• Perception determines whether something is viewed as positive or negative. Your perceptions are at the very root of a very high percentage of the stress your body experiences. A person’s brain interprets whether a condition is stressful or not. If you think a situation is too difficult and overwhelming for you, then it is giving you stress. If you consider a situation not stressful, though others may view it as so, it will not be harmful to you except it makes you too busy to allow any form of relaxation.
• Make a list of the likely things that can make you feel pressured, tensed up or unhappy at home, work, church or club, on the road and in general.
• Whenever you experience any feeling of tension, pressure or sadness, tick the cause and if it is not on your original list, include it.
• Watch your experience for one or two weeks, the item(s) ticked most will help you to identify the stressors in your life.
• Quite a lot of people have more than one source of stress in our generation ranging from the noise of generators, too busy schedule to busy roads, hooting of cars among others.
