Ten stress pitfalls to avoid

Are you at the end of your tether, stressed out and tired? Perhaps it's time to reassess your lifestyle and habits. Here are 10 stress pitfalls to avoid:

• Skipping meals
• People pleasing
• Poor organisational skills and time management
• Road rage
• Self-medicating with alcohol, tobacco or habit-forming drugs
• Blaming others
• Eating junk food
• Martyrdom – the "poor me" victim mode
• The need to always win arguments
• Comparing yourself to others

(Health24, updated September 2009)