Stress in Relationships

Stress in relationships is a given.

Whether it is good stress, like the kind of stress that gravity exerts that keeps us oriented as to which way is up, or bad stress that wears us down until we don't know which way is up and probably don't care, is more up to us than it feels like in any given moment.

Learning to identify, analyze, and respond effectively to stress is rather simple actually. Doing it . . . . well, that can be another thing entirely.

It seems as though we are least likely to use stress management skills when we need them. As for learning stress management skills in the midst of a crisis, while sometimes that is our only choice, it's clearly better to get ahead of the power curve on this one.

Sites like www.better-relationships-over-50.com can provide some of the basic understandings of what's going on, but in the end, the best results come to those who develop the specific cognitive, social, and mind-body skills before crunch time.