Psychological Stressor Examples

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One example of a psychological stressor that affected my life happened just about three and a half to four years ago when I broke my clavicle while playing hockey. The fracture happened when I was in Amarillo, Texas while practicing with a team that I was trying to make for the next season. They had shown lots of interest in me and I was looking towards the future with optimism. When the break happened I was just about half way through the season and I was told by the doctor that I needed major surgery and wouldn't have been able to finish playing the rest of the season with my teammates. I felt like I had somehow let them down despite the fact that there was no way I could have prevented the injury. It was not my fault and it seemed to happen by fate of some sort. I was now looking forward to a major surgical procedure followed by an extensive recovery. leading up to the surgery I was quite stressed out due to pain and other sorts of emotional distress in terms of hockey. Despite the fact that there was still the opportunity to play for the Texas team next year, I finished off my youth hockey career with broken collarbone. The recovery extended over a 5 month period full of icing, heating, therapy, and trying to cope with stress mentally. Thoughts flew through my head constantly making me all twisted up emotionally that I had …show more content…

I found myself putting myself in positions of where I always had something to do rather than thinking on and on. I decided that personally if I kept telling myself I was gunna come back stronger than before and make that Texas team I would have done it. The positivity and mind set of being focused on my recovery helped me rid of the stress and implement an attitude that helped me all along the way. Needless to say I did not even return to Texas to tryout for that team I chose another team and a different path that I look back on and admire to this

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