Flourish Health & Wellbeing Magazine - Dec23 - Flipbook - Page 84
The Australian Psychological Society
(APS) recommends you AIM for being
psychologically prepared in steps:
Step 1
ANTICIPATE
that the situa琀椀on will be stressful
To begin preparing
yourself, try to
an琀椀cipate what your
likely response to
the highly stressful
situa琀椀on will be.
Think about how
you usually react to
stress. Although these
reac琀椀ons are very
natural they can get
in the way of other
necessary prepara琀椀ons.
If you understand your
usual reac琀椀ons you can
learn ways to manage
them be琀琀er when they
happen.