Identify the Major Sources of Stress in Your Life

question 23

Essay

Identify the major sources of stress in your life. What major coping mechanisms do you use to try to manage these sources?

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Definitions:

Voltaire

A pseudonym for François-Marie Arouet, an Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his advocacy of freedom of speech, religious tolerance, and separation of church and state.

Ontological Argument

An argument (or set of arguments) that tries to prove the existence of God from the very concept of “God.” For example: God, by definition, is that Being with all possible perfection; existence is a perfection; therefore God exists.

Akhnaton

An ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty who is noted for attempting to institute a monotheistic worship of the sun disk Aten.

Self-Creating

The concept of something or someone coming into existence or being through its own inherent capabilities, often used in philosophical and metaphysical discussions about the nature of being and creation.