School Stress Warrior Gifts

Giving thanks.

A female patient in an exam room sees a sign that reads, 'Break glass in case of physician burnout'

Three gates of hell: marriage counseling, investments, company meetings

Areas of the Body Where Stress Can Manifest

'Yes, as a matter of fact, you have caught me at a bad time.'

'Now then - I just wanted to see how you handle pressure, Mr. Boyle.'

"O.K., time's up. Pencils down."

"If something that doesn't kill me only makes me stronger, then I should be Atlas!"

'What I did on my summer vacation: I wrote about what I had done the rest of the year.'

'Does the Fifth Amendment apply to report cards?'

Took On Too Much

"Look! A dying brain cell! Maybe we should help!...."

Child finding school too hard.

'I hate counting sheep. I get enough math at school.'

"I passed the three R's. Now I need some R and R!"

"If you're not on the brink of despair you're part of the problem"

Workaholics Anonymous meeting: 'No one showed up. Everyone is working.'

'Spelling, math, history, geography --now the stupid school wants me to take a polygraph test!'

"The problem with online schooling is I can't get help from Mom and Dad!"

Cocoa. Make it a double. Sure, Myles. Coming up. Here ya go. Double today; everything okay? Oh yeah, sure. What's not okay about realizing 3rd grade means a whole bunch of homework and Sally Anne Peters wanting to talk about feelings? Tell me all this weirdness ends soon. Triple on the house.

'While you were out I replaced you.'

Business cartoon showing a stressed business woman who has three urgent messages on her office door.

Doctor sleeps in a patients bed.

Tom Bagley's Outer Shell.

"Make it quick—I only have a minute."

"Man! I haven't slept at all since school started!"

'Word has it that you have an ulcer, Tomkins. Nice going! You'll find an extra 20 bucks in your paycheck.'

'I wish there were true and false questions on math tests. At least that way I'd have a 70% chance of getting one right.'

'There is NO way I can perform under that kind of pressure!'

'Where do I see myself in five years? Well, if I make it through this day...'

Costs and Blood Pressure

'Dealing with Stress, Cooking for Forty and Nightmare Families. Christmas reading?'

'If I keep bringing diseases home from school, maybe I shouldn't go to school.'

You've got to help me, Em. Sure. My mom's hot on this strict, Chinese-style parenting. Welcome to my world. Tell her that your parents aren't pushing you to be a doctor. Sure. They gave up on that. They'll settle for Harvard law school. That's too much information.

'Boy, am I hungry. Alll I've had to eat today is some homework!'