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Okay, we know that there are too many stressors to name, so this article will explore ways to reduce stress. It is important to identify what is causing stress and also regulate stressful moments. You identify stressors by assessing what triggers stress and when you stress the most. This is important because what you think about a situation can affect your feelings and behavior. For example, you might take a drive at a certain time of day with the expectation that this will bring on stress. Your mood is already changing and your behavior will follow. Knowing this means that you recognize a stressor and have assessed one of your most stressful moments (i.e. driving). Another reason why you want to identify thoughts and feelings is because some could be maladaptive and lead to health risks, disorders, developmental problems and adverse externalizing behaviors. So, most importantly, you want to gain control over your thoughts and feelings and replace them with healthy ones.

Let us begin with the stressful driving situation. Assuming that you have to drive to your destination and you know that it can be an unpredictable situation. You cannot control the unpredictable encounters, but you can gain control over how you approach and handle them.

You would start by acknowledging that there might be something unexpected up the road. You might get an automatic thought such as, “Oh, I am going to be on the road with a bunch of . . . (fill in the blank).
Monitor your thoughts about it before your journey and your thoughts after someone swiftly changes lanes cutting into yours without warning. Begin to write these thoughts down so you can evaluate them later.
Consider your belief about how you interpret the situation. Is it really the end of the road for you? Are you really at a crossroad and it is over for you? Did you start out thinking, I hate this part of the day? Is this just a fleeting moment that happens to be a part of life? The latter is a most preferred belief when you are replacing maladaptive thoughts and beliefs with healthy ones.
Consider the advantages of getting to you destination. If you arrived safely, you accomplished your goal. Maybe, you got pushed off track a little, but you got back into proper position.
Think of new ways to look at a displeasing situation. When you change your thoughts about events, your beliefs about them will also change.

There are so many things to consider after you succeed by meeting a goal. You have to constantly monitor what you are thinking when you stress and whether you have worked yourself up for something that was going to turn out okay regardless. Sometimes we focus on problems that we cannot change, which take away our natural energy. Why use your inherent resources on something that is not going to change. For example, you cannot stop a mad driver and you do not have to be one. Now you are ready to travel.

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