![]() ![]() ![]() Amelia Nagoski outline this process in their book, “Burnout: The Secret to Solving the Stress Cycle” Learn More About This Book Here One thing that I have been finding great success in is something called, “completing the stress cycle.” Dr. Remember that stress leaves a physiological mark on your body and the level of stress that many are experiencing needs more than just a cognitive approach. Trying to let go of what we CANNOT change is another commonly suggested tactic. This is a conversation I have been having with many of my clients as they understandably have been struggling with stress in their life and their lack of control on their stressors. But what should we do if the external stressor is something that we cannot solve? And what if the stressor is ongoing? An over-worked employee might advocate for more help on their team. A busy mom might outsource some of their household chores so that she has less on her plate. Sometimes stress is solved by problem-solving the stressor itself. We might find ourselves sleeping longer, having trouble getting off the couch and losing motivation to do things which we previously loved. In freeze, we enter a state of hypoarousal, where we feel numb and shut down. ![]() ![]() In flight, we might notice an urge to run away, maybe we avoid our stressor by scrolling on our phone or watching Netflix and we tend to want to be alone. Sometimes this anger maybe aimed at our stressor directly but other times we might notice that our fuse is shorter and that we are snapping at our loved ones more often. ![]()
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