While it is common for everyone to experience periods of stress, prolonged or intense stress can negatively affect your life. Many times, people choose unhealthy coping methods, such as smoking and drinking, to relieve their stress, however this only masks the underlying problems. Stress can also produce physical symptoms such as headaches, sleep deprivation and high blood pressure.
Stress management through our counselling and therapy office in St. John’s, NL can help you understand sources of your stress and develop healthy ways of coping with them.
Common Sources of Stress
- Work pressures
- Family stresses
- Relationship worries
- Difficulty coping
- Panic attacks
- Irritability
- Physical ailments
- Constant tension
Emotional Symptoms of Stress
- Anxious or afraid
- Angry or aggressive
- Frustrated
- Sad or depressed
- Negative thinking
Physical Symptoms of Stress
- Headaches
- Nausea
- Indigestion
- Shallow breathing or hyperventilation
- Sweating
- Heart palpitations
- Skin disorders
- High blood pressure
Prolonged Stress Can Cause You To …
- withdraw from family, friends or co-workers
- be indecisive or inflexible
- cry more often than usual
- have trouble sleeping
- experience sexual issues
- increase smoking, drinking or drug use
Our Counsellors and Therapists in St. John’s, NL Can Help
Stress management and counselling can be key in helping you overcome the root cause of your stress and allow you to work on ways to manage it. Our St. John’s based counsellor and therapists can help you:
- gain self-understanding and identify your stress triggers
- explore underlying cause of your stress
- learn coping strategies to help manage stressful situations
- learn why certain situations cause you to feel stressed when other remain calm
- improve your ability to handle pressure and manage your reaction to stress
