Signs of Stress
I recently attended a seminar entitled Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Recognizing & Treating the Emerging Epidemic given by Dr. Paul Foxman, a trainer, author, and therapist who “has over 30 years of professional experience in a variety of settings.” I will touch on a number of topics Dr. Foxman covered which might be helpful to stressed out teens and early twenty-somethings in this and future blogs.
First I simply want to list what Dr. Foxman calls “Stress Signals.” An occasional bout of any one of these doesn’t necessarily indicate that someone has a full-blown anxiety disorder, but experiencing one or more of the signals may still show that someone has too much stress in their life now. The Stress Signals are:
- Restlessness
- Negative attitude
- Irritable/moody
- Muscle tension
- Fatigue/low energy
- Depression
- Stuttering
- Anxiety
- Behavior problem
- Sleep disturbance
- Headaches
- Dizziness
- Grinding teeth
- Increased heart rate
- Cold/sweaty hands
- Breathing difficulty
If you recognize yourself anywhere on this list, you might want to try some of the Tricks and Techniques to Lower Stress from my website.
Nancy Linnerooth, Stress Coach
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