The Wrong Way to Cope with Stress

The Wrong Way to Cope with Stress

In the short term these following ideas may seem to work, but in the longer term they can actually make your symptoms worse:

• deny there is a problem: you will never find a cause and the problem will continue
• blame others: they become a cause of stress for you in addition to the actual problem
• drink too much caffeine or smoke: both are stimulants and will not help you switch off, whereas too much alcohol will depress you
• throw yourself into work: you become less effective at your job, which can actually cause more stress