Today's Stress Tip..by G. Gaynor McTigue..FRI.8/05/05

Change your thinking patterns.

Ingrained negative thoughts and stock reactions often perpetuate the cycle of stress and anxiety. They sabotage any chance at peace and enjoyment. Example: you react with fear every time a new project is assigned to you -- even though you're competent and successful! Or you treat like a calamity even the tiniest mishap or delay. Or take what's merely a helpful suggestion as a stinging criticism. First, listen to what you're thinking at these moments. Then consciously dispute any unwarranted reaction or overreaction. Notice how these incidents don't amount to anything when they happen to others. So why let them bedevil you? A lot of unjustified reactions are carryovers from childhood. They have no logical place in your life today. You have to identify and dismantle them over time. Why make yourself crazy?

Based on G. Gaynor McTigue's acclaimed book Why Make Yourself Crazy? featured in major publications and on talk shows across America.
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Cut your teens some slack.

When kids grow into teenagers, they begin to look every bit like adults. So we expect them to act like adults. And when they don't, which is often, it stresses the heck out of us. Ease up a little. Although they're sprouting up and filling out, and their voices are changing, they're still basically children! Else they'd be out living and working on their own, wouldn't they? Accept that your job isn't done yet, by any stretch, and there are many more years of patience and understanding to go through. Yes, give them more responsibility, let them enjoy a taste of adulthood, but expect that they'll make mistakes, express the most infuriating viewpoints, and do the most nonsensical things. They're works in progress. Think how confused and chaotic your adolescence was. It will help you stave off, or at least endure, the classic struggle between parent and teen. Why make yourself crazy?

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