Posted by Deannaf on May 13, 2008 at 02:21:11:
In Reply to: Singles, Stress & Burnout posted by Fern on May 12, 2008 at 07:47:47:
"So,
my question to you all is,
do you experience a high level of stress and/or burn-out?
Can
you identify with the person who wrote the above comments?
What are the factors that you think
might contribute to stress and burn-out for singles?
"
Not a lot of time to type...
but to the first two questions -- yes and YES! It's currently hard to
force myself out of bed each morning.
For the third question -- some of the factors may be lack of a human that is readily available
(such as a spouse) to 'vent' frustrations.
I do have friends,
but they have lives as well,
so it isn't
like I have someone to talk to regularly so stresses can get bottled up (especially since right now
the weather is poopy and I can't get physical stress relief that I need).
Another may be pressure
from folks who are running whatever the single is helping with who believe that since that person
isn't married,
they must have a LOT of time available and expect more from them -- not true!
Being single,
I have no one to help with chores around the house and so on...