This Profiler will help you understand how stressed you are. Do you ever suffer from any of the following? Just tick the boxes that most apply to you then click SCORE.

Rarely Sometimes Often Irritability Feeling depressed Feeling restless Tension Anxiety Lack of concentration Frustration Feeling panicked/attacks Frequent crying Increased smoking Increased alcohol consumption Finger or foot tapping Scratching scalp or hair twiddling Lethargy/fatigue Accident prone Insomnia Headaches Nausea Constipation/Diarrhoea Skin problems High blood pressure Excessive sweating or cold sweats Rapid or irregular breathing Allergies occuring more often Frequent colds Pre-menstrual tension Absent from work Working long hours Dreading going to work Boredom Lack of communication Taking work home Over concern with silly details Nail biting Never having time for yourself

Stressed Enough!

This may seem a ridiculous topic considering that Stress Tips exists to reduce your stress. I'm sure you are aware that there is "good stress", EUSTRESS, and "bad stress", DISTRESS.

The physiological responses to distress and eustress are basically the same but the brain processes the experiences differently. Eustress occurs when you voluntarily agree to ride a roller-coaster or ski down a challenging slope or become adventurous.

Do you have enough ADVENTURE in your life? Eustress occurs when you do something different, break a routine, make a new friend, travel to a new place or generate some excitement for yourself.

I encourage you to set aside some time for adventure this week and to make it a theme for life..