Thursday, August 27, 2009

Stress and how we handle it...

Do relaxation exercises really work? Who knows, do you?
When any of us have a lot of stress like these last few years we all have had our own unique ways of handling it… from doing nothing, to taking medication, to a little drinky-pooh to complaining to whomever will listen! I have tried them all.

Let’s examine the word itself and its true meaning: constraining force or influence: as a. a force exerted when one body or body part presses on, pulls on, pushes against, or tends to compress or twist another body or body part especially the intensity of this mutual force commonly expressed in pounds per square inch b. the deformation caused in a body by such a force c. a physical, chemical, or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension and may be a factor in disease causation d. a state resulting from a stress especially one of bodily or mental tension resulting from factors that tend to alter an existent equilibrium - job-related stress e. strain pressure - the environment is under stress to the point of collapse - Joseph Shoben.

I think the above definition thanks to the Merriam Webster Dictionary says it as concisely as it can be.

Now today was quite a stressful day for me, personally, from a phone interview that quickly went south after facts that I was misinformed about were proven to be skewed. But a reliable source informed me otherwise. Well, facts are facts and what is one to do?
I do know that I am being vague but if what had happened had gone the way I thought it was going to go I definitely would have revealed what it was all about, OK, capish?

I bet you all know that stress causes more than emotional problems it does affect you physically as well, and can be responsible for triggering exacerbations of certain chronic disorders like Multiple Sclerosis, as well as other autoimmune diseases such as Rheumatoid Arthritis and Lupus etcetera. But anyone who suffers from these diseases knows from what I speak.

And since that is a known fact, not just a theory I not only was emotionally disappointed with the outcome that transpired; I have residual physical pain going on too.

The day was highly intense from the beginning of the day, my preparation was deliberate and quickly put together under a short period of time, but I did feel that I was still quite well prepared, since I had all the required elements requested at hand.
But I suppose not the most important apparently, the correct criteria information for being a candidate for this specific governmental program.

Oh well, I'll give in and spill the beans... it was an interview for social security again but for another program that an attorney told me that we met the criteria for, well unfortunately or fortunately, whichever way you want to look at it they say hubby’s pension and his SSA make us over their allowances for income per month by more than twice what is right for their program. Now why would an attorney think what I told her, which was the same amount I told them, why would she say we now met the requirements?
Nothing we can do, we are up a creek without a paddle…

Good night to all, be safe and to all count those blessings and I will try to, too!

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