{"id":331,"date":"2004-05-12T08:59:25","date_gmt":"2004-05-12T16:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=331"},"modified":"2005-09-23T08:45:49","modified_gmt":"2005-09-23T16:45:49","slug":"stress-factor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aprilgem.com\/log\/?p=331","title":{"rendered":"Stress Factor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nothing makes me more tense than having someone repeatedly tell me to relax.<\/p>\n

I keep trying to impart this bit of information to H.E., but sometimes he’s so busy telling me to relax that I start to freak out and insist, “I’m relaxed! I’m relaxed already!”<\/p>\n

Yeah, and of course I have tension in my voice as I try to convince him that I’m fine and I don’t need to be told to chill, but the tension only prompts him to pipe up with, “Just relax! You don’t need to stress out.”<\/p>\n

…which of course totally freaks me out even more. “Quit telling me to relax. You’re adding to my stress!”<\/p>\n

Freakish, how it all turns out.<\/p>\n

I’ll call him up to unload a little so I can get things off of my chest and relax, and after all the white noise and feedback of the Relax-I’m-Relaxed loop, I end up feeling more tense than when I first picked up the phone.<\/p>\n

Where the hell is the mute button on these alien creatures called men anyway?<\/p>\nShare this post:

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Nothing makes me more tense than having someone repeatedly tell me to relax. I keep trying to impart this bit of information to H.E., but sometimes he’s so busy telling me to relax that I start to freak out and insist, “I’m relaxed! I’m relaxed already!” Yeah, and of course I have tension in my voice as I try to convince him that I’m fine and I don’t need to be told to chill, but the tension only prompts him…<\/p>\n

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