How to Stay Stressed

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Post by Dejen45 » Thu, Mar 11, 2010, 12:37 PM UTC

Re: How to Stay Stressed

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Post by swombat » Thu, Mar 11, 2010, 1:40 PM UTC

I'm glad to say I've been successfully staying stressed without having to know about these tips. I guess I'm just naturally talented at it, it's one of my key strengths.

Re: How to Stay Stressed

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Post by RyanMcGreal » Thu, Mar 11, 2010, 2:25 PM UTC

I'm having a hard time reconciling these two points:

* Take all criticism as total truth and take it personally

* Take no responsibility for your behavior

Re: How to Stay Stressed

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Post by dhs » Thu, Mar 11, 2010, 2:35 PM UTC

RyanMcGreal wrote: post #3

I'm having a hard time reconciling these two points: * Take all criticism as total truth and take it personally * Take no responsibility for your behavior

My experience is that different personalities stay stressed in different ways. E.g., I very much tend to do the former, and have repeatedly picked partners who tended to do the latter. It sure makes for dysfunctional relationships.

Re: How to Stay Stressed

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Mar 11, 2010, 2:45 PM UTC

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Re: How to Stay Stressed

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Post by endtwist » Thu, Mar 11, 2010, 2:55 PM UTC

RyanMcGreal wrote: post #3

I'm having a hard time reconciling these two points: * Take all criticism as total truth and take it personally * Take no responsibility for your behavior

Seems to me that the author has tried to break it down into six groups of actions a person will do to keep themselves stressed — a kind of "personality type," if you will. He simply left out any sort of naming/header for each group.

Re: How to Stay Stressed

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Mar 11, 2010, 3:02 PM UTC

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Re: How to Stay Stressed

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Post by Freebytes » Thu, Mar 11, 2010, 3:05 PM UTC

swombat wrote: post #2

I'm glad to say I've been successfully staying stressed without having to know about these tips. I guess I'm just naturally talented at it, it's one of my key strengths.

I know you are being a bit sarcastic, but being stressed in this manner can actually be a strength if you know how to turn it off. I am quite productive when I stress myself, and as long as I can easily relax when the time comes (when the work is done), I think I will remain healthy. (I still have my hair, after all.)

Re: How to Stay Stressed

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Post by merraksh » Thu, Mar 11, 2010, 3:25 PM UTC

I fail to understand how this can be useful. Seems an (inverse) application of an old method: to say something wise, first think of something foolish and then say the opposite.

Re: How to Stay Stressed

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Post by wynand » Thu, Mar 11, 2010, 3:47 PM UTC

As someone whose stress has almost wrecked his life, I can relate to many of these points.

The levels of stress that I have can be debilitating and actually keep me from doing my work. It's useful to see lists like this to remind myself of what I should be avoiding.