Why me? Why does this always happen to me and no one else? Why did they pick me out of a billion people to torment? What ever happen to justice? This is a series of common questions that every one of us may ask at some time in our lives. Stress is an everyday part of life. We all have positive stress and negative stress that come our way. Positive stress helps us to weed through the fears that trigger our emotions and helps us to see the resources to help us find a solution to our many problems. Negative fear on the other hand, reduces our chances of survival in the sense that it takes control of our lives and hinders us from seeing a way out. If you are screaming the above stress symptoms daily and it has lasted a long time then you will need to help to learn stress management strategies to get you back on your feet. If you are constantly, stress for longer than a few weeks then something mentally is going wrong. It might be that you lack coping skills, or else you may have a long-term mental illness and/or a chemical or medical imbalance. You might want to start with a medical doctor first to check your health. Prepare to ask the doctor for a complete physical to weed out tumors, chemical imbalances, or other health problem that is a stressor, causing ongoing stress. If your doctor finds no area that causes your coping skills hindrance then you will need to visit a mental health expert. Prepare to go through a series of questioning since an intake worker will first assess your situation, asking several questions to get a better understanding of your situation. After the intake worker is finished with you an appointment will be arranged in about a week for you to visit a mental health expert. You will probably hear the same questions and feel frustrated since you are repeating repeatedly what your situation includes. Do not let this get you down, since the process, helps determine your situation. If the therapist sees a need for medications, you will be shifted to a psychologist or psychiatrist for another evaluation. Again, do not feel stressed since this has to happen to find out what your problem may be. If you receive a diagnose and a mental illness exists that causes your stress then do not take it personal. This means you have a cause for lacking the ability to cope with stress. This is positive since you now know the answer to your problems. Once the answer is available to you now you can move forward working with the mental health experts to find a solution to manage your stress and move on with your life. You have support and help now so there is no reason to allow stress to take over your life. You might want to open the door and allow new friends to visit. When you have good friends you have support and help when you are down and out. Turn those why me, why does this always happen to me, and what did I do wrong to deserve this upside down and tell yourself that this can happen to anyone. You are not singled out for persecution and no one wishes for you to suffer. The problem is real and it is a mental health issue that needs attention from professionals to help you learn coping skills and deal with your fears. It depends on the mental illness, but if you are diagnosed with Bipolar do not think of it as a mental illness, rather understand that Bipolar often exists because a chemical is imbalanced. This means the doctor did not see the root of the problem, while mental health experts did. Therefore, you are not a crazy person; rather you are a person that is suffering a chemical imbalance with medications available to help you adjust your state of mind. On the other hand, what if the diagnose is a mental illness? SO what, you are not crazy, since the only insane persons are still tossed up in the air by the criminal justice system, scientist and mental health analysis.
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