How we react to stress

Remember that the inevitable setbacks that you face are temporary, specific, and external.

View the negative situation as a single event that is not connected to other potential events and that is caused largely by external factors over which you can have little control.

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Stress is a state of mental tension or emotional strain due to adverse or demanding circumstances, events, and situations.

Stress is hard to measure and someone may be suffering from it while showing no external signs.

• Individuals should cultivate a sense of detachment from external events and focus instead on their own inner state on oachieve a greater sense of peace and equanimity.

• Our emotions and reactions should not be dictated by external events but rather by our own rational judgments.

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