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Narrator: Hey, how’s it going?
Where are you?
Oh, there you are
You know, everyone has a number of stressful relationships
whether it’s your younger brother, or a close friend, or a parent, or maybe both parents
We’ve all got stressful relationships in our life and there’s plenty of things you can do about it
plenty of ways you can use that stress to your advantage
Let’s take a look at Harrison here.
One of the most stressful relationships in my life would have to be my relationship with my parents.
And that takes a big toll on me, my mental well-being and everything
I just get stressed out and I get all these expectations unloaded onto me
these things that I have to do and these set times to be at a certain place at a certain time
I feel quite overwhelmed at this point.
Narrator: So how can you cope with that stress, and turn it into something that works for you?
One would be skateboarding, that’s really good.
That’s something I just get out there and get out of the environment that stresses me out
and do something else and setting your own mini-goals and things to overcome
getting your focus off stressful things, getting a different change of pace, which is really good
Skateboarding does that for me personally
and I know there’s a lot of other people with other sports that also does work for them
I can hang out with my mates which I do quite often
now that’s really good, that helps out a lot, that’s just a change of pace, something different
That will help you out with different environments than you’re used to
and most of the time, 99% of the time, it’s stress-free
A relationship that I find kind of stressful is relationships that I have at work.
I think they can be really stressful because on one side
you’re trying to work as a team and get the job done
and on the other side, you really just don’t get along with them you can’t stand them
or there’s a clash of personalities
I just think it’s really stressful trying to manage those two things.
I think it could also be really stressful if they’re your boss or above you at work
because I think it’s really difficult to talk to them about it because they’re in charge of you and they could fire you
I don’t know, I just find it awkward
Something that I did to help me with my stressful relationship at work
was to talk to my parents about it
because they had a lot more experience dealing with this type of stressful situation than I had
because they’ve had jobs before and they knew more strategies
or more ways that I could get around it
I also like to go for a run or go to the gym
I feel like it’s really good to get all your anger out and all your stress and get rid of it somehow so I like doing that
There’s no relationship so stressful that nothing can be done about it
and you don’t have to handle it on your own
So check out the forums at ReachOut.com for more advice.