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Which stress personality are you?
Our Seven Stress Personalities
Our personality greatly impacts how we handle stress. Different personalities cope with stress, depending on various factors.
The Seven stress personalities are The Pleaser, Time Keeper, The Striver, Inner Con Artist, Critical Judge, The Worrier and The Sabertooth.
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Our Seven Stress Personalities
Our personality greatly impacts how we handle stress. Different personalities cope with stress, depending on various factors.
The Seven stress personalities are The Pleaser, Time Keeper, The Striver, Inner Con Artist, Critical Judge, The Worrier and The Sabertooth.
The Pleaser
This personality type wants all to be happy and can sacrifice one’s own interests for what’s best for the group. Pleasers can become resentful and may feel under-appreciated.
Pleasers need to prioritize their schedule and manage time in a more balanced way, getting more done for themselves.
The Timekeeper
This personality type likes to be in charge, and needs to feel competent and wanted. They take on too much and feel stressed out and anxious. They need to wait a few minutes before deciding to take any new responsibilities.
The Striver
... is an ambitious, competitive person with a desire to excel. Strivers can burn out as they are not giving themselves time to recover.
To handle stress, Strivers need to ask for help when needed and understand that everything cannot be done alone.
The Inner Con Artist
He/she avoids hard work and does not communicate much with others, leading to gaps and problems at a later stage.
Inner Con Artists need to design a realistic schedule that is workable and spark one’s motivation to work harder.
The Critical Judge
He/she sets high standards and then gets into a downward spiral and crisis of confidence. These people are focused on their weaknesses and mistakes.
To cope up with stress, these people need to understand that much of their stress is self-inflicted and they need to take some pressure off themselves.
The Worrier
This personality type hates ambiguity and unpredictability and is constantly worried about the future, stressing about things that may or may not happen.
Worriers need to focus on the present moment and get out of the future-stress mindset by simply being aware of the Now.
The Sabertooth
This personality type is overtly negative and gets angry or frustrated easily, creating a toxic vibe around.
To handle stress, these people need to pause for a minute and clear their minds before reacting to stressful situations.
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Managing self-inflicted stress
- Use the 60-second method: Set aside 60 seconds of pause before doing anything in relation to what is stressing you out. Don't react.
- Manage your time in a realistic way.
- Ask for help and accept that you might not be able to accomplish everything on your own.
- Acknowledge that your stress is mostly self-inflicted and make changes to fix that.
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Music improves your focus
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- Meditation. Some people use music to help them clear their minds.
- Listening to music while studying or working can help you remember more of the information.
- During exercise. It takes the mind’s focus off of fatigue.
- Focus on sleep. Music calms the mind and causes you to focus on your rest.
Music increases your creativity
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Stress-busting techniques
- Establish regular times for when you eat, sleep, read, exercise, grocery shop and so on.
- Look after your health, with healthy food, regular exercise and calm times ...
Make stress management fun
- Sweat out your stress with a high intensity workout. Or do the opposite: completely wind down in a tai chi class.
- Spend time with someone who makes you laugh.
- Grab some pencils and a colouring book. While you’re colouring in, you are slowing your thoughts and using your creativity.
- Dance around the house to your favourite music.
- Head outside for fresh air and a close encounter with the natural environment.
- Turning off your screens and devices can help you switch off your thinking. On the flip side, watching a funny movie or talking to someone on Facetime can help you feel better too.
- Eat a banana or a potato. These foods have potassium, which can improve your body’s energy and recovery.
- Find a repetitive activity, such as knitting, wood carving or making jewellery. The simple act of repeating a skill with your hands can relieve stress.
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The Paradox Of Our Dark Side
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Light And Dark Triads
Our personalities have two distinct triads: The Light Triad and The Dark Triad. The dark ones sometimes overlap with the light ones to form a complete personality.
The Dark Triad, which is associated with the Seven Deadly Sins (Lust, Anger, Greed, Sloth, Gluttony, Pride and Envy) seems to be very fascinating, with many researchers drawn towards it just like viewers are drawn to serial-killer shows and murder mysteries.
The Dark Area Of Our Personalities
There are certain personality traits in literature that fall under the Dark Triad:
- Machiavellianism: A tendency to strategically exploit or deceive other people.
- Subclinical Narcissism: It means focusing towards the self, giving oneself entitlement and importance.
- Subclinical Psychopathy: A tendency to be insensitive and cruel with regards to others.
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How To Be Adaptable
- Stop whining. Learn to accept the situation, adapt to it, and move on.
- Don’t mindlessly believe that something is ‘wrong’ and must be avoided.
- Disc...
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Defense Mechanisms
Our defense mechanisms really kick into high gear during situations where we feel threatened. That doesn’t necessarily mean physically threatened, but also in high-stress environments where ...
Avoidance
Mechanism motto: I’m going to stay as far away from that stressful thing as possible.
The problem with avoidance: Things don’t go away just because you ignore them. That assignment will still need to get done. That conflict with that co-worker will need to be resolved eventually.
Denial
Mechanism motto: There’s no way that’s going to happen.
The problem with denial: Denial is more than just avoiding a potentially threatening thought or circumstance—it involves vehemently denying the fact that it even exists. It blinds you with unrealistic optimism.
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2 kinds of people
- Those who believe they can make things happen. They are convinced that the outcome of their lives and careers is more or less in their own hands
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When hard times strike
Those that feel they are in control over their lives also feel stress and anxiety, but they use this anxiety differently: their anxiety fuels passion instead of pity, drive in lieu of despair, and tenacity over trepidation.
Expect and prepare for change
Set aside some time regularly to create a list of important changes that you think could possibly happen. The purpose of this task is to open your mind to change and sharpen your ability to spot and respond to changes.
Even if the events on your lists never happen, the practice of anticipating and preparing for change will give you a greater sense of command over your future.
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Financial personality
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Frugal Saver
Being a Frugal Saver means all your money is going towards saving.
How you can improve:
- Oversaving won’t make you happy. Spend responsibly.
- If you’re not saving, you may also not be investing. Investing allows you to grow your money over time.
- Investing doesn’t have to be all about stocks and bonds, you can invest with just a few cents thanks to apps, or you can invest through Robo-advisors who do nearly all the work for you.
Financial Sage
How you can improve:
- You’re probably depriving yourself of something, even if that’s just a cup of coffee now and then.
- If you're concerned about money, try to make more money by getting a side hustle.
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Familiar Traits
Psychologist Carl Jung had once hypothesized that the traits we find irritating in someone else can tell us a lot about ourselves. Many studies have confirmed this insight.
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The Villain Inside Us
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These studies pave the way for further investigation and research into our interpersonal relationships being affected by our (and others) positive and negative traits. They also explains why we go on loving our loved ones, even after being fully aware of their flaws.
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Understanding What You Feel
Take Baby Steps To Grow
Try to gradually overcome your tendency to feel insecure by introducing yourself to those situations slowly - as a sort of desensitization process.
If you have trouble in social environments, for example, ask trusted friends or family members to go with you and act as a buffer.
Living Without Your Safety Blanket
Make yourself step outside of your comfort zone by removing your usual precautions.
If you typically interact through e-mail or shop online, try picking up the phone instead. Once you are comfortable doing this, take care of business in person.
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