Stress, Tension, Pressure

STRESS

I remembered there was once a time everyone in my class called me 'Mamat Stress'. Mainly, it was because of my facial expression I had when I'm in deep thought. But it was true, somehow. I did feel stress. I mean, living in a dorm as a junior without stress is a completely non-existent term.

And even now, I'm stressed out. Assignments, test, exam, people problem, personal issues, clothes to be ironed, menial everyday task. And the list goes on. It's funny how a small, irrelevant issue can make you so stressed out.

Recently, people around me is getting stressed out. My best friend, my colleagues, my mom, even my girlfriend are stressed out. And like the human depicted above, human's behavior is altered in the faces of stress. You will get all cranky and emotional and unstable which builds up into a huge pile of angst and wrath.

Dealing with stress by yourself is not an issue, apparently. You just need a time out, a game time or some smooth coffee with jazz on the stereo. But dealing people with stress, is a completely different issue.

Like I said earlier, people with stress behaved differently. How apparent or subtle the behavioral changes are depend on individuals themselves.

For example, your friend gets grumpy and cranky all day long. The weird part is he is guy, but he's like on PMS. Or you may feel weird that your girlfriend didn't reply your long messages with a message of equal length, instead reply with vague and detached replies such as 'Okay', 'hahaha' or 'Oh, cool story'.

Now, you may feel like stressed out because of these stressed out people. Worse thing you could do is judging them based on their behavior when they are stress.

DON'T

Why?

Because stressed out people act like that because their behavior has been altered.

However, YOU are judging their 'stressed-out-behavior' as their PERSONALITY.

Wait, Wait, Wait...What?

Yes, you heard me.

People act differently when they are stressed out. It's normal. But it doesn't change their personality. They are still themselves. Only for a brief amount of time, they act differently as a defense mechanism to stress.

The worse you could do is judge them when they are in their 'stress mode'

Because it adds into they stress level (And to a certain degree, make you stressed out as well)

So, enough with these

"Oh, member aku lupa kawan. beb"

"Celaka minah ini, dulu baik sekarang hampeh emo shit bagai"

"Awek aku dah sayang aku dah...potong tangan ar camni"

Because chances are THEY ARE STRESSED AND NEED YOUR SUPPORT

SO BE A GOOD PERSON AND SUPPORT THOSE WHO ARE REALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLYYYYYYY STRESSED OUT NOW!!

LIKE ME!

COME ON!

GIVE ME YOUR SUPPORT!

FEED ME!