Impressions

Impressions are a big influence on how people precieve us. Not many people think about how important it is to do so. All throughout live people usually judge you on how you carry yourself and how you overall look physically even if they mean to or not. In school if you were the class clown you were typically the one too busy making people laugh you probably had low grades, if you were quiet and kept to your self you were probably the one with great grades, typical stereotypes. When you go on dates the first impression determines whether or not someone is willing to go further in the relationship or even have one with someone. In the job world, especially in the business aspect of it all it is a great impact on everything. How you carry youreslf, personality, and even the way you dress can make or break you. It is always important you are aware of how you appear in public, not in a self-aborbed way but just know people are always basing their friendships and other relations with you on your personality and etc. Carry yourself thy way you want others to precieve you.

Coping

Coping with problems is very important to keep your sanity. their are many ways you can get through situations. If you get yourself into a situation there is always a way out. At the heighth of the stress of course you will feel helpless, but just give it time and calm down.

Seeking help is one thing you can always do. You are never alone in anything. Talking to someone can help see this point. There is always conselors, many people don't want to go see conselors because they feel embarrassed or feel they will be judged on their situations when really they are their to provide help and support. Remember nobody is against you or is attacking you on a negative basis to purposely hurt you.

Releasing Pent-up Emotions is another good way to help get it off your chest. Going to the gym, going for walks, or taebo can help reduce this. The more anger you build up you tend to build up your blood pressure which can result in bad health problems which will only add to the situation. People can become violent as well, so doing something productive or active you can take out on a punching bag or on something else on a positive note.

Meditating seems to be a great way to deal with stress also. Take some time out of your day to release the negative energy and relaxand breathe. People tend to feel more calm and at peace with their surroundings and themselves. Understanding themselves as individuals and possibly taking on new perspectives on things or new outlooks on life.

Stress Chart

Stress overall differs for everyone on many levels and how a person matures has an individual can also make a great impact on how they precieves the situations they are dealing with. For younger people in their teens can also feel the stress of school and relationships. Relationships and the dramas within itself are the most intense for teenagers. For older adults especially with a whole family to take care of feel the weight of the world on their shoulders. Paying for bills, taxes, making sure their kids are safe and situated, maintaining a decent job with good benefits, and keeping their marriage together can feel mind boggling if one thing slips through the cracks.

Many feel that stress in the word itself is scare when sometimes stress can be a postitive thing. For example, when a student knows their grade is depending on a test they tend to stress over it more than usual so they concentrate harder and study much more than they probably have. For adults stress can be a positive thing, for example, pushing for time on a deadline for a presentation for a company. Adults tend to work on projects more when rushed and go the extra mile, sometimes this results in getting a promotion or raise if done right.

This chart on stress shows all the different varies of areas where stress can be related to everyone. Many or most describe how much everyday life can really boggle you down. Sometimes if things get worse in situations people go under depression or even leading to suicide as sad as it sounds its true. You hear many stories of people who can to end things and take the "easy" way out. Sometimes we need to re-evaluate our lives and step back and breathe.

stress: burnout

"Burnout involves physical and emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and a lowered sense of self-efficacy that is attributable to work-related stress." For most that I personally know this is more popular for those who live in the city than in the country side or elsewhere. For example, New York is a fast pace city where everyone is on the go trying to make a quick, fast buck, or constantly busy doing something for their company or whatnot. They feel the pressure of deadlines and living up to standards of what society expects of themselves. People who live in smaller communities tend to be more easy going and tend to appreciate their surroundings and comforts of home.

"Many theorists believe that the basic challenge of of modern life has become the search for meaning or a sense of direction."

I believe this to be true. In today's world especially. We've all felt the pressures of life, light or heavy on our shoulders. Each person is just one of the million people on this earth trying to make ends meet. Most situations are different, from some others point of view seems like nothing and to others like everything. But none the less to every individual, a problem that stresses to their fitted lifestyles and commendations. We act just as robots do, with a routine to do daily, tasks as an endless cycle, its hard just to put things down to see the bigger picture and reflect on life or its meaning or even the the direction we wanted to take. Most of the time its not what direction we want to take but what we have to take.

trauma

In the chapter about stress it shows a graph with the different types of trauma and the percentage difference between me and women. Its interesting how there is a high percentage of women traumatized by physical attacks but not by much and an extremely higher percent of men traumatized by witnessing severe injury or death. I always figured that women would be much more traumatized by witnessing severe injury or death because it seems more women get emotional and that would play a big role in that type of situation.

multiple personalities

I find its pretty crazy how people with multiple personality disorders and their families deal with it on a daily basis. Is it possible to ever get someone out of the disorder or is there a chemical imbalance in their brains that will not allow that from happening? I thought I'd just put that out there...