Galveston County Daily News, Dec. 10, 2007 In this guest column, Annette Martinez, a licensed clinical social worker at UTMB, wrote: "In every day life and especially now, in the midst of holiday hustle and bustle, learning how to reduce stress should be one of the first things on our to-do list. A place to start is by reducing our own negativity. Unfortunately, we have so much negativity thrown at us in many forms, from verbal and non-verbal communication, criticism, unsupportive behaviors and beliefs opposing ours, that all of these create stress."