
22 brilliant stress management
1 The emotional support can help you to express how you
feel and release some of the emotional pressures you are
feeling.
2 Another person may be able to help you find – or even offer
you – practical solutions to help you regain the control you
have lost.
The sooner you can access this help, the better. Ask explicitly
for help, telling the other person why it is important to you, and
invite them to suggest a time and a place where they will be able
to give you the attention you need.
3. Control your behavioural response to stress
On pages 8–10 you learned about Type A behaviour. It may not
kill you, but it isn’t doing ...