{"id":1311,"date":"2017-03-05T06:24:39","date_gmt":"2017-03-05T11:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/?p=1311"},"modified":"2017-05-21T19:00:55","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T00:00:55","slug":"pressure-paradox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/pressure-paradox\/","title":{"rendered":"Pressure:  The Pressure Paradox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Stress and Pressure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We all have to deal with stress and <i>pressure<\/i> at work and at home. Whether it&#8217;s<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>meeting a goal for the day or<\/li>\n<li>sticking to a deadline or<\/li>\n<li>getting to an appointment on time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/stress_pressure.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1313\" src=\"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/stress_pressure-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Stress and Pressure Solutions by The Life Coach Dr., Marlene Shiple, Ph.D.\" width=\"228\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/stress_pressure-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/stress_pressure-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/stress_pressure-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/stress_pressure-144x144.jpg 144w, https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/stress_pressure.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a>pressure can be a constant part of your life. One of the things that you might notice about working under pressure &#8212; especially if you are one of those who don&#8217;t handle stress well &#8212; is the more important a deadline is, the more pressure it can put on you to get it done.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Pressure Paradox<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Even the most-experienced, most-able people are more likely to fail under pressure.\u00c2\u00a0 This can be true, even when their performance is otherwise top-notch. This is called the Pressure Paradox.\u00c2\u00a0 It is a fact of life that can plague you when you have to perform under pressure. The Pressure Paradox is mostly a problem-of-the-mind.\u00c2\u00a0 It comes from overthinking when you&#8217;re close to a goal or deadline.<\/p>\n<p>The Pressure Paradox is driven, fundamentally, by stress and pressure. The more important a goal is, the more you really want to do a good job with it.<\/p>\n<p>The more important a goal is, the more probable it is that you change your normal approach to the job.\u00c2\u00a0 In other words, rather than relaxing and letting yourself <!--more-->perform as you&#8217;re able to the rest of the time, it is more probable that you become overwhelmed with thoughts of doubt and feelings of worry.<\/p>\n<p>The more important a goal is &#8212; as your sense of scrutiny and attention to detail is turned up to the max &#8212; you are more inclined to become a destructive force, rather than a creative one. It becomes more apt that you find yourself tearing yourself down and wallowing in self-criticism, rather than performing as you otherwise could.<\/p>\n<p>Quite a dilemma, isn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p>There IS a solution.\u00c2\u00a0 Stay tuned to our next blog post to learn how to beat the Pressure Pradox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stress and Pressure We all have to deal with stress and pressure at work and at home. Whether it&#8217;s meeting a goal for the day or sticking to a deadline or getting to an appointment on time pressure can be a constant part of your life. One of the things that you might notice about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[312,11,4,2],"tags":[112,338,339,43,340,70],"class_list":["post-1311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-goal-achievement","category-life-coaching","category-mental-healing","category-stress-remedies","tag-doubt","tag-pressure","tag-pressure-paradox","tag-relax","tag-self-criticism","tag-worry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1311"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1319,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311\/revisions\/1319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}