Top 20 Life-Stressors That Can Trigger Anxiety And Sadness

[MindMover]

People go to therapy for a variety of reasons—quite often they have a vague sense “that something isn’t right,” or feelings of sadness or depression. They might be worried that they or someone they care about might have a mental illness, or they’re having problems with significant others.

Yesterday I had a conversation with a friend who was stressed out about doing his taxes. He joked, “Hey, is there therapy for tax-related stress?”

Sometimes the answer is yes.

Those who’ve been reading Therapy Soup know that I believe in the value of psychotherapy, but that I also strongly believe that therapy isn’t always suitable for every person or every situation. However, sometimes even relatively minor stressors, such as doing your taxes, can trigger significant symptoms. Anxiety, fear, panic, insomnia, mental confusion, hysteria, depression that doesn’t seem to lift, and more can be triggered by major (and in some cases, minor) stressful events.

http://blogs.psychcentral.com/therapy-soup/2012/03/top-20-life-stressors-that-can-trigger-anxiety-and-sadness/

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So if you can avoid all of these 20 stressors you will be just fine......

[regnaD kciN]

1. I'm relieved...

I've only had about four or five of those this past year; I would have thought it was a lot more. (I guess "having a tree fall through your bedroom ceiling in the middle of the night" doesn't qualify as one of the "top 20.&quot .

[MindMover]

2. OUCH......hopefully nobody was injured.....?