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Adapting to Change

12/24/2016

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As 2016 comes to an end, you may find yourself spending some moments reflecting on the past year.  For months our psyches have been bombarded with personal, national and international sources of stress, trauma and tragedy.  While  the wise are cautious to minimize exposure to the constant flow of tragic news, we can not avoid changes imposed on our personal lives.  Those changes we seek and accomplish successfully can be celebrated. Those changes forced on us require "coping and adapting".  

A renowned researcher on stress, Hans Selye, identified the several stages of adaptation and  called it the General Adaption Syndrome .  I recommend that you read this short article and familiarize yourself with what is happening to you on a natural level and that your somewhat "universal" experience can be understood.  The failure to adapt and the subsequent exhaustion and burnout is often seen as, and can become, clinical depression. 

medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/general+adaptation+syndrome

The more we are a aware of the important difference between personal mental/emotional problems vs reactions to life's stresses, the more likely we will be to organize an effective plan for better self care and problem solving.
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