Are you wondering why it seems like you are always feeling stressed?  Maybe it’s because of your pitiless boss or nagging other half. Or maybe it’s because of some of your personality traits!

Experts say that the following can definitely put you at higher risk of getting stressed:

Multitasking

It’s true that you get to finish several different chores in a shorter amount of time if you are a multitasker. Unfortunately, experts say that you are more prone to ending up stressed if you choose to multitask rather than tackle one job at a time. The moment your body detects that you are multitasking, it will respond by releasing more adrenaline and stress hormones. Needless to say, it’s something that can considerably increase your stress levels.

Being a Workaholic

All work and no play makes one a dull boy. But did you know that it can also make you a stressed boy? While working really hard and for long periods of time can equate to more money and a boss so happy, it’s also something that can make you super stressed for some obvious reasons — you use up all of your energy for work and you spend little or no time to unwinding. Also, it can be very disastrous for a workaholic to be unable to work or lose his or her job.

Competitiveness

Do you have this unrelenting desire to be more successful or simply better than anybody else? Then you can consider yourself as a competitive person, which is not a good thing because it can come with a steep price in the form of severe stress. Clearly, it can be very stressful if you always struggle to make sure that you’re the one on top. Especially if you find your match in another competitive individual, it’s for certain that you can have a very stressful life.

Being Ambitious

Having ambitions is perfectly normal. But if all that you can think about all the time is setting up goals and attaining them, too, then you are doomed to meet issues — lots and lots of them because of stress. The thing with ambitious persons is they usually create goals that are oftentimes really hard to achieve. And when they fail, which is something that cannot be completely avoided, their stress levels can easily go off the charts.

Impatience

One of the most effective ways to deal with stress is to slow down and relax. If you are an impatient person, then that is clearly not an option. The problem with being impatient is this personality trait is often enough to leave you stressed since it’s something that can cause a lot of restlessness, irritability and anger. Most especially in this fast-paced world, slowing things down can be more beneficial as it allows you to focus and also relax a lot better.

Being a Pessimist

What’s wrong with pessimists is they are usually the ones that cause them to feel stressed and not external factors which is mostly the case with others. Constantly, they expect that things will go wrong plus they believe in themselves less — if at all. As a result, the stress levels of someone who is a pessimist tend to be high all the time. Every waking hour is a stressful time for pessimists as they think about negative things that can leave the mind and body exhausted.