Try: Managing conflict is important for a caregiver caring for a Care recipient (cr) being able to manage and relieve stress in the moment is the key to staying balanced focused and in control no matter what challenges you face if you don’t know how to stay centered and in control of yourself you will become overwhelmed in conflict situations and unable to work the with the cr the following are common ways people respond when they’re overwhelmed by stress aggressive response an angry or agitated stress response you’re heated keyed up overly emotional and unable to sit still withdrawn response a withdrawn or depressed stress response you shut down space out and show very little energy or emotion paralyzed response a tense and frozen stress response you "freeze" under pressure and can’t do anything you look emotionless but under the surface you’re extremely agitated information references helpguide org

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Keywords: Conflict management conflict resolution stress

*This information is listed as a Fact Sheet and is not explicitly medically licensed