
Courtesy Carla F. Castagno
Stress can get people down so much that they can’t even think clearly. Have you ever had that happen to you? It might not be a common occurrence but it can happen, even to people you would not suspect it would happen to.
I recently saw an example of this happening. With all the stress that this time year brings on people, now compounded by a bad economy, I thought it would be good to talk about this.
Recently someone asked for my advice on making a choice, because he said that the stress of having to make the choice was too great and that he could not even think it through. His job is going away, at least in its current form, and he is faced with two alternatives for income, with neither of them being desirable.
I asked him if he had done the math, to see which alternative provided the better income. He had not. This surprised me, because I knew him to be a person who is normally good at thinking about which alternative is mathematically (financially) more sound. And, it is also when I realized how sinister stress can be, and how much it can impact the ability of our brains to function. [Read more...]

