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                    We live in a very stress-filled world.  In fact, experts say that 43% – almost half of all adults – suffer adverse health affects due to stress.  One million workers here in the United States are
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Traits characteristic of the stress-prone:
1. Plans day unrealistically
2. First to arrive, last to leave
3. Always in a hurry
4. Makes no plan for relaxation
5. Feels guilty about doing anything other than work
6. Sees unforeseen problem as a setback or disaster
7. Is always thinking about
                    
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                    Stress Management 
A lecturer was giving a lecture to his students on stress management. He raised a glass of water and asked the audience, "How heavy do you think this glass of water is?" 
The students’ answers ranged from 20g to 500g. 
"It does not matter on the absolute weight. It depends on how
                    
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                    Contributed by Tim Smith on Jan 6, 2013
                
                
                
                    STRESSED OUT SANTA
A shopping mall Santa Claus in California had a meltdown after refusing to cuddle a bawling toddler, calling the mother evil and ripping off his beard and costume in front of startled children. Kelly Fornatoro, 33, said she told Santa her 19 month old son, Brian, would stop
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Symptoms of stress overload:
1. Decision-making becomes difficult (both major and minor kinds).
2. Excessive daydreaming or fantasizing about "getting away from it all."
3. Increased use of cigarettes and/or alcohol.
4. Increased use of tranquilizers and "uppers."
5. Thoughts trail off while
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 12, 2005
                
                
                
                    Stress Reduction Salons
About a dozen new “stress-reduction salons” have opened in the U.S. and also in Japan. Members of these Synchro Energize salons slip off their shoes, climb into beds and lie with eyes closed for the next 45 minutes. Spinning patterns of intense colors appear before their
                    
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                    STRESS AND HEALTH CARE
Dr. Don Colbert wrote a book called Stress Less in which he tackles the problem of stress in our society. Listen to a few observations he has made as a Medical Doctor. "Did you know that 75 to 90 percent of all visits to a primary care physician’s office are related to
                    
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                    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 13, 2025
                
                
                
                    [059].  A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – DISTRESSFUL TIMES WILL COME UPON US
Are you battling in life because of some problem that won’t go away?  Are you weighed down by a stressful matter and can’t shake it?  Does your life feel like it is starting to come apart?  Do you feel the storms are thundering
                    
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                    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Mar 27, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    According to the American Institute of Stress [I’ll bet that’s a fun place to work], 43 percent of Americans suffer from stress-related health problems. (Source: Referenced in Fast Company, May 2000,
                    
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                    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Nov 16, 2006
                
                
                
                    ILLUSTRATION:  According to ABC News, “Stressful is perhaps the best way to sum up the last year of Ken Lay’s life.  In May the former CEO of the Enron Corp. was convicted of defrauding investors and employees by repeatedly lying about Enron’s finances. He was expected to receive a long jail
                    
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                    Contributed by Fred Sigle on Feb 13, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Interestingly, STRESS is produced by not only NEGATIVE experiences, but also by POSITIVE ones. 
It was for this reason that Donna Parker HESITATED telling her husband about him WINNING the Reader’s Digest Association Sweepstakes.   She was ECSTATIC when she got the CALL INFORMING her that a
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    "Stressing output is the key to improving productivity, while looking to increase activity
                    
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