If you want to come out a victor in the stress game, you need to start by taking responsibility and not blaming anyone or anything for how you feel.

Become Your Own Team Manager!

• Learn how your stress affects you. Understand and accept the symptoms.
• Visualize your stress as a state of imbalance in a kind of contest or game.
• Decide who the opposition is, what your worries/problems are.
• Reduce your opponent's strength as much as possible.
• Increase your strength, both physically and mentally.
• Lighten your "backpack" of personal difficulties and negative motions.
• Make use of all available resources and supports.
• Take "time-outs" when they will be most helpful.