Surviving Life Crises Fatigue and Exhaustion

What can happen if stress gets out of control

Where you are under excessive levels of short-term stress, then you may find that your performance goes to pieces. Afterwards, however, you will be able treat this as a learning experience and can adopt stress management strategies to avoid the problem in the future.

The effects of long term stress going out of control can be much more severe. If you do not take action to control it, this can lead to:

  • Fatigue and Exhaustion
  • Depression
  • Burn Out, or
  • Breakdown
This section explains what happens during these, and suggests strategies to avoid or cope with them.

Highly Recommended Books

For an excellent book on stress management, try The Book of Stress Survival - How to Relax and Live Positively by Alix Kirsta. This is a very pleasant, well-presented, sensible approach to stress management. It covers many important areas completely ignored by most other books.

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