The Secrets of Eliminating Daily Stress: Controlling
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Stress doesn’t always come from huge events in our lives. It can be caused in little amounts by small events, and build up to the point where it has the same impact as a major catastrophe. Over the next few Fridays, I’m going to examine some of the causes of daily stress and give some suggestions on what can be done to alleviate them.
Controlling
Call it micromanaging, call it control-freaking, controlling behavior is when one person tries to command the outcome of a situation or the actions of another person. The truth is that we have very little control over anything, and no control over anything outside of our own person. We can no more stop someone from doing something than we can stop the rain from falling.
What It Does
Controlling leads to no end of frustration. Try as you might to change the outcome of something, it may or may not change.
How To Stop It
Controlling behavior, when it is a learned habit, can be overcome like any other habit. This is not easy, but it is possible. There are many sites and articles on the web devoted to changing habits.
When controlling behavior is the result of past experiences, more intensive help may be necessary.
Next week we’ll tackle a big cause of daily stress: Perfectionism
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