is a lot more stress in my life than in the past years. I work full time, have a husband, and 3 kids who are at the age of driving, dating, college and more, have money woes like most people that I know, am active in 2 organizations, and created this website with my good friends.