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“How you see things and how
you handle them makes all the
difference in terms of how much
stress you will experience”
Jon Kabat-Zinn
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Evaluate your Stress Inducing Attitudes
Listed below are a number of common attitudes that increase our stress levels, hinder our ability to achieve what we want from life and prevent us from creating successful and satisfying relationships. I invite you to carefully consider how each attitude affects you and those around you and how these impact upon your ability to effectively manage your stress levels.
1 = I am not at all this way 10 = I am totally this way
(circle the most appropriate number below) - click here for printable version |
Judgemental
A tendency to be judgemental, critical and persecutory towards yourself and others |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
Impatient
An inability to allow things to emerge in their own time |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
Blinkered
A tendency to approach anything new with preconceptions and assumptions.
Example: one sunset is the same as any other. |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
Non Trusting
An inability to have faith in the validity of your own thoughts, feelings and intuition. |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
Striving
Always striving to fix, improve, make perfect |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
Non Accepting
An inability to accept things just as they are, in the present moment. An inability to accept yourself just as you are. |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
Unable to Let Go
Becoming entangled in the content. Patterns of avoidance and aversion – a tendency to cling to the pleasant and reject the unpleasant. (experiences and feelings) |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
Pessimism v Optimism
A tendency to adopt a pessimistic view of life, eg tending to view your glass as half empty instead of half full |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
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