Princess is gone to camp this week.
Her dog is depressed and stressed,
what a combo. He's always funky
anytime she is away for any length of time.
This morning I heard someone on TV talking about the adverse effect stress has on our body. I feel blessed that in this stage of my life I have very little stress. I know that can change in a moment, but for now, I'm in a thankful and blessed stage of life.
I have always tried to teach my children the method I use for keeping stress to a minimum. When something stressful occurs I always try to say to myself, "Where does this fall on a scale of 1 to 10?", with "1" being totally relaxed and at peace with the world, AND "10" being bad news from the doctor". That's how I roll and it usually serves me well,
I digress.
When the kids were all young we would often talk about "the scale" while driving in the car. I would give them a scenario and they would tell me where they would rank it on the 1 to 10 scale. I'd give them scenarios like,
- your best friend is mad and won't talk to you
- you make a bad grade on a test
- you forget your locker combination
- you're grounded for a weekend
etc. etc. etc.
- put dinner in the oven and forget to turn the oven on
- stormy weather
- plane ride
- dentist appointment
- gaining 5 lbs in a week
my answers in order: 2, 4, 9, 6, 7
What are your answers?
If no one comments I'm gonna be stressed.
2 ... if company coming, probably 9
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Great way to teach your children to deal with stress. I'm still not sure I handle stress properly. Sometimes I can deal with the bigger things better than the little ones.
Poor doggie. :-( Too bad you can't share some of the scenarios with him to help him deal with his stress.
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I wouldn't stress too much about any of those.....except the 5 lb gain....that would stress me way more than it should-probably 8 or 9, or at least enough that I would need something like ice cream to calm myself. :)
ReplyDeleteI would say going to the dentist a 10 all the rest not much 2 I would guess.
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As you can see- I do NOT like planes! xo Diana
Dentist is a 10!!! I can handle anything else!!
ReplyDeleteI think the 5 pound weight gain would worry me....9 As for the rest, I wouldn't be stressed about them.
ReplyDeleteWe are all different. zinteresting answers.
No dinner? Eat out, I say! That's a 3-4, depending on how bad I wanted what I was cooking.
ReplyDeleteStormy weather? LOVE IT! That's a 1. But you have to remember storms in CA are not storms in LA, so it's all relative.
Plane trip? LOVE IT! Definitely a 1.
Dentist? Hmmm... I love my dentist, and generally speaking I have good teeth, so maybe a 2-3?
Gaining 5 lbs in a week? Yeeahh... that's where my stress shows at a 9.
Something to definitely think about!
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I really need to get my book out and read it again "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff". It usually puts things in perspective for me.
10,10,10,10,10... I need a chill pill! All kidding aside, I'm with you- I can deal with just about anything except illness. We've had our share in the family recently and it stresses me to the max.
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ReplyDelete3 I get charged by stormy weather.
5 -I prefer to drive...but don't mind flying.
9 - I have negative dentist experiences that put me over the edge.
5 - since i have been sick and losing weight...it might be a 7...that means the prednasone is kicking in.
The plane ride is a 9 for me as well. The others are bumps in the road. About 3 1/2 years ago, for Terry's job, we moved about 1000 miles from our children and grandsons. That has caused another 9 on the stress chart. You're so right about # 10 being bad news from the doctor. I really do keep telling myself... no one is sick...over and over.
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That was a great scale to help the kids know where to place things in terms of stress!
Love the lesson. I'm going to try that with my boys. My oldest lets stress get to him easily and it worries (stresses) me so much. LOL
ReplyDeleteLOL I"m stressing just trying to figure out your answers and then list mine!
ReplyDeleteI don't do stress well!
OK here ya go
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Not comment?? Are you kidding?? When I saw the name of this blog...I hot footed it over here. Too darned cute!! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm stressed just thinking about it all. Lol
ReplyDeleteheck i'm stressed right now about school and grades so other those things you listed isnt nothing to me right now compared to worrying over this.
ReplyDeleteIn reply to your comment today: I've had some close calls on my bike too. And didn't I ever tell you about the time I plowed into a group of trash cans? I was bruised so badly it looked like I'd been beaten.
ReplyDeleteYou're more observant than you think - you've whooped me many a time in our games which, by the way, I'm missing. So when you're up to a new one...
Ok, here's mine: 2, 1, 1, 2, 4,
ReplyDeleteThose kinds of things don't bother me much, I guess.
All 1 except for dentist 10, and plane ride 10.....ok maybe the 5 lbs would get a 7, but only because I would know something is wrong;-)
ReplyDeleteGreat post ! Thanks for the smile:-)
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