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Dr. Mort Orman here and this week, I started a new challenge in my private Facebook group called The League Of Extraordinary Stress Eliminators. We are 40-strong stress eliminators…and growing, and we all share a passion for identifying the internal causes of human stress. NOTE: If you want to join this group, just look it up in Facebook, make sure you are on the Group Page and not the regular …
Dr. Mort Orman here and today I’m going to wrap up my three-part series on Guilt, Regrets And Verbal Self-Flagellation by sharing some thoughts with you about the final piece of this stress-generating triad—verbal self-flagellation. Verbal Self-Flagellation is just a fancy term for “beating yourself up” verbally (not physically), which most of us are very good at and some do incessantly. Verbal Self-Flagellation: Why Do We Do It? Given we …
Dr. Mort Orman here and today I regret to inform you that I will be talking about regrets. Actually, I don’t regret this, but what if I did? What would have to be going through my mind (or body) if I was truly feeling regretful…about anything? That’s what I want to discuss with you today, as this is the second of a three-part series on Guilt, Regrets And Verbal Self-Flagellation. …
Dr. Mort Orman here and this week, I’d like to share some thoughts with you about guilt, regrets and verbal self-flagellation. I recently held a one-day stress elimination workshop in Hunt Valley, Maryland, and questions related to these three problems were raised by participants several times during the day. In this article, I’m going to share some of my thoughts about guilt. Then, in my next two articles, I’ll address …
Are You Willing To Be Wrong? Dr. Mort Orman here and today I want to talk about the third humongous secret for eliminating stress, as opposed to endlessly struggling just to manage it. If you heed Secret #1 (Are You A Basket Case?) and stop “lumping” all your problems into one big basket called “stress,” then you’ll be able to focus on each of your stressful problems individually. Once you …
Are You A Stress Factory? Dr. Mort Orman here and today I want to shed light on another big (i.e. humongous) secret for eliminating stress. This secret lies in the answer to this question: “Are you a stress factory?” And once again, cutting to the chase…it’s most likely: “Yes you are!” Victim Or Causal Agent? Most people believe they are victims when it comes to stress. They believe in a …
Secret #1: Are You A Basket Case? Dr. Mort Orman here and today I want to focus on one of the biggest secrets—actually a humongous secret—for eliminating stress from your life. This secret lies in the answer to the question: “Are you a basket case?” when it comes to dealing with stress. Cutting to the chase…the answer is most likely: “Yes you are!” It’s Not Your Fault Yes, you ARE probably …
Failing To Relate To Stress As Feedback Dr. Mort Orman here and today I want to highlight another very common cause of human stress. This is an internal cause which I call “Failing To Relate To Stress As Feedback.” Feedback Or Failure? Did you know that you have a big choice to make in how you relate to stress? When we feel stressed, we’ve been taught to believe things are …
Kicking Your Seeing Eye Dog A very common stress-producing action pattern in human relationships is a pattern I call KICKING YOUR SEEING-EYE DOG. This pattern is particularly common among both married couples and couples who break up prior to getting married. Opposites Attract KICKING YOUR SEEING-EYE DOG is based upon the principle that opposites attract. Most of us become attracted to other people not because they are similar to us, …
Blaming Yourself Or Others Dr. Mort Orman here and this week, I will be focusing on three more very common internal causes of stress. All internal causes of human stress can be divided into two major categories of causes: 1) internal thoughts, beliefs, theories, assumptions and other cognitive factors: and 2) internal behavior patterns, behavioral tendencies, behavior habits and other actions, including our failure to take certain actions. All three …
