Relationships:How to help a stressed-out partner

Most of us get stress, brought about by many things. It mighty be from our work; maybe one gets a job threat and is worried about what may come up, maybe they could end up losing their job and this puts too much stress on them.

Sunday, April 29, 2012
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Most of us get stress, brought about by many things. It mighty be from our work; maybe one gets a job threat and is worried about what may come up, maybe they could end up losing their job and this puts too much stress on them.

At the end of a working day, you look forward to having a lovely evening with your partner, and on arriving home you just find them already in bed. You ask whether they are sick and they tell you how there are changes going on in their department at work and how they are worried about their job. What would you do when you are ready to have good time and your spouse is stressed out?First thing, you can do is not to ask too many questions insisting that they talk. Just understand that your partner may need sometime to calm down and taking sometime to relax would reduce on the tension of the stressful thoughts they have. They may need to sleep on it to gain a proper perspective.You could find some way of encouraging your partner say by talking about how good they are at what they do, you could remind them of past achievements they have made or even tell them of how they have additional skills and options if at all anything happens to their job. This will make your partner more sure of getting some other job if at all they lose the one they have.You have to emotionally pump up your partner. There is nothing as good as knowing that someone is always there to lift you back up when you are feeling down. It is one important part in a thriving relationship. Comfort your partner, tell them it is normal to feel a little stressed under circumstances. Tell them you will always be there for them. Tell them you will get through the situation together if at all anything happens. This will help ease their anxiety and make them feel better.Look at alternatives. Help to brainstorm about what they would do if a job loss did happen. You could think of starting a business together with your partner, other couples do discuss about changing careers, early retirement before they encounter any job insecurities. Help them understand that there will always be something for them to do other than the one they have been doing.Take a walk with your partner. Listen to what they have to say while doing those walks. Walking helps relieve work stress a lot.Your relationship will be growing stronger  when your partner returns to work and call you to tell you that everything is okay and to thank you for your unflagging support. Always being there for your partner in good and bad times shows that your relationship is actually getting stronger.