Can someone else's stress be stressful? Apparently so ... says this week's Lady's Home Journal (and yes - I'm okay with my manhood in reading LHJ...)
At first you try to be understanding,
If there's no improvement, you probably end up feeling the strain yourself.
In effect, another person's stress can spread like secondhand smoke: It becomes your problem because you're there. According to researchers, other people's excessive or ongoing stress pollutes the environment. It erodes civility and causes anxiety. A stressed person is a loose cannon. You never know what is going to set him off when, and that's enormously unsettling.
This may be even worse than your own stress (firsthand stress). On that you can act -- confront your problems, attempt a resolution, count to 10.
In living with someone else's stress, there isn't much more you can do except stand there and take it. So combine the stress ... feeling of helplessness ... and inability to escape ... and you have a very unhealthy situation.
Second Hand Stress.
At first you try to be understanding,
If there's no improvement, you probably end up feeling the strain yourself.
In effect, another person's stress can spread like secondhand smoke: It becomes your problem because you're there. According to researchers, other people's excessive or ongoing stress pollutes the environment. It erodes civility and causes anxiety. A stressed person is a loose cannon. You never know what is going to set him off when, and that's enormously unsettling.
This may be even worse than your own stress (firsthand stress). On that you can act -- confront your problems, attempt a resolution, count to 10.
In living with someone else's stress, there isn't much more you can do except stand there and take it. So combine the stress ... feeling of helplessness ... and inability to escape ... and you have a very unhealthy situation.
Second Hand Stress.
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