You can decrease the distress that you cause by knowing and doing something good about the following things:-

• Sometimes you provoke hostile reactions from others by the way you treat them.

• Sometimes people can become difficult in response to something that you have done or not done.

• The other person is just as important as you are.

• The other person is also a person.

• Everyone has the same rights as you.

• Everyone deserves to be treated with the same respect that you yourself expect to receive from others.

• Remember you can decide to share your good feelings with other people.

Reduce harmful distress, YOU can begin to manage your distress.

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