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Anyone remember that dream I had about being on a prison elevator that was essentially trying to kill me?
No?
Well, I do. It was scary.
Anyway, after decoding the dream, I found out some of the symbols (prison, elevator, convict) basically meant I was feeling very stressed out – for a variety of reasons.
Last night, I ran across Eight Dream Symbols That Point to Stress. Like the title suggests, the article lists other dream symbols that may mean you’re stressed out, including:

Nudity (Few and far between, but I have these dreams.)
Storms (I dream more about gigantic tidal …read more

And speaking of stress…
Triggers like rising unemployment rates, increasing fuel costs, population overload, and yes, the weather, are why Yahoo! Real Estate just listed these five cities as the top five most stressful American cities:

Chicago
New York
Detroit
Los Angeles
San Francisco

Kind of makes me glad I work from home and live in four seasons country, where town population is about five and there wouldn’t really be anywhere to go even if gas was affordable.
What about your city? Is it adding stress to your life?

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When I saw a link to an article by Deepak Chopra, Triggers for Stress, in one of my Care2.com newsletters last week, I thought the article would talk about common triggers for stress, and maybe offer a few suggestions on how to manage stress.
Instead, Chopra uses the article to point out that because everyone has different stress triggers, helping someone manage stress is a more complicated task than just offering up a list of stress management tips. Chopra also discusses the idea that this “task” is even more complicated because we all have reactions to stress based on our own …read more