I am stressed and getting angry on minor issue. How to get rid of it?

Question

Hello doctor,

Generally, I feel very stressed and tired for two months. Getting angry over a minor issue and wanting to live alone. Because of this stress and anxiety, I am not getting good results in the exams.

Kindly help.

Answer 1

Hello,

Welcome to icliniq.com.

You are preparing for a competitive exam for which you have stress and anxiety symptoms. If I ask, can you guarantee the results of the exams for which you are preparing? Definitely no. But you can predict the good results, but it is not guaranteed because we expect a lot.

Not only you, but people around us expect a lot, but this is also the thing that hurts us a lot and puts us in a competition that triggers over expectations, uncertainty, apprehension, and leads to a variety of psychiatric symptoms and behavioral issues.

There are two types of stress,

1) Eustress is a normal stress in which our performance gets better because we only do our best and leave the rest. Take good care, like sleep, hygiene, social life, a good diet, no expectations, proper diet, and exercise.

2) Distress in which our performance goes down due to lack of proper care, lack of good sleep, diet, over-expectation, excessive worry about the result, which is not under our control. I think I tried my best to answer. If you have any other concerns, you can ask.

I hope this helps.

Thank you.