Stressful and high pressure situations : Fight or flight?

December 24, 2010 7:33am CST
Hello mylot friends, how do you prefer to handle a stressful situation? Stressful situation for instance, some kind of pressure from boss at work/girlfriend/wife/boyfriend/husband/parents/children/relatives/neighbours/society at large, just about anybody. Somebody making high demands from you, which you are not able to fulfill even though you burn yourself out. What do you do in such a case? You make them understand that you cannot fulfill their demands to which they act even more unreasonably. They make fun of you for being weak or they threaten to replace you with someone else, or they may complain about their bad luck at having you in their life. Do you fight with them for being so cruel or do you run away from them? How do you handle such situations?
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@spencari (265)
• Indonesia
24 Dec 10
lately i faced pressure like yours,,, spend so much stamina and times don't you? but i can passed one by one.. just try to make them understand with several action even not 100 % done. one by one of them able to understand if i "still on my line" to do several things based on each part (my boss / girl friend / parent / society) need passion and action to make each of them understand ... maybe it just a time / process of our life that must be face stay calm and do an action for it
24 Dec 10
Thanks. I will try but somehow I find flying off an easy, peaceful and uncomplicated solution.
@spencari (265)
• Indonesia
24 Dec 10
well you the best for you... good luck
• Philippines
24 Dec 10
I've never encountered a boss that makes fun of his employees and if ever i do i can file harassment from it. In case of high pressure situations, i always find myself fighting for it. I'm not the type to just give up. I may hold it off for a period of time but that's when i think of another way to solve the problem. I try my best to think of plans to produce a great result with minimum effort so i plan a lot.
• Philippines
24 Dec 10
The normal thing to do is to just let it go and start improving what's needed to be improved but i usually just laugh with them on that. It usually diminishes the teasing.
24 Dec 10
I agree boss may not make fun, but making fun usually comes from relatives/girlfriend/boyfriend/husband/wife , somebody teasing you in front of other people that you are weak and incapable in many respects which might hurt you. And what if this happens on a regular basis? How would you react?
@lingli_78 (12822)
• Australia
25 Dec 10
most of the time, i flight... but sometimes i fight as well... that really depends on the situation and who am i dealing with... i always try to find a win-win solution to every situation and i don't like confrontations... that's why most of the time i prefer to run away... not because i am a coward... but i just don't want to waste my time and effort to argue and quarrel... take care and have a nice day...
25 Dec 10
Exactly....I am similar to you in such situations. Not that I am a coward as well but just that it seems like a waste of time and energy to fight and prove that I am right. Usually people are so different, it is impossible to make out who is right and who is wrong. Everyone is right in his/her own way. Why fight for dominance? I feel its better to be like water, keep flowing till you find your fit.
@gunagohan (3414)
• India
24 Dec 10
i will stand against for my position as far as i can stretch, when i find that i am no more wanted and i can no more win, i will give a one last try and try to win.. If something is impossible, i would just let it go... Try , try and try!!!
24 Dec 10
Even if you try and succeed once, this may become a routine, they will put more demands and see that you fulfill them too, since now they know of a trick to get the job done. Would you keep fulfilling all of them?
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@gunagohan (3414)
• India
25 Dec 10
Routine is the purpose of life, so once winning, we have to keep up the winning rate and try to achieve more on what we are asked to do
• Estonia
25 Dec 10
Well, I get easily upset if someone is picking on me, so first I "fight", trying to make my point of view clear. Then I usually calm down and think again and analyze the situation. After that, I come up with some kind of solution, I don't let these conflicts last for too long.
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
24 Dec 10
It is indeed a very difficult situation when people pressure you despite the fact that you already told them honestly that you cannot handle that stuff. I can't understand how people could be so cruel sometimes as not to be sensitive to another person's weakness. Instead of encouraging them to work better, they push them hard which results in a discouragement. In this case, I'd rather leave that place and find another work. If I don't have a choice, I would then just tell them honestly and accept their threat and wait if they can put that into action.
24 Dec 10
Sadly, the world is turning more cruel everyday. Even if they do not carry out their threat would you be able to bear the discouraging, almost scolding comments you recieve on a regualr basis that is may be whenever they are around?
@bird123 (10643)
• United States
24 Dec 10
First, we must get our thinking straight. The only one who can create stress is you. You decided how wound up you will get in any case simply because you decide how important any thing is at any moment. Is it all worth sacrificing your health??? I think not. Next, as with everything in life, do your very best. No one can ever expect any more out of anyone doing their best. So now, you are stress free and doing your best. Now if the boss or your friends come to you upset and stressed out themselves, greet them with love and kindness. If they make impossible demands, tell them to show you how they want it done. Perhaps they know a better way. Volunteer to be as helpful as possible. They will soon discover what they ask is impossible and bring their expectations back to reality. Have a long talk with them for they are choosing that their stress is more important than not only their health but the people around them.
@DoctorDidi (7018)
• India
24 Dec 10
You will have to fight back because this is called reality in life. If you try to flight, you will not be able to do so and you will have to surrender and that will be the end of your free life.
@anitoton (389)
• Kolkata, India
24 Dec 10
i dont fight with them but fly away too.i try to handle the situation and lead in such way that nobody gets too much angry and we get into a situation..
• Indonesia
24 Dec 10
The only thing i've to say to you is: don't leave without fighting, you leave because you want to leave, not because the force you!!! You can try my trick i use with my pregnant wife who has craziness crisis every twenty minutes: use all the tricks!! First you start by getting angry, really angry, but not long...after you have to directly apologize and explain straight away why you are angry and what is your position about the problem. use trick sentence like : i'm sorry i get angry really but understand... i apologize sincerely, i get carried away, but it's because..the reaction should be something like: I understand, but you have to understand in return... If not write to me i will give you the next step!! (but 75% chances it's working) Good luck!!