In order to effectively manage your stress, it’s important to understand your own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Do they minimize or maximize your stress? Once you understand how your thoughts, feelings, and actions impact you, you’ll be able to make positive changes and manage your stress before it takes over and manages you! Below is a list of common “mental traps”. Take a moment to check the ones that you believe apply to your stressful thinking: Filtering: You take th