Job, family, friends – everywhere we look, we may encounter brief moments of stress that sap our energy. — dpa
These are unlike macrostresses, such as racing your birthing wife to hospital and having your car break down, or seeing the bridge ahead has washed out. Addressing this microstressor doesn’t mean breaking off contact with these people – often they can’t be avoided – but by shaping the interactions to limit the microstress, the researchers say.
The remedy was a one-and-a-half-hour lunch with mum after early release from work on Friday afternoons.Be it volunteer work, a new hobby or widening your social circle, adding dimensions to your life can help reduce the impact of microstress, the researchers found.