While taking the three different stress tests, I noticed that the test that produced the best results for me was Psychology Today. I would personally say that I have much more stress than the average person. While I am beyond thankful for everything that I have been given in my lifetime, I find myself having more responsibilities because I tend to care more about others than myself. I know this can be a very good character trait, and it allows me to connect with people everywhere and be a good people person. However, this characteristic also makes me focus less on myself and how I feel about things. I’ve been told many times that I tend to push away my emotions and focus on helping others rather than myself, which is selfless but leads me to feel more unhappy about myself. I think what I need to do in order to move forward with my life and decrease my stress, I need to face my problems directly and be very direct and assertive with others when they look towards me to help be responsible for them. By doing so, I believe I can be more relaxed mentally, and be able to work through my stress directly. I also found that I deal with stress with physical activities and social activities in order to distract myself. I think this can be a good thing but also a bad thing, considering I am hiding from my stress with distractions. I believe this is good to do occasionally, but I also think I cannot allow it to always be my scapegoat. In conclusion, I struggle with my stress on a daily basis, but I know I can take the steps in order to better myself, and my mental well-being.
