Stress and its consequences =========================== After a period of decluttering, keeping the valuable, I have come out to the open plain where there are no more distractions and can see where the problems lie. I never realised how stressed out a person I really am; how much I keeping it all pent up. If im stressed it means I am being threatened but there is no threat- it is not real, who is the attacker? it is only me. It is a believed attack on my self worth and so, my well being. Since Im unaware of the stress, I am unaware of the undermining effect it is having and why I feel low; I am certainly unaware of how to release it. If never knew that I was stressed I never knew my self worth was undermined. Stress is hormonally based, is the “flight or flight” mechanism which has a relaxation response after the stressor has gone. I have already been “releasing” with soothing displacement activities after challenges, not knowing that I have been releasing, and therefore treating the pain with haphazard and an unfocussed methods. Worse still, going on to avoid further stressors for as long as possible, returning to challenges until only absolutely necessary. The gnawing away and undermining of self worth by the supposed threats makes me unable to deal with even simple problems and means I have a only thin skin left and there are underlying anxieties born from imaginary sources. I am chronically stressed and this is the reason I am only doing sporadic work and find …