How would you rate your stress levels?

[JenniferB]

Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM?

[TXMomof4]

On a scale of 1-10? During a regular, no frills week - I'd say around 6. On a week when we have lots of outside obligations, move it up to an 8.

 

Teaching dd#3 is the stressor for me. I can handle everything else, she's going to put me in the nuthouse though.

[JenniferB]

I'm sorry. I meant for this to be a poll. Oops. Well, let's just talk about stress then. :D

 

I read that cold hands are a sign of stress. If this is an indicator, then I am pretty darn stressed.

[mo2]

Let's do talk about stress. I started a thread earlier this afternoon about how to deal with stress, but it didn't go very far. I don't know how to rate my stress level. Yesterday was such a bad day that today I have what I call a stress hangover. The dull, throbbing ache in my head that just doesn't go away.

[Heidi]

I'm not really stressed very often. I would say about a 4 now that I am not doing online classes at night, and therefore don't have any papers due. Spending time with my kids at home is really enjoyable most of the time. Homeschool consists mostly of read alouds, so we cuddle a lot on the couch, reading all day. We're good. I also have warm hands :tongue_smilie:

Oh yeah, I posted on that other thread. I eat lots of chocolate, though I don't really recommend it. I'm just a little addicted. :) I do notice that I go for the chocolate every time when I am having a stressful day though.

Edited November 29, 2010 by hmsmith

[Catwoman]

Do a poll!

 

Do a poll!

 

I need to feel better about myself by seeing that others have more stressful lives than I do! ;):D:D:D

 

Besides, I really like polls. :001_smile:

 

Cat

[Peela]

Not very.

DH and I have a very relaxed lifestyle. He loves his work but has plenty of free time. We have enough money. Enough, not lots. We value our time a lot and are not prepared to give it up for more money. We live nicely.

 

I got pretty stressed a month or so ago when I took on a new part time job. Ugh. I was so not designed to do bookwork! It stressed me out- the business I was working for was in constant stress. I quit. It wasn't worth it. I am learning to live on less money.

 

We are both meditators and have been all our adult lives. I do yoga, and my exercise is walking in nature. I get up early in the mornings before everyone else and have alone time. I have more in the evenings because dh works evenings. I do work part time but its from home, cooking.

 

But we are very conscious of living like this, of minimising stress in our lives, and very wary of taking on things that will bring stress into our lives. Its always a balance though and stress does happen- of course it is a natural part of life (especially with teens!)- but we do consciously minimise unecessary, habitual stress.

[lionfamily1999]

It used to be around a 12, but it's been dropping steadily. Now, I'm around a 2 or 3 if I have to multitask, a 4 if things start crumbling ;)

[delaney]

An 11 out of 10 tonight with the hamster missing:glare:

[lionfamily1999]

An 11 out of 10 tonight with the hamster missing:glare:

I saw your other post. :grouphug: Sometimes even grown ups are a bit childish ;)

[Jean in Newcastle]

You know, even though I'm quite ill and frustrated because of that, my stress level is actually around a 3.

 

And I have cold hands due to circulation problems.

[Parrothead]

98% of the time my stress is a 1-2. When it is up it is close to a 15.

[LisaKinVA]

High to very high... higher than when I was child-less and only had to worry about a 6-figure job. :glare:

[Diane in CO]

I am a pretty tense person and so even when I am relaxed (4) I can move instantly up to a 10-12 if something puts my day out of whack (last minute project due for a client, notice of houseguests and my house is a mess, etc.). I like to be able to plan for things, and when those plans go awry, so do I :tongue_smilie:

 

Diane

[Jayne J]

Mine starts out at 2 or 3 and escalates nearly all day long until dinner when it is at it's high point--probably an 8 or 9 most days. Then hubby takes over after dinner and I get a hot bath (and maybe a hot toddy) and it goes back down. Til the next day... Something about a good old fashioned dinner with my kids makes me want to cry. The food is never what they like ("Eww mom. That looks gross. Is that all there is to eat?"), they squabble, the baby yammers and cries and someone inevitably spills or breaks something. And ds routinely tells dh that school was "No fun at all" no matter what we did that day.... Dinner just makes me feel like the reigning Queen of Family Failure. Hence the hot toddy. Which I still haven't managed to get. Bye. :D

[Murphy101]

98% of the time my stress is a 1-2. When it is up it is close to a 15.

 

This is how I feel. There never seems to be any middle ground. Either we are all getting along swimmingly or all hell is breaking loose. Drives me nuts.

[AuntieM]

This fall semester... No kidding, it's been a pretty steady 9. Multiple stressors. But there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Good thing, too, because I feel like Cliff Hanger:

 

Can't... hold...on...much...longer!!!!

[Garga]

I like to be able to plan for things, and when those plans go awry, so do I :tongue_smilie:

 

Diane

 

 

Oooo! I love that statement. When plans go awry, so do I. I think I'll start using that one. (I'm the same way.)