Stress - Are You A Stress Puppy?

Even though our ancient forebears had to deal with constant peril and the threat of starvation, disease and early death, the concept of 'being stressed' just did not factor as a theme in cave drawings. Sure, we do have evidence of people being depressed and suffering mental breakdowns from a couple of hundred years ago, but the concept of 'being stressed' is a particularly modern one.

Stress is therefore a relatively modern disease and has a lot to do with our modern lifestyle that places a lot of stress (excuse the pun) on performance and self-esteem. A lot of the stress suffered by people today is related to their personality and how they perceive the world.

A lot of people who suffer from stress refuse to consider that they are stressed – until the day that they realize that their health is suffering, or their family life falls apart.

The concept of 'Personality type A' is one that has been taken up into the modern parlance after research done in the 1950s where it was found that people with this personality type are prone to heart disease, although this theory is not as widely accepted any more as it used to be.

Apparently only people with personality type A who shows a lot of obvious, external hostility are really prone to heart disease, but the fact remains that it is mostly people with personality type A who are prone to stress, and stress does lead to all sorts of health problems – not to speak of just making your life a misery in general!

But why are these personality types always stressed? People with personality type A must realize that most of the stress that they are suffering is self inflicted, and only they can really do something about it.

What I am trying to say is that stressful events happen to everyone, but only some people perceive them as stressful. Different people have different views of what is stressful and what is not. Obviously life-changing experiences such as the death of a loved one, moving house, getting married and so forth does have a major bearing on your life – it always has and it always will, but the fact of the matter is, when people talk about 'being stressed' these days, it is not about processing the impact of a major life-changing event, but rather about the day to day grind of coping with life. Some people just seem to do it so much better than others.

The ones who can't seem to go with the flow and just cope with the daily aggravations of dealing with demanding work situations such as money that runs out before expenses does, juggling household and family demands, need to learn how to cope with stress and manage it.

Being aware of the fact that you are stressed is the first step – visit our site on www.managing-stress.org and take our stress test to find out whether you are a stress puppy or a relaxed cat and whether you should be concerned about dealing with stress or not.

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