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finding stress

  • Writer: rachael briner
    rachael briner
  • Feb 23, 2020
  • 2 min read

Stress. Now, THIS is a topic I can talk about!!


If you don’t know me, I am usually stressed about something. If not major, then I can always extract something from deep within my brain to spend time contemplating on over and over again, deciding what the best route to take is or if I took the best route in the past.


Well, this week, I had no time whatsoever to stress about anything. I had 3 major tests, a quiz, my internship, youth group, meetings, rehearsal, etc. No time at all, because I had to crack down and study. So I did.


I studied, took my tests, and I was done. I took a deep breath in, and all was well with the world.


But then it wasn’t.


All of a sudden, it felt like all of this stress had just poured down on me. Because I hadn’t been worrying, it was like a mad beast needed to be unleashed. Even though I now had nothing to worry about, I found something to worry about. So, I worried about my birthday plans. Who would be able to make it? What time? Did my friends like what we were planning on doing? Would everyone have fun?


I know, so silly. I could’ve worried about anything going on in the world, but I chose to worry about something as materialistic as a party. I mean, I love birthday parties! But it’s a time to bring everyone together in celebration of another year of life, not worry about what flavor of cake is best. It's supposed to be joyful. Happy. Simple.


So why was I making it so complicated?


I tore apart every piece of what we were doing, put it back together, unraveled it again, then perfected it. It took so much energy, and then I would just have to rethink what I was doing because there just *seemed* to be a better option. I was so tired not only of redoing things, but also physically tired because my mind was constantly on-the-go (and hadn't really taken a break from studying). I started to feel sick partly due to the stress I was causing myself. It was like my body was telling me, "Girl. You need to chill."


I did need to chill, and I also had to take a step out of my own brain. I asked myself questions to put the situation into perspective. Does this actually matter? Will everything still turn out okay even if it doesn’t go according to plan? Often time (and most definitely in this case), the answer is yes.


And if you’re wondering, it was a GREAT day. It was just another reminder of how blessed I am to have the supportive, fun, and true friends and family I have. I honestly think this group could’ve gone to a Chuck-E-Cheese arcade and still had fun together.


As you go into this week, I hope you can keep in mind that a lot of things are not as stressful as we make them out to be. The specifics are not as end-all be-all as we believe them to be. For your health and for the sanity of the people around you, remember that the minute details are not always the important ones:)

 
 
 

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