STRESS....

...it can overwhelm and leave us anxious, depressed and/or feeling confused.

Stress can be defined as a state of body tension and worry due to problems that threaten your way of being. This may shift perspectives towards the tense and/or negative, possibly interfering with our overall sense of well-being. If stress is chronic, it can cause a person to feel anxiety, depression and an inability to rest.

Possible causes of stress:

Which may include, but are not limited to some of the following:

• COVID-19 lock down

• life transitions

• job stress

• loss of job

• moving

• rejections

• negative/ disparaging comments

• failure

• distressed relationships 

• communication difficulties

• parenting stress 

Possible effects of stress:

Which may include, but are not limited to some of the following:

• anxiety

• worry

• sadness/depression

• stressed thinking

• perfectionism

• agitation/ irritability

• negative and critical beliefs of self

• feeling overwhelmed

• denial

• helplessness/ hopelessness

• loneliness/ isolation

• racing thoughts 

• muscle tension

• feeling of hyper drive

• freeze reactions