What to do about stress? If you’re like me, you’ve tried junk food, negative thinking, staying up late to watch crap TV, excessive nap-taking, and criticizing strangers. None of it has worked. It got me thinking, “Could it be time for …gulp…self-help books?” After the screaming and hyperventilating subsided, it occurred to me that while I believed wholeheartedly in the concept of stress, I had long dismissed the notion of dealing with it in a constructive manner. It all seemed like such a futile waste of time. “The stress will only come back, ” I thought, exhaling rich gusts of nacho cheese and despair. But as a sensible and mature, though rapidly disintegrating, human, I realized that SOMETHING MUST BE DONE. Therefore, I’m dipping my toe into the sunny, citrusy waters of the self-help world to report my findings. Here are a few to consider:
