Taken from A Quick and Easy Guide: Managing Stress. Reproduced by permission of New Readers Press.

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Life Stories 13  
   
Robert has a bowl of cereal for dinner. Sometimes, he gets drunk with his father because there's nothing else to do.
 
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Jon is a 52-year old salesclerk. His wife just died of a heart attack. Jon can't stop thinking about her. Every day, he misses her. He worries about dying. He can't get the thought of it out of his mind.
      Since his wife died, Jon has been working a lot of overtime. He thinks this will keep his mind off her death.
      Jon smokes a lot more than before. He even smokes instead of eating.
      He has let the apartment get in a real mess. He feels that there is no one to keep it clean for. He leaves dishes in the sink for days. He doesn't empty the ashtrays.
      Jon's sister stopped by one Sunday. She couldn't believe the mess. She asked him what was going on. He seemed under stress. She suggested he ask his doctor for help in dealing with the stress.


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