Wellbeing Connect

The Stress Container

🧠 Reflection Questions

Take 5–10 minutes to reflect:

  1. What are my top 3 current stressors?

  2. What signs do I notice when my container is nearly full?

  3. What healthy coping strategies help me “open the tap”?

  4. What unhelpful coping strategies might I be relying on?

🌊 Understanding the Stress Container

The Stress Container helps visualise how we each hold and manage stress:

  • Container size: Varies based on individual resilience and mental health.

  • Stressors (water): Life/work challenges that fill our container.

  • Taps (coping strategies): Healthy ways we release stress and avoid overflow.

Overflow = signs of poor mental wellbeing (irritability, withdrawal, fatigue).

🧰 Resources for Ongoing Support

 

🌟 Final Tip

Stress is a normal part of life. What matters most is how we manage it. Revisit your stress container regularly and keep your coping taps flowing.