STRESS MANAGEMENT WORKSHEET PART 1

PART 1

1. List five sources of stress that you have in your life right now

1. My new job
2. getting married
3. finals
4. going to Japan
5. Bills and disorganization method of my fiancé'

2. Assign each of the above stressors a "stress rating", 5 = extremely stressful;1 = mildly stressful

1. 5
2. 4
3. 4
4. 2
5. 3

3. List 3-5 ways in which your body lets you know that you are stressed. 

I sweat and my ears turn red.  Irrational thinking.  Hopelessness need to urinate and inability to the make a decision.  Feeling of hopelessness.

4. What are the 2 months important (and simple) things that you can do every day to help relieve the effects of the stress in your life?
   1. Belly Breath
   2. Take drugs or meditate for 20 minutes
   3. Have time to get organized blow my TV up with a 12 gage!

PART 2

Look back at your list of stressors and see if there are any that you want to change.  Now, praise each stressor, and place each one in one of the boxes below.

IMPORTANT  & CONTROLLABLE              NOT IMPORTANT, but Controllable

My new job                                                       going to Japan

getting married

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Important & Not Controllable                                Not Important & Not Controllable

• my new job finals                                         Bills & not being organized

Now, on the back of this sheet, list your stressors one more time and write next to each one your plan to alleviate it's effects on your.

getting married - when the time comes, I will say yes, but till then I will regress

going to Japan - look at it