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Quiz: How well do you deal with stress?
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Find your coping style and get tips for becoming more cool, calm and collected.
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By Heather Camlot
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Stress is your body's way of reacting to life changes -- whether they're good, like a job promotion or upcoming wedding, or bad, like a car accident or too many deadlines. It's how you handle stress that's important; learning to recognize stressors and successfully dealing with them can keep you healthy and happy. Take this quiz to determine how you cope with tension and learn what you can do to keep cool, even in the most stressful situations.
1. It's Friday afternoon and your boss just dumped three high-priority assignments on your desk. You:
a) Jump right in.
b) Work out a time-management schedule.
c) Eat ice cream.
2. Your know-it-all mother-in-law just announced she's coming to spend the weekend. You:
a) Go for a run, then prepare her room.
b) Eat ice cream.
c) Book a weekend at the spa -- for yourself.
3. You're babysitting a colicky newborn who won't stop crying. You:
a) Cry.
b) Rock the child, then ask your husband to take over for an hour or two so you can meet up with friends and/or family. Maybe they'll have some advice.
c) Read every baby book you have for answers and look for more advice online.
4. When you know you'll be faced with an upcoming stressful situation, you:
a) Prepare as best you can and get a good night's sleep.
b) Redirect your stress to things you have no control over, like the weather.
c) Increase your caffeine intake.
5. Your stress-coping mantra is:
a) Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe out.
b) Fight or flight.
c) There's always pizza.
6. You're late for an appointment. You:
a) Speed up so you can beat red lights, even though you're already driving well over the speed limit.
b) Pull the car over and call the person you're meeting.
c) Feel your shoulders and neck tense up, clench your fists and tap your fingers on the steering wheel.
7. You finally have a day to yourself. You:
a) Feel guilty about all your leisure time.
b) Delve into multiple projects.
c) Sit back and relax.
8. You're playing a board game with friends. You:
a) Tap your foot and roll your eyes because one of your opponents is taking too long to make a move.
b) Pour some wine and place snacks on the playing table.
c) Must win.
9. You're trying to land a really important client at work. You:
a) Spread yourself too thin by doing all the work yourself.
b) Criticize everyone else's work until it's up to your standards.
c) Divvy up the work according to employees' strengths.
10. You and your partner finally get a night out together. You:
a) Wear a fabulous new dress, turn off the cellphone and enjoy your "date."
b) Talk at lightning speed.
c) Constantly check your watch and think of what you could be accomplishing at home.
Calculate your points:
1. A-2, B-1, C-3
2. A-1, B-3, C-2
3. A-3, B-1, C-2
4. A-1, B-2, C-3
5. A-1, B-2, C-3
6. A-3, B-1, C-2
7. A-2, B-3, C-1
8. A-2, B-1, C-3
9. A-3, B-2, C-1
10. A-1, B-2, C-3
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