Internally Generated Stress

In Session 1 we discussed the causes of stress and mentioned there were external stressors and internal stressors.

Internal stressors are a big source of stress and include:

·        Excessive worrying

·        Low self-esteem

·        Excessive negative self-talk

·        Perfectionism

·        Excess anger

·        Repressed feelings

·        Psychological trauma

·        Excessive pessimistic thinking style

·        People pleasing

·        Unrealistic expectations

·        Automatic negative thoughts

·        Negative core beliefs

·        Rigid thinking style

·        Hostility

·        Cognitive distortions

·        Excess jealousy

·        Believing that we are a failure

·        Psychologically beating ourselves up

·        Excess negative thinking

·        Relationship problems

·        Time pressures

Fortunately we can influence these internally generated stressors.

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