Stress is “normal” and everyone copes in different ways.
You might feel reluctant to ask for help but If you are finding it difficult to cope, there is help available.
Knowing how stress makes you feel and the things that can cause it can help you to cope better.
To explore ways to reduce your stress please visit our topic Stress relief.
Something to think about
Think about how you react to things you find stressful. Do you do something to calm yourself down or make yourself feel better such as having a cigarette, an alcoholic drink, or eating rich fatty food? It might help to explore the Stress relief topic.
More information
Research papers:
- Stroke survivors’ and family members’ perspectives of multimodal lifestyle interventions for secondary prevention of stroke and transient ischemic attack: a qualitative review and meta-aggregation [.pdf, 269 KB] Lawrence M, Pringle J, Kerr S, Booth J. (2015) Stroke survivors’ and family members’ perspectives of multimodal lifestyle interventions for secondary prevention of stroke and transient ischaemic attack: a qualitative review and meta-aggregation. Disability & Rehabilitation, early online: 1-11 doi:10.3109/09638288.2015.1031831
- An exploration of lifestyle beliefs and lifestyle behaviour following stroke: findings from a focus group study of patients and family members [.pdf, 293 KB] Lawrence M, Kerr S, Watson H, Paton G, Ellis G. (2011) An exploration of lifestyle beliefs and lifestyle behaviour following stroke: findings from a focus group study of patients and family members. BMC Family Practice, 11:97