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by Joe A. Martin, Jr., Ed.D.

A teacher writes:

What do you do when stress is winning?

Prof. Joe says:

First of all, I'm sure many teachers can relate to your issue with stress. And like many teachers, most have a losing record when it comes to fighting stress. Even from personal experience, I wish I could say I'm undefeated. But not only have I lost a few rounds, I've been knocked down by "Stress" more times than I care to remember.

But it's like that old saying in boxing goes, "In order to win, you don't have to avoid being knocked down; you just have to get up one more time than you've been knocked down." So to answer your question - what do you do when stress is winning? Just don't surrender. Don't quit; don't give up - get up (just one more time).