{"id":170,"date":"2025-01-18T00:36:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T00:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zoom-out.co\/?page_id=170"},"modified":"2025-02-18T00:31:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T00:31:44","slug":"chronic-stress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zoom-out.co\/wp-legacy\/chronic-stress\/","title":{"rendered":"Chronic Stress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zoom-out.co\/wp-legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zoom-out.co\/wp-legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-3.png 300w, https:\/\/www.zoom-out.co\/wp-legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-3-250x300.png 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-text-display is-style-text-display--1 wp-block-paragraph\">Dealing with an ongoing source of stress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Let&#8217;s explore a source of ongoing stress in your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle is-style-text-subtitle--2 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Q. What is causing you stress?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Be specific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Write it down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Place it out in front of you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle is-style-text-subtitle--3 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Q. How stressful is it compared with other situations in your life?<\/strong><br>On a scale of 1 to 10?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Let&#8217;s put this into perspective with other stressful situations you have experienced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Consider other stressful situations you have handled. Especially ones you handled with success and pride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Reflect on the way you viewed them and dealt with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle is-style-text-subtitle--4 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Q. How stressful is it compared with stressful situations in other people&#8217;s lives?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Let&#8217;s put this into perspective with other stressful situations people experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Reflect on the way other people view them and deal with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle is-style-text-subtitle--5 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Q. How will this look when you look back in years from now?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">We can get so zoomed-in on something that it appears huge in the moment, partly because it is happening <em>now.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">It fills our mind&#8217;s eye and consumes too much attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-text-annotation has-large-font-size is-style-text-annotation--6 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"147\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zoom-out.co\/wp-legacy\/future-hindsight-zoom-out\/\">&lt;o&gt; Future Hindsight<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-text-annotation has-large-font-size is-style-text-annotation--7 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoom-out.co\/wp-legacy\/focusing-illusion-zoom-out\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"151\">&lt;o&gt; Focusing Illusion<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle is-style-text-subtitle--8 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Q. On a scale of 1 to 10 how stressful is it now?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Given you have now zoomed-out on the stressful situation, how stressful would you rate it now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">How has your score changed from the original at the top of this page?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle is-style-text-subtitle--9 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Q. What are the upsides to the situation?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Q. What benefits can be had here?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Q. 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