| Avoiding or Handling Breakdown Your Stress Diary
Planning to Manage StressWe operate best at an optimum stress level: not having enough stress leaves us feeling bored and lethargic. Having too much stress damages our performance in the short term, and can lead to unhappiness, exhaustion, burn-out and serious illness in the long term.It may not initially be obvious what causes you stress, whether you are effective in controlling it, or what your optimum stress level is. The next articles in this section explains how to find out the causes of stress in your life, and how to plan to control them. |