How To End The Confusion On Dealing With Extreme Stress

By Cleo Weaklend


People can often find themselves dealing with extreme stress. Likewise, there are many situations that make that high levels of stress and anxiety appear. For example, when a disaster occurs, we can notice that it produces high amounts of stress. Some of the more common reactions to those events are strong denial and symptoms of shock. In the immediate aftermath one may be more dominate than the other. Understanding that these two reactions are natural responses that are created to offer protection to the individual is important. There are other points to think about that also concern dealing with extreme stress.

Many kinds of situations have the potential to cause stress,not just catastrophic or extremely traumatic events such as a disaster.

Extreme stress for family members could be the result of a home environment that is highly stressful. You can help yourself if the source of stress is coming from one parent or even both of them, by acknowledging that people always have choices on how to behave. In this situation, some positive approaches to dealing with it are through honest and open communication. You could try to sit down with your parents and let them know how their behavior makes you feel. You could even go so far as to suggest some form of counseling if you feel it will safe for you to do that.

If an extremely stressful or traumatic event has happened in your child's life, be prepared for an immediate reaction in some form from them. If you are uncertain of what to expect, it would be a good idea to contact a professional. Your family doctor is a professional who could assist you by offering guidance and recommendations. It's possible your child will start to show common reactions right away or soon after the traumatic event occurs.

That is why you need to arrange professional guidance as soon as possible. Helping your child cope with the stress reactions and helping you to learn how to help your child through the ordeal is something the trained psychologist can do.

Children exposed to extreme stress or trauma is a serious situation that will need professional intervention. A child may only show symptoms because they are incapable of understanding what is happening within. There are a variety of symptoms that a child might exhibit in this kind of situation, such as aggressiveness, extreme withdrawal or physical symptoms of stress reactions. Parent involvement may be needed to assist their child in dealing with the stress, but it does depend on the situation.

There is a huge difference between adults, young children and teens when it comes to effectively dealing with extreme stress. All age categories and especially young children would benefit from professional treatment. Of course adults and teens may need ongoing support for a long time depending on the nature of the trauma. In either case, personal support systems consisting of good friends and family can play a major and positive role with recovery.




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