Top ten life stressors
- Death of a partner
- Divorce and separation
- Time in prison
- Death of close family member
- Injury and illness
- Getting married
- Getting fired
- Domestic conflict
- Retirement
- Pregnancy
What you will notice from this list is that some of the most stressful things that can happen to us are usually considered happy events such as marriage and pregnancy! Change is intrinsically stressful, because new situations demand more of us. We can no longer rely on automatic pilot. We are in uncharted waters and have to keep our wits about us. It is not difficult to understand how this kind of uncertainty, combined with high demands on our processing abilities, can trigger the same kind of arousal as a threat to our wellbeing.
Physiological changes ...
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