Stress
originates from the mind. It is all in the mind. The intensity of stress is a
perception of the mind. Stress is no more than your own perceptions of it. That
is to say, it is your own attitude or personal reaction to certain events and experiences in
your life. In other words, what is stress to you may not be stress to another
person.
William Shakespeare once
said: “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” John Milton, the famous English poet, also had this to
say: “The mind is its own place, and in itself can make Heaven of Hell, a Hell
of Heaven.” Both spoke volumes of the perceptions of stress.
Therefore,
subconscious energies of the mind play a pivotal role in stress management.
Stress
may come in different forms. Your experience of stress can be past, current,
and future.
Past
stress—also known as “residual stress”—is stress from the past that you have
not overcome completely despite the passage of time.
Current
stress is a “current
state of arousal” caused by an existing situation that requires your immediate
attention but that you do not enjoy addressing it.
Future
stress is “anticipatory stress” or worry about what might happen in the future.
Residual stress can lead to future stress, passed on from unpleasant past
experiences.
Perceptions
of stress are generally based on the following: the more you care and value
about something, the more stress you have; the more choices and options
available to you, the less stress you have; the more conscientious you are, the
greater is your stress; the more enjoyment you have, the less stress you have;
and the more responsibility you have, the greater is your stress.
In
short, stress is all in the mind—your
thinking mind. The bottom line: empower your mind to live a stress-free life as if everything is a miracle.
Stephen Lau
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