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Help With Stress
“All of us have to face stress in our lives,” said Nettles in explaining what he sees as the primary function of Rappahannock’s clinic.
“But the stress becomes difficult to cope with or overwhelming from time to time.” Some types of stress are beneficial, according to Nettles. “Your weekly newspaper deadline creates a stress which motivates you to be more productive," he explained. Problems arise, however, when the normal every day stress in people’s lives is complicated by outside factors—marital problems, a child who isn’t doing well in school or i.* alcohol or drug use. i In addition. Nettles exi’: plained, developmental fc&tages-rradolescence. aging, > ’ death, adjustment to a new I family—all make demands on an individual to adapt, creating another source of stress. "Some people can handle stress with no problem, some with only minor problems and some can’t handle it at all. We're here to help those who can’t. That’s our interface with the community,” he concluded.
After he’s settled in at his new job. Nettles hopes to buy or build a house in Rappahannock County. Currently, he lives in Banco with his wife Donna and their nine-year-old daughter Robbie, a fifth grader at Criglersville Elementary School.
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