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This page helps you find the technique on this site most likely to help you deal with a specific source of stress.

 

Please note: This is not a diagnostic technique, it is merely a quick reference guide helping you find your way around the site. In using it, please pay attention to the warning at the foot of this page: If you have any concern over stress-related illness or are experiencing persistent unhappiness, then visit an appropriately qualified medical examiner.

 

The Stress Management Key
To use the key, start at row 1. If your answer to the query in the ‘Question’ column is yes, follow the instructions in the ‘If Yes…’ column. If your answer is no, do the same with the instructions in the ‘If No..’ column. The key will quickly route you to the area of this site most likely to help you.

 

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Question 
If yes... 
If no...
1
Do you feel exhausted, run down or disillusioned with your career?
See our Burnout section, then go to row 2
Go to row 2
2
Do you have any power to change the situation?
Go to row 3
Go to row 11
3
Is the importance of an upcoming event the main source of the stress?
See our Performance Stress section
Go to row 4
4
Does the stress come from relationship difficulties with other people?
Go to row 5
Go to row 7
5
Does this person/do these people have significant power over you?
See our Powerful People section
Go to row 6
6
Are you experiencing relationship difficulties with your co-worker(s) or team member(s)?
See our Co-worker Stress and Powerful People sections
See if any of the techniques in our Co-worker Stress and Powerful People sections help. If not, seek further help.
7
Are you overloaded with work or does stress come from the design of the job or inconsistencies with it?
Go to row 8
Go to row 9
8
Does your job seem rationally and consistently designed, and does it have clear career paths?
See our Work Overload section
See our Problem Jobs section, and then see our Work Overload section.
9
Are you experiencing stress, discomfort or distraction from your environment?
Visit our Environmental Stress section
Go to row 10
10
Are you living a healthy lifestyle and getting enough sleep?
Review all sections of our site. If these do not help, improvise.
Go to row 11
11 
Are unhappy or negative thoughts associated with the stress you are experiencing?
Visit our Defenses Against Stress section

 

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Warning:
Stress can cause severe health problems and, in extreme cases, can cause death. While these stress management techniques have been shown to have a positive effect on reducing stress, they are for guidance only, and readers should take the advice of suitably qualified health professionals if they have any concerns over stress-related illnesses or if stress is causing significant or persistent unhappiness. Health professionals should also be consulted before any major change in diet or levels of exercise.

 

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