Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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3 Approaches to Handling Stress

This post cleverly describes three approaches to handling stress -- responsive, adaptive, and preventive -- with tips for each.
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mariness

mariness

December 14 2009, 00:40:35 UTC 11 years ago

Apologies for language. I guess "pretty infuriating" was an understatement.
ysabetwordsmith

Yes...

ysabetwordsmith

December 14 2009, 01:01:47 UTC 11 years ago

... that pretty much turned into a rant.

I don't believe the original article was intended as treatment for severe depression. I posted it because it has a lot of things that I find useful, and that I have seen on other lists (I think some version of "breathe" is on most of the emergency-mood-management lists I've seen), and that I know to be useful to some folks I know (some of whom do have serious issues). So it seemed worth sharing. Apparently your mileage varies.
mariness

Re: Yes...

mariness

December 14 2009, 01:12:05 UTC 11 years ago

The interesting thing is that throughout this chronic illness I have actually not had severe depression. My father wasn't depressed during his heart attack/post treatment. I am not actually objecting to this article on the basis of an approach to depression, mild or severe.

I am objecting to the article as an approach to stress, primarily because of several assumptions it contains, and because I think that some of its suggestions can actually worsen severe stress.