When you are under horrific stressful situations, how do you handle it in order to take care of yourself? Does it interfere with your sleep or work? What specific techniques do you use to help you operate and function better?
I have been going some serious stressful situations this past year and thought about how others, who haven't had the education, deal with their stress. It is proven the breathing exercises, exercising, and the like help. I also know how important it is to compartmentalize. That is keeping personal problems in the personal life, work problems in the workplace, problems in the marriage separated from the children, and so on. I have a good ability to compartmentalize, but I know it is easier said than done.
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Sometimes if I can concentrate, i try to read or I use my computer. Also I call my friend who is my Pastors wife. Lately things have been real hard and I pray a lot As the Good Book says pray without ceasing. I am trying and slowly feeling better
I keep myself busy doing crafts...When I am under a great deal of stress I can't sleep but then I don't sleep much any ways...I shake so bad at times that I feel like I am shaking out of my skin...but for the most part and everything I have been through I just try to stay busy and stay positive...
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So days I do better with stress then others. I try and keep the stress seperated from other things in my life the best I can. So times a good cry alone helps.
I stress eat which it's helpful to my body at all and if I'm really upset I cry.
I'm hoping with getting into a regular daily exercise program the general stress level will go down which will make it easier to handle the special occasion stress.
I've cry, pray, read my bible, try to stay busy, being on the computer helps too. Just keep the mind busy where I cannot think on what it is that is stressing me out.
This morning I could sleep in and what time did I wake up 6:30, stressing and hurting in my chest. As I pray and talked with GOD, I knew I had to take my meds, the bible, and what I'm was stressing on, GOD spoke to me thru the verses.
tonight was going thru a sitation too, GOD took care of it on both occassion.
If we turn to GOD, He is there for us, it just our human self that dont' want to and want to try to take the matter into our own hands. Belive me I tell this to myself alot,but I will still stress out, one would think I should learn by now. LOL
I've learned if I do not turn to GOD, depression can set in, until I do give it to HIM.
In order to find his equal, an Irishman is forced to talk to God... Stephen Braveheart 
