Signs of stress

Stress is a well-known trigger for depression and it can also affect
your physical health. So it's important to identify the causes of
stress in your life and try to minimise them.Any sort of loss,
from bereavement, divorce and separation to a child leaving home,
causes stress, as do long-term illness and disability. But things such
as marriage, moving house, a new job and holidays have quite high
stress ratings too. In work, worrying about deadlines or about not being up to the challenges of a particular task can cause stress.Symptoms of stress

Some common signs of too much stress include:

• Increased irritability
  
• Heightened sensitivity to criticism
  
• Signs of tension, such as nail-biting
  
• Difficulty getting to sleep and early morning waking
  
• Drinking and smoking more
  
• Indigestion
  
• Loss of concentration
  

It's important to act to relieve damaging stress before it affects your physical or mental health. Dealing with stress

The
secret of managing stress is to look after yourself and, where
possible, to remove some of the causes of stress. If you start to feel
things are getting on top of you, give yourself some breathing space. Take
a day off work, domestic chores, family and everything else that puts
pressure on you. Spend the day doing only relaxing things that make you
feel good. It can make all the difference, reducing the threat to your
wellbeing. Some ways to cope with stress:

• Accept offers of practical help
  
• Do one thing at a time - don't keep piling stress on stress
  
• Know your own limits - don't be too competitive or expect too much of yourself
  
• Talk to someone
  
• Let off steam in a way that causes no harm (shout, scream or hit a pillow)
  
• Walk away from stressful situations
  
• Try to spend time with people who are rewarding rather than critical and judgmental
  
• Practise slow breathing using the lower part of the lungs
  
• Use relaxation techniques
  

thats me all over at mo hun

have you been to the doctors yet? just worried about you hun as you have had alot to cope with

not yet but i will ring them i promise

you know i will only ask every day

i will i promise first thing in the morning i will do it grrrrrrr i have billy telling me to make it now i got u ...... hellpppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp

i am under stress alot

awww marti anyone would be stressed you have alot to cope with

think were all stresssed out in ere lol