Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

Managing Stress_ Control What You Can | Is Your Exhaustion Actually Stress?

3 Mar 2025 · 1 min

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Short monologue by a clinician (Aaron Hartman, MD) advising listeners to identify stressors they can and cannot control, aim for serenity by focusing on controllables, and adapt when stuck in toxic situations by removing harms ("whatever you can cut, cut") and adding supportive elements. Emphasizes "addition by subtraction" as a primary strategy.

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I always start with basics. And it's okay. Like you said, identify the stressors. What can we control? What can't we control? Let's try to live the serenity rare, right? Yeah. And let's. Let's be wise in our decision making because even though they may be aware of a toxic situation, it's not something they can get out of right now. So in that situation, instead of them feeling helpless and stuck, we try to learn how to adapt to it a little bit while still being in it. Whatever you can cut, cut. Whatever you can add from a beneficial way, add from a support structure standpoint. But the reality is the addition by subtraction is always first and foremost.