Stress. What is stress? A mental or physical strain on one’s body or mind. In this essay I will describe the points that which cause stress activation in my life but give positive outlooks on how to deal with or treat them. From the day I was born, there were stressful factors influencing my life. As I grew older I learned how to avoid stressful thoughts and situations. Though not everything can be escaped. In light of my attempts at living a peaceful and stress free life, I learned that not only did I succeed, I changed the way stress impacts me. Whether these things are positive or negative I have yet to understand. Stress in my life is not exactly stress, but how I call it “anxiety.” It’s not often that I am stressed, but when I am, my anxiety
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The main thing that troubles me, is the pressure that is thrust on about school and religious beliefs. They as well reply with sayings such as “you have the ability to do better than that” or “why have you not made this confession” or “what is holding you back from this?” The third and last main thing that causes anxiety in my life would be friends. The stress rating of a measly two. I love my friends, don’t get me wrong, but they are sadly one of my “anxieties.” I love to be around them and most of the time they can be one of my stress relievers, but with friends comes peer pressure (though I honestly only have around six friends). No matter what type of friends you have. The peer pressure I’m describing is not what most people would think of when hearing those words. No I am writing of the peer pressure that comes from feelings. With burdens of hoping to save your friends from the inner thoughts and emotions that come daily. Why my friends would bring these emotions out in me, I do not …show more content…
Naturally I evaluated my situations and came up with a long term health beneficial solution. First of two methods I chose is the “exercise” method, I decided it would benefit myself greatly to make it my goal to go running every day after school as a way to relieve not only educational stress but family stress as well. Two birds in one stone. This will positively affect me physically as well as emotionally and it is something I look forward to starting. The second strategy I chose is the “emotion-focused coping” method (Grison, Heatherton, & Gazzaniga, 2014). Though I decided to put a twist on it. Instead of avoiding the situation (which is something that I do daily), I will try to focus on that one thing whole heartedly, though at the appropriate moments. I will spend my hours focusing on the problem, the “stressor”, and try to find the root of the situation. This will help solve the problem and act as a long term solution. This will be focused on my “friends” stress source, and hopefully will calm the never-ending, swarming feelings that bog me down when I am with them. The “Problem-focused coping” strategy is something that captured my attention as I read that it is a long term solution. Which is what I need if I am ever to gain peace. This strategy involves “generating alternative solutions, weighing their costs and benefits, and choosing between them”
The main thing that troubles me, is the pressure that is thrust on about school and religious beliefs. They as well reply with sayings such as “you have the ability to do better than that” or “why have you not made this confession” or “what is holding you back from this?” The third and last main thing that causes anxiety in my life would be friends. The stress rating of a measly two. I love my friends, don’t get me wrong, but they are sadly one of my “anxieties.” I love to be around them and most of the time they can be one of my stress relievers, but with friends comes peer pressure (though I honestly only have around six friends). No matter what type of friends you have. The peer pressure I’m describing is not what most people would think of when hearing those words. No I am writing of the peer pressure that comes from feelings. With burdens of hoping to save your friends from the inner thoughts and emotions that come daily. Why my friends would bring these emotions out in me, I do not …show more content…
Naturally I evaluated my situations and came up with a long term health beneficial solution. First of two methods I chose is the “exercise” method, I decided it would benefit myself greatly to make it my goal to go running every day after school as a way to relieve not only educational stress but family stress as well. Two birds in one stone. This will positively affect me physically as well as emotionally and it is something I look forward to starting. The second strategy I chose is the “emotion-focused coping” method (Grison, Heatherton, & Gazzaniga, 2014). Though I decided to put a twist on it. Instead of avoiding the situation (which is something that I do daily), I will try to focus on that one thing whole heartedly, though at the appropriate moments. I will spend my hours focusing on the problem, the “stressor”, and try to find the root of the situation. This will help solve the problem and act as a long term solution. This will be focused on my “friends” stress source, and hopefully will calm the never-ending, swarming feelings that bog me down when I am with them. The “Problem-focused coping” strategy is something that captured my attention as I read that it is a long term solution. Which is what I need if I am ever to gain peace. This strategy involves “generating alternative solutions, weighing their costs and benefits, and choosing between them”