Have you ever heard the adage; “this too shall pass“. Sometimes things do pass by just waiting them out. Most things don’t pass. Just because something has gone away doesn’t mean it has passed. It may have found another place to live undetected. When this is the case, it will resurface somewhere else with the potential of causing greater harm. Dealing with stress is essential for us to be healthy. As I previously mentioned, things don’t generally go away on their own. There are various types of stressors in life. Two of the most common are natural Stressors and self-induced Stressors. They can be either seen or unseen, but they will almost always be felt. Some stressors come in the form of people, while others may be things or situations. Whether they be natural or self-induced, stressors can be like trying to body surf in a riptide. If we don’t get out, we could drown. Natural Stressors are difficult enough to deal with as a natural component of life, but when they are added to self-induced stressors it can be a recipe for disaster. Avoiding stressors can involve several techniques or choices
- Find your place of least stress and use it as an emotional benchmark
- Create boundaries of what is and what isn’t acceptable
- Evaluate stressors to determine if it is natural or self-induced
- Clear or reduce stressors and the impact they have
- Where possible, clear away stress potentials
- Practice positive self-care
- Expect natural stressors despite introducing measures to reduce them
- Mediate and release throughout the day and especially at day’s end
- Start each new day with a resolve to be as productive and positive as possible
- Extract joy from every moment possible
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Robert Pardon
Robert is the Recovery Guy. Getting clean and sober on April 25, 1986 has given me the insight and practical skill set to not only stay sober, but to also re-invent myself to the person I always wanted to become. Showing others how to do this is my life goal.
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