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Reflecting on Personal Values
Check out this news posting I found. The findings of the research reviewed suggest that reflecting on personal values and life meaning can protect against stress!
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November 7th, 2005 at 9:16 pm
doc happy - this is probably another theory that proves that the knowledge of existence of voluntary euthanasia reduces stress in people who are dying……….
but on a wider scale, although it doesn’t mention it i’d say that maybe reflecting on something you’re passionate about will also protect against stress??? what do you think?? but then if you’re passionate about it, it might raise your blood pressure etc if it’s a ‘different’ type of passion……. eg. if you were passionate for equal rights for xyz and were the type that went picketing etc etc.
what do you think doc happy??
November 9th, 2005 at 1:47 pm
Hi Iolanda,
I don’t actually thing that this, for most people, has anything to do with voluntary euthanasia. Rather, it’s about having a clear idea about who you are, what you want out of life, and how you can live a life with purpose and meaning…and how this is good for psychological well-being.
December 1st, 2005 at 2:50 pm
Values are great - and I have a very firm hold of mine - but values collide, which is what I find happening in workplaces, where different values like truth and loyalty butt heads - and this is very stressful. I’ll give you an example: if you are unquestionably loyal to the boss but find out he or she is diddling the till, and you pride yourself on your openned and honesty - what do you do? You can go nuts thinking about this sort of stuff!
December 1st, 2005 at 3:32 pm
Diane,
Although not always easy to do, we all need to try to live our own lives according to our own values. If this clashes with someone else, then we need to weigh up the pros and cons of living with the inconsistency versus taking some action to resolve the inconsistency. In an ideal world we’d always do something positive to ensure perfect alignment but in reality, there are times when we need to accept incongruency!