Is Stress Getting You Down

Are you feeling the effects of stress in your life? Are you having trouble sleeping at night? Have you lost your appetite or are you eating more than you should? Are you cranky ans short with the people around you? Have you lost you interest in life and do you feel that nothing is worth putting effort into?

All of these are symptoms of stress. The number of people who are exhibiting the effects of stress is skyrocketing because of the current economic climate. If you are having any of these symptoms you must seek help to combat the health effects of chronic stress.

I have found the biggest cause if stress in my life is living in the future instead of the present. I ten to be a planner and so I am always planning how things will work out. As you know things never go according to plan. When my plans don't work out I tend to get very upset. It wasn't until I realized that I could either shorten my life by stressing over what could have or should have happened or I could relax and probably live a lot longer.

I chose the latter and I feel much better. I used to have high blood pressure but that is now a thing of the past. The best advice I have is to stop living in the future and don't get bent out of shape if your plans don't work out.