Being in the helping field, my compassion for others can wear me down so from time to time I head off for day long workshops. This past Monday, I had the absolute delight of listening to Dr. Gabor Mate. He has written the books 'Scattered Minds" about ADD, "Hold On to Your Kids" and "When the Body Says No". He is the expert on the mind and body connection and the effects of stress on our bodies.
http://www.whenthebodysaysno.ca/
Here are his characteristics of the stress-prone personality
- Difficulty saying no
- Automatic and impulsive regard for the needs of others without considering one's own
- Rigid and compulsive identification with duty, role, and responsibility rather than with true self
- Habitual repression or suppression of healthy anger and assertion
- Belief that you must never disappoint anyone.
I sure could see myself with some of those qualities! How about you?
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