Before farm families can do much about managing stress, they have to know when they are experiencing it. Much of the time people do not know what is going on in their bodies and in their relationships with others.
Many people learn to screen out unpleasant circumstances.
For example, they deny their problems. The truth is his net income had dropped 20 percent that year and 15 percent the year before. He was denying reality. Sometimes we blame others. And sometimes people try to escape reality through eating binges, drinking sprees, or using other drugs.