What is the most stressful situation that you found yourself in?

@kgwat70 (13388)
United States
July 23, 2007 8:39pm CST
Have you had any stressful moments? What is the most stressful time that you remember having in your life? Do you have more than one? How did you recover from that moment? I think the most stressful situation that I was in was during my bowling league and I needed to get a certain amount of pins to help my team win. Fortunately I came through but I felt so much pressure at the time. I know that I have had other stressful moments but that one sticks out the most.
10 people like this
23 responses
• United States
25 Jul 07
Most stressful decision I ever was placed in was when I had to decide not to put my Mother on life support again. I knew that she would die within a week without the aid of a ventilator. It was one of the most stressful situation I ever was in and hopefully will not ever be placed in again.
• India
24 Jul 07
For me the stressful moments come now days nearly every semester time or simply speaking exam time. To tackle this situation i do a lot of thing like sleep, listen music, play computer games, discuss subject with friends n if no option remains then study...
2 people like this
• United States
28 Jul 07
Hi,K! I have too many stressful moments to list,lol. As you know,I am a caregiver at work and at home,trying to get back home and then my dad's health and what went on with paul. It seems I never stop getting stressed out,lol
1 person likes this
@sandwedge (1339)
• Malaysia
24 Jul 07
whenever my mother mother-in-law comes for a visit. OMG! it is more stressful than trying to make the dateline of a 30million dollar contract!!
1 person likes this
@kgwat70 (13388)
• United States
24 Jul 07
Wow. What does your mother in law do to make it stressful? :-) Fortunately none of my family stresses me out though my niece can be a handful at times. How often does she visit you?
• India
24 Jul 07
oh....................wat a contract
24 Jul 07
I hope you will never experience anything more stressful than a game. I have been under stress all of my life, with a demanding job, a family to support and a very unsupportive and lazy husband. I supported HIM for about 20 years and then he left with a 15-year-old girl from Nigeria (He is a caucasian boy from Alabama and I am Italian). I built and paid for a beautiful home and, because my Catholic background dictated that I share everything with my family, I put the property in both my husband's and my name. Two years ago I received a letter from a lawyer, demanding my signature for a divorce (which I have not signed.The reason he wants a divorce is that he wants me to sell the house and give him half of the money. Since then I have gained weight, can hardly sleep at night and feel miserable all the time. I am not afraid that he will force me to sell (he is too much of a cowrd to do that). The problem is that according to Italian law, as long as we are maried, I can not disinherit him. If I were to die before him, he could get one third of all I own (including a share of my half of the house, which would mean my son would be left with very little.
@kgwat70 (13388)
• United States
28 Jul 07
Since my post, possibly losing my home would be the most stressful situation since my homeowners insurance company and mortgage company are messing around with my policy and got a letter that my policy would be cancelled in ten days if the mortgage company does not pay the premium. Those are definitely very stressful situations you have been in and am sorry to hear about what your exhusband did to you. That is terrible. I can not even imagine what you are going through or what you have been through but I hope somehow that things will get better for you.
@sultan1 (73)
• India
30 Aug 07
o i dont have any stress full movements in any case and thanks for this information about the insomia and my m,om got attack by the migrane but now she is alright and will become free from the migrane
1 person likes this
• United States
24 Jul 07
The most stressful situation that I have ever been in was working, going to school, and taking care of my family at the same time. It was a lot for me to do and it almost ruined me. I ended up getting sick a lot and I developed Plantar Fasciitus.
1 person likes this
@Lydia1901 (16351)
• United States
28 Jul 07
Well, that sounds really stressful but you got over it thankfully. I will have to say giving birth was the most stressful thing I have ever been in. And I think it had something to do with it being the first time that I went through that and didn't know how it was going to go. But, I think I could handle it just fine the second time around.
1 person likes this
• India
24 Jul 07
I married into a poor family, much against the wished of my parents. Immediately after marriage, both my husband and me lost our jobs. A disaster was just waiting to happen. Back then, my in-laws family was totally dependent on my husband’s income and what with the marriage just over, his savings were also not much. We managed to pull along for 6months or so, and just when it looked like I would have to swallow pride and go to my parents for financial assistance, my husband somehow managed to get a job by giving ‘advance resignation’. Three months after that, I got a job too. But those six months were the most stressful in my life. Being the only child of working parents, I never knew what hunger pangs were. But those six months, 5 members of a family went through semi-starvation. And then my pride! I thought I would die before going to my parents and saying that my marriage doesn’ work in such conditions. Sitting at home, my husband and me almost became mad, thinking of what to do after the meager savings got spent. At the end, we did not even have money to spend on application stamps. I still shudder when I think of those months.
1 person likes this
@brendalee (6082)
• United States
24 Jul 07
I can think of many stressful situations I have been in. Last year from June to November was one stressful situation after another. It first started with my grandson being born sick and then a relative had cancer surgery. Then I organised a huge benefit dinner for my grandson, then my dog got killed and then my DIL ended up in the hospital with 5 ulcers. It was not a good year.lol. The benefit dinner was probably the worst. We planned for about 500 people. I got donations from local businesses and I had a DJ and tons of food. I was running around like a mad woman. But it turned out to be a very disappointing day. We only sold 30 dinners. I was in tears. After the dinner, people who had came to the dinner started getting very sick. I was sure that we accidentally gave them all food poisoning. I guess it turned out to be someone had a stomach virus and gave it to everyone. I have no idea how I made it through last year at all. I just keep on going. No wonder why my blood pressure is so high.
1 person likes this
@hydrali (175)
• Pakistan
24 Jul 07
i became stressful when i lost ma extreme personal stuffs man realting to my girlfriend!!!
1 person likes this
@yanjiaren (9031)
24 Jul 07
I think one of the most stressful was for one, giving birth to my Son..I t was an awful experience, twenty four hours of labour and vomitting in between and also coming back to a cold, unwelcoming home..Toa a horrible grown up stepson who made my life a misery..to a dirty house that nobody even bothered to clean up while I was in hospital..to jealous and nasty family members of my husband's and a husband that never loved me. What a horrible experience that I don't think I can ever quite get over..even 12 years later!
@kitkat1 (1227)
• Canada
25 Jul 07
I have had many stressful times in my life from relationships to health problems to weight problems. Many of my stresses have been relieved by thinking of the solutions and executing them like losing the weight by eating right and exercising and trying different pain managements for sicknesses and etc. But then there are stresses that only time can ease as well. The stressor that sticks out in my mind the most and still is in my mind right now is i have started a new job about a month ago and according to union laws you are on probation for the first 120 working days. After that you are evaluated for the work you have done and if you have not done well enough you can be let go. I know i am good at what i do but i do find this very stressful in the light that i keep going over and over and over stuff and wondering every day did i get everything just right am i gonna get wrote up. It is hard and i cant wait for the probate period to be over so i can calm down just a bit and enjoy the new career that i have. I count down the probate days on the calendar to give me something to feel a bit better right now i have 90 left so that means that 30 of them is done so before you know it i will be half way right. I know that in order to live stress cannot be avoided it is a part of live but the way we deal with stress can be changed. I try to live by the following saying to make stress a little easier to take. God grant me the serenity to accept the things i cannot change The courage to change the things i can And the wisdom to know the difference. YOu see that is when stress is the worst when you are stressing over something that cannot be changed and learning how to accept these things is the first step to not stressing so much over them.
1 person likes this
@onlinebiz (119)
• Singapore
24 Jul 07
For me, life is basically built on stress. I got to worry about income, housing and studies. It is really tiring and stressful especially when things doesn't seem to go your way or you seem too powerless to do anything to change your plight. Regards, Adrienne http://www.e-marketinghub.com http://www.e-marketing-systems.com
1 person likes this
@sanell (2112)
• United States
24 Jul 07
wow, I would say just recently, my mom is doing a complete remodel of their house (Her and her boyfriend) Unfortunately it is done on the outside but not on the inside, and their decks, well, let me just say, they have no railings and there is a big drop to the back yard. Anyway, I have two small mobile children and I had to tell my mom that until certain items are taken care of for SAFETY reasons I could not bring the children over to their house. I knew she would take it personally but I had to say it. well of course, it became a big dramatic event with my mom thinking it was her when I was saying it was not her it was just I would rather prevent an accident from happening rather than hoping one DOES NOT happen. I was pretty clear about it but she continued to go on and on about how she was hurt and sad and BLAH BLAH BLAH. So I ask her to baby sit and what does she say"can you bring them here" I tell her of course I can not do that right now...so she puts her boyfriend on the phone. I talk with him I make it clear to him and he says "Okay I will do something about it" So then after that was all said and done, my mom still wants to argue with me about how she does with the girls and blah blah blah.... IT is finally over At least I think it is but UGH, I felt like I was between a rock and a hard spot because there was no avoiding a stupid argument regardless of what I said...
• United States
24 Jul 07
The most stressful time for me was a few years back when a job I found to do from home...turned to be very bad..It caused me so much grief..I mean it was bad becasue I trusted who told me it was legit and it wasnt..I worried I would be in trouble for something I didnt know was wrong.
@anjoks (2080)
• Philippines
24 Jul 07
Okay, for the last time i'm going to share this to you my friend. . It all happened 3 years ago, i still remember the date sept 5. That one sunny 8am morning i caught my dad red-handed sleeping with another woman. How about that?! .. I felt the whole world turned upside down you know. I was soo fuming mad. Till now, i still have this hatred over my dad. Ohhh, the thought of calling him dad makes me go eeewwww really right now. Ohhh, enough of this my friend. Em starting to have this feelings again. ANyway, take care and myLot rules! (",)
1 person likes this
@Flight84 (3048)
• United States
24 Jul 07
I'm in my most stressful time right now. My husband and I are building our first house and it's driving me nuts. The second and definitely most stressful thing is my dad. He has done lost his mind and is causing trouble in my family. My sister and I have to testify against him in a trial that is coming up next month over things that make for a very long story. It's awful and I'm the one that has to keep my mom and sister together. I'll be glad when it is all over. He deserves what he is getting though...it's just hard knowing I have to testify against my own father, even if he's not been much of one over the years.
1 person likes this
@archer1811 (1098)
• Philippines
24 Jul 07
For me the most stressful moment in my life was the time when we noticed that my mother in law have a cancer on her left b*bs, it really darken our life, and next the operation but that was 2years ago and we thankful that God gives her so much strength to fight for all the pain, what we did was we pray a lot and think all the positive side of our life, that time i can say that there are nights that we cant sleep thinking of her situation and sometimes the negative side, but with God help and thru our prayer we all survived.
1 person likes this
• United States
24 Jul 07
The most pressure I've ever felt was finals, i had to get an A on every single final and i was scared lol it was bad because it was a whole month of worrying...
1 person likes this