Mindfulness, Weeks 7-8 of Your 8-Week Program by Michael Chaskalson

Author:Michael Chaskalson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2014-09-04T00:00:00+00:00

Box 4: Stress Indicators and Action Strategies

It’s easy to be stressed without fully realising that. Sometimes, when we’re stressed, we think thoughts like ‘Oh, my life is really rubbish’, but actually that’s the stressed state talking. It’s not an accurate description of the whole of your life. It’s what things look like from the stressed perspective.

Once you understand that, you can see how useful it might be to recognise stress as stress. Then it’s easier to see in such moments: ‘Oh yes, this is stress – this isn’t the whole of life; it’s just me, stressed.’ And, tough as it may be to feel stressed, when you know that in a sense it’s just stress, then there are things you can do about it.

Part of your home practice this week will be to give this some thought. When you’re stressed, how do you know you’re stressed? What are your particular stress indicators?

1. Write down your own personal key stress indicators. Here are a few possible examples:

cramming too much in

an ongoing sense of compulsion

headaches

irritability

going to bed much later

sleeplessness

procrastination

tight jaw

churning stomach

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