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Origins of Stress
As we have said, we believe that stress is the demands
that you find in your everyday life. It is up to you how you decide
to deal with them. So what are some of these demands......
| •Work – volume is too
much or too little, job insecurity, relationship issues with
colleagues, change of job, promotion or demotion or being overlooked/sidestepped,
shift work causing erratic and/or unsocial hours, harassment,
bullying to name a few |
| •Relationship
challenges or conflicts with, partners, friends, family, colleagues,
or neighbours |
| •Illness
and /or disability |
•Being
a prime care giver for a relative |
| •Being
a stepparent, stepson/daughter, or a single parent |
•Holidays,
even Christmas!
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| •Housework,
shopping and running the home |
•Moving
house
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| •Children and planning
for their future |
•Divorce or separation |
•Financial
worries, mounting debts, supporting two families
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•Violations
of the law e.g. speeding ticket |
| •New technology |
•Bereavement |
| •Pregnancy |
•Retirement
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| •Managing the home/
work balance |
•Rush hour travel/commuting |
| •Sporting
and strenuous exercise |
•Educational
challenges |
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