Workout Log Analysis
Day One:
1. February 12th, 2013
2. I was sitting at home, on my computer when my mom decided to walk in and tell me to start my homework. Little did she know, as she continued on yelling at me about how I never do anything, I was reading my math textbook. After we had gotten into an argument, she left the room, and instead of continuing to read, I got on the computer to take my mind off the situation.
3. After I had gotten into an argument with my mom, I noticed that I started to get a headache and my neck felt very tense.
4. I was mad at the situation, as well as my mom, and felt sad that my mom felt that I wasn’t using my time usefully.
5. To cope with the stress, I decided to get on the computer to take my mind off of things. …show more content…
I was sitting at home, doing my homework when I got hungry. I went into my kitchen and began to boil water so that I could start making the soup. After I finished making the soup, I brought it back into the office and began to work on my homework again. Only this time, I managed to spill the soup all over my homework and myself. I ran into the kitchen to get paper towels, but while I was cleaning the soup, the hot water was hurting my hand to touch.
3. After spilling the soup everywhere, my initial response was that my muscles tensed up and I sprung out of my seat.
4. I felt disappointed at myself for spilling the soup all over myself and the office, even after knowing that I wasn’t supposed to be eating in there.
5. In order to cope with the stress, I just constantly tried to remind myself that everything was going to be okay and that things happen, and sometimes it is okay to just move on.
6. I felt that the coping strategy helped me to relieve myself of some of the stress that I put on myself.
Day Four:
1. February 22nd, …show more content…
For the most part, I was able to calm myself down through my own thoughts. Whenever I become really stressed out, I would let myself know that everything was going to be alright, and that things happen that are out of our control. However, sometimes I found myself making it worse, by beating myself up over something that was so insignificant. I find it that it is much easier to just move on sometimes than it is to think about a stressful situation.
5. I feel that for the most part, my emotions got in the way of me coping with my stress. Often times I found myself becoming angry at a situation, which in the end, only made it much worse. Whenever I get angry, I feel that I would somehow temporarily lose my ability to make rational decisions and just stop thinking all together. This made it much worse because I was unable to calm myself down and think about how I was going to work through a
1. February 12th, 2013
2. I was sitting at home, on my computer when my mom decided to walk in and tell me to start my homework. Little did she know, as she continued on yelling at me about how I never do anything, I was reading my math textbook. After we had gotten into an argument, she left the room, and instead of continuing to read, I got on the computer to take my mind off the situation.
3. After I had gotten into an argument with my mom, I noticed that I started to get a headache and my neck felt very tense.
4. I was mad at the situation, as well as my mom, and felt sad that my mom felt that I wasn’t using my time usefully.
5. To cope with the stress, I decided to get on the computer to take my mind off of things. …show more content…
I was sitting at home, doing my homework when I got hungry. I went into my kitchen and began to boil water so that I could start making the soup. After I finished making the soup, I brought it back into the office and began to work on my homework again. Only this time, I managed to spill the soup all over my homework and myself. I ran into the kitchen to get paper towels, but while I was cleaning the soup, the hot water was hurting my hand to touch.
3. After spilling the soup everywhere, my initial response was that my muscles tensed up and I sprung out of my seat.
4. I felt disappointed at myself for spilling the soup all over myself and the office, even after knowing that I wasn’t supposed to be eating in there.
5. In order to cope with the stress, I just constantly tried to remind myself that everything was going to be okay and that things happen, and sometimes it is okay to just move on.
6. I felt that the coping strategy helped me to relieve myself of some of the stress that I put on myself.
Day Four:
1. February 22nd, …show more content…
For the most part, I was able to calm myself down through my own thoughts. Whenever I become really stressed out, I would let myself know that everything was going to be alright, and that things happen that are out of our control. However, sometimes I found myself making it worse, by beating myself up over something that was so insignificant. I find it that it is much easier to just move on sometimes than it is to think about a stressful situation.
5. I feel that for the most part, my emotions got in the way of me coping with my stress. Often times I found myself becoming angry at a situation, which in the end, only made it much worse. Whenever I get angry, I feel that I would somehow temporarily lose my ability to make rational decisions and just stop thinking all together. This made it much worse because I was unable to calm myself down and think about how I was going to work through a