“Are You Aware Of Stress?”

It’s not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.

Hans Selye

“Are you aware of stress?”
“I was trying not to be.”

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Founded in 1998 by Carole Spiers, Chair of International Stress Management Association, National Stress Awareness Day aims to identify and reduce the stress factors of life.

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I was a ball of stress
Until I found awareness
Now I am a stress ball
Helping others through it all

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“Stress is our body’s way
of protecting itself from harm.”

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So, if your heads on fire
Relax, remain calm
Stress will protect you
From any possible harm

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To stress is to be alive

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The most common symptoms of stress and the percentage of people who experienced them include:

• Irritability and anger: 45 percent of people
• Fatigue or low energy: 41 percent
• Lack of motivation or interest in things: 38 percent
• Anxiety, nervousness or worry: 36 percent
• Headaches: 36 percent
• Feeling sad or depressed: 34 percent
• Indigestion, acid reflux or upset stomach: 26 percent
• Muscle tension: 23 percent
• Appetite changes: 21 percent

APA.org (American statistics)

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Everything causes stress
And stress causes everything
Perhaps we should rename
The origin of the universe
'The Big Stress'

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Micropoems of Stress Relief Techniques:

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Hay(na)ku: cope or combat anxiety

combat
against stressor
prevail, zen successor

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Let go of the things you cannot change
Or at best try to rearrange

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Abbreviated Haiku: exercising demons

worry-free
demons can’t catch me
I run now

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Zappai: balance gone on rye

tower three feet high
bread, meat, cheese, sauce, will not fall
a balanced diet

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Senryü: routinely strangled

develop routine
to help lessen the tension
don’t make it too tight

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1936;
Psychological Attribution to the Term
Hans Selye is frequently associated with having coined the psychological concept of the term ‘stress.’

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Lune: breathe in (don’t forget to breathe out)

do some deep breathing
Just a few
Or you might pass out

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Hay(na)ku: permanent stress relief

take
long walk
off short dock

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Lune: wat-er you scared of?

tried a soothing bath.
I have found
water makes me anxious

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Piku: finally received

a happy
  stress
   ending massage

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#StressAwarenessDay

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