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| Confess Your Stress! At our stand at the Festival we featured "Confess Your Stress" - an invitation to jot down something you find stressful, and add it to our display. Here, in no particular order, is what you said: Work I married Derek – 45 years – Pam No Money My sister is MEAN…the end Worry Not enough time not enough money everyone too busy work work work Bad drivers Being a Samaritans volunteer can be stressful but after 22 years I think I can cope The M5/M6 junction every weekday morning School + my brother Too much to do – too little time! Speeches! Dog owners who let their dogs foul the streets and leave it for others to tread in. Uni work Work stress Loneliness at times Course work – ARGH! Being paranoid about EVERYTHING Work Family Panic attacks Everyday stress I put women’s perfume on and now I smell – true Children and Young People’s Services Evil Assistant Director Moving house My son School Kids – Mom – Seb My Mom’s illness New Suite! Don’t like it My stress? Blood in Blair’s hands! And he gets 50k a week for it! Organising Walsall Wellbeing Festival! Being a single parent when the parenting gets tough Family illness Getting my children to eat healthily. …and I married Pat! Got to go now – very important person……-) Read the "Stresses" from 2008... Confess Your Stress - what winds you up, what gets you down? Send us an email to: stress@walsallsamaritans.org.uk to tell us what stresses you. You'll get an automated acknowledgment and the chance to have your Stress added to this page. All messages will be reviewed before posting on the site. "Stresses" will be published anonymously. Stress - What can you do about it? Click here to visit our national site and read about managing stress Need to talk confidentially about your stress right now? Phone 01922 624000, or 08457 909090, or you can email jo@samaritans.org | |||