Exercise: Identifying stress
Answer the following questions to identify your stress triggers:
- What triggers stress for you? What type of situation? When stressed, look at what you are trying to prevent happening.
- How does stress ‘show itself’ in your lifestyle? How do you respond to stress – in what ways? (See the box below for some examples.)
- What emotions do you experience when you are stressed?
- What thoughts go through your mind when you are stressed?
- What are the physical symptoms of stress?
- Where do you store your stress?
- What methods do you use to cope with stress?
- How long do you stay in a state of stress?
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