HOW DO PEOPLE NORMALLY DEAL WITH STRESS?
Most people think they are good at dealing with stress, but really they are only good at managing or suppressing the immediate symptoms. They ignore it (until it gets too great), find a quick release, sublimate it or, worse, they allow it to build up like a pressure cooker, with negative consequences.
In my experience, even when they know they are stressed the most common reaction from people is a variant of ‘if I can just get past this point then the stress will be over’. It usually sounds like: ‘I’ll just hang on until my vacation in a few weeks’ time’ or ‘If I can just get through till after reporting period then it will be OK’, or ‘This is just a tough week it will be fine next week’.
Some of the common ...
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