E-book Category: Health E-book Title: How to reduce Stress Author: Book Description: Seventy-hour work weeks. Crazy commutes. Piles of unpaid bills. Endless family demands. Freeway gridlock. Soccer games.
Feel like you want to just jump off the world and let it spin without your for awhile? Life in the fast lane often comes with a built-in speeding ticket. . .Burnout! It's a state of mental and physical exhaustion that can lead to negative feelings about your job, your life and yourself. Reducing stress is key to dealing with burnout. Odds are pretty high that you're a ticking time bomb, ready to blow any minute.
Sadly, we are creatures of habit and as such we begin to take the bad stuff for granted as much as the good stuff. You may not even realize that stress is taking a toll on you every day and if you don't get a handle on it, you are in big trouble.
We can help. How to Reduce Stress at Work and at Home is written just for you. Not only do we help you understand what stress is all about, we give you tons of "stress busters." Heck, a little bit of stress is actually good for you. But, when is it a problem? Take our little test and see for yourself:
If you are doing something important do you miss meals?
Do you feel like there aren't enough hours in the day?
Do your days seem long and boring?
Ever have difficulty sleeping?
Is it a struggle to go to work each morning?
Do you feel like everything around you moves too fast?
Do you feel like everything around you moves too slow?
When you relax do you think about work or problems?
When you relax do you feel like you should be doing something?
Do you feel like people take advantage of you?
Did you know that 90% of doctor visits are for stress related symptoms? What is stress anyway? Do you know? We'll tell you on page 2.
Do you find yourself finishing other peoples sentences?
Are you usually rushing around like a headless chicken?
When you're driving do other driver make you impatient?
Do you feel like something is missing in your life?
Is it common for you to lose your temper?
Are you easily depressed?
Have you lost your physical fitness?
Do you get frequent aches and pains in the neck and shoulders?
Are you drinking too much alcohol?
Do you find yourself becoming easily confused?
What you need to do is relax. Huh? It can't be that simple! Yes, it can and you can do it. We discuss that on page 7.
Is it sometimes difficult to make decisions?
Do you bite your nails?
Are you suffering from frequent indigestion?
Is it difficult to make and keep friends?
Do you get angry frequently?
Are you finding that you are breathing fast?
Do you sometimes feel like you'd like to hit someone?
Do you sometimes feel unhappy even when your life is ok?
Are avoiding contact with people as much as possible?
Do you get blinding headaches for no apparent reason?
There are some pretty powerful resources that you can put to work to help you combat stress. You'll probably be amazed at how simple some of them are. Just about everyone has some stress in life even if they aren't aware of it. Correcting it can be as simple as understanding how the two parts of your mind work.
Are your muscles frequently feeling tight and tense?
Do you have sexual problems that you never used to have?
Are getting coughs, colds and other minor infections?
Do you have dreams that you know will never come true?
Are you secretive?
Do you wake up from sleep and still feel tired?
Are you putting things off until the last possible moment?
