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Coping: Learn to laugh maniacally in the face of stress

My usually optimistic partner is feeling the pressure – but it hasn’t
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   Lately, however, there has been a shift. My partner is the one showing
   signs of stress. This is out of character. He is usually one of those
   remarkable creatures – an optimist.

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   That knowledge isn’t much comfort, though, when you live with a deeply
   stressed man who is staring at his laptop, wearing nothing but a pair
   of underpants and an open dressing gown, shouting “I’ve lost all
   today’s work; this arsing machine!”

   Beneath the stress, however, he is his old self. Yesterday he was
   completing a job application while clicking his tongue.