f Place an ad in the ODE
Classifieds and watch your
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Moving Guide
Moving can be emotionally stressful
In the flurry of packing
AND MOVING, TAKE SOME
TIME TO TAKE CARE OF
EMOTIONAL NEEDS
lor the Emerald
Dinah Steig learned once in a well
ness seminar that moving is con
sidered one of the biggest changes
in life, ranking just below death,
divorce and marriage.
Steig, an operations team member at
the Eugene branch of North American
Van Lines, has certainly seen the stress
and anxiety of moving take its toll on
customers after 20 years of experience
in the moving industry.
The stress comes right after she hands
customers a checklist of moving items:
change of address forms to send, water
to shut down, electricity and gas to shut
off, personal records to forward and
paddng arrangements to plan.
Whether it’s stress, an identity crisis
or depression, there are many emotions
experienced during a move. Regardless
if someone is graduating and uprooting
to a new part of the country or just head
ing home for the summer, her or she is
bound to feel emotional about moving.
Steig knows all about stress and how
to alleviate it: planning.
Before moving to Eugene three years ago
from Fort Wayne, Ind., Steig took six
months to plan her move. Even then she
was still packing clothes at the last minute.
“It was lists, lists, lists every day,” she
said. “If you have that much time ahead,
that’ll keep your stress level down. ”
But stress isn’t the only emotional fac
tor associated with moving. There are
broken ties with friends, questions of
identity and the loss of structure in life.
Dr. Mark Evans, a psychologist at the
University Counseling Center, said one
of the factors in moving that many peo
ple forget about is the loss of structure in
life. The routines of life get lost, Mends
must be left behind and many people of
ten get depressed, he said.
“When we move, we lose a piece of
ourselves,” he said.
That’s why Evans advises movers to set
aside enough time to say goodbye to close
Mends. Friends can help lend a hand in
moving as well as ease the transition.
In a pamphlet given out by North Amer
ican Van Lines, clinical psychologist Dr.
Victor L. Rebman suggests visiting the
new place of residence before the move to
ease the adjustment. He also advises
movers to keep in touch with Mends with
whom they can communicate their frus
trations and anxieties. He reminds movers
that it can take up to 18 months for some
families to adjust to new surroundings be
fore finally feeling “at home. ”
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