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Tips
on Handling Job Stress Everyone sooner or later has stress in the workplace. This stress is also very hard on the marriage and the family because it is difficult to turn off the negative feelings when you come home. But prevention is much better than cure. So it is helpful to know yourself and what your triggers to stress are, so that you can avoid unnecessary stress. Are you in a job that doesn't fit? Is it a user friendly environment? Are you assertive at work rather than passive or aggressive? Do you procrastinate? Do you spend time at work complaining about other people? There are numerous questions to ask yourself to see if you are making the stress worse. If the situation is un-changeable, however, you can learn stress management techniques such as deep breathing, auto hypnosis, focusing using icons, and eye movement desensitization as well as many other strategies to alleviate stress. Reducing stress is an attainable goal. Tips on Improving Relationships Marriages or other relationships that have extreme components such as infidelity, chemical abuse, extreme dependencies, or any addictions, are in trouble from the start. These factors need to addressed first. Then, it is essential that both partners agree to treat each other respectfully. That means no name calling, cussing, labeling, or other means of putting the partner down. It is also essential that partners learn to settle disputes well. Arguments should be effectively settled or the partners will get discouraged and often lose hope for the marriage or other relationship. Flexibility and maturity come into play when dealing with disputes. It is important to avoid sarcasm, defensiveness, blaming, and withdrawal. But sometimes the couple can agree to time out if they are getting nowhere with the argument. Then taking a break can be helpful Tips on Depression and Anxiety Many people have lifelong depression and may need medication to feel normal. Others may have episodic depression which will pass with time or when their situation changes. Often depression arises around mid life or retirement. Talking things out can help here especially in the marriage relationship. Learning how to fight depression can work if the individual is consistent in applying some new behaviors and establishing some healthy patterns. Anxiety and depression go together but one or the other usually feels dominant. Learning relaxation techniques can be of great help in fighting anxiety. These tips are updated periodically. Deanna Kasten has written articles for the op ed section of the Dallas Morning News and does speaking engagements on stress management, couples counseling, and anxiety and depression . Call 972 364 9011 |
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