At work, you feel tired, irritable, you lose your concentration or your enthusiasm, you multiply the little health problems. Careful, you may be suffering from stress.
According to a CSA survey (July 2000), “three out of four employees say they are concerned” by stress, particularly due to an overload of work, difficult to meet deadlines, demands more and strongest customers or a rate too fast.
Living Under Pressure
The stress is primarily a normal reaction to adapt to a situation. In a society that requires increasing productivity, some people will need emergency situations of conflict or complexity to excel and work effectively. Others, however, will react more violently to what they perceive as an attack. If the stress is interrupted, the balance due. But if it becomes chronic, it is dangerous because it pumps a lot of energy constantly asking the body to adapt. It changes the nervous and hormonal balance and decrease the capacity of concentration and productivity. Not to mention the psychological effects of varying severity, and cardiovascular problems like hypertension, it can generate.
Understanding Stress
There is no panacea against stress. To live his life at work, you must accept the existence of pressures and identify them. At each develop a strategy that suits him. In most cases this is not the stressful situation that matters most but rather the value we give it.
Initially, self-knowledge, insight and perspective on a situation, are weapons to accommodate or reduce stress. Then, to learn to fight against stress must learn to analyze conflicts in order to extract data positive things in perspective, to have confidence in themselves, protect themselves and learn from failures.
Take care of yourself!!
The lifestyle and behavioral adaptations help alleviate stress.
* Avoid tobacco, caffeine or alcohol, at first, calm stress, but in the end, only reinforce the anxiety;
* Eat a balanced diet, eventually supplemented by vitamins and trace elements;
* Cultivate a family atmosphere and social harmony;
* At work, learn to say no, delegate, communicate;
* Treat yourself: at lunchtime, take to their heels and share your meal outside the workplace, with people you enjoy. At night, take a little break before returning home: walk, go see a show, do a little shopping …
* Set up your leisure, find new interests: your life must not only be focused on work;
* Relax: exercise (walking, gymnastics, yoga, stretching, sauna …) is essential to reduce the effects of stress;
* Try finally sleep properly without the aid of systematic medication. The sleep quality determines the physical fitness and mental balance of the day.
When Stress Comes
If unable to manage a stressful situation that lasts, make an appointment with your family doctor or a doctor. The first you may prescribe rest or medication adjusted. The second will intervene, if necessary, within your company and will recommend, for example, a new organization of working time.
Tags: Living Under Pressure, lose your concentration, overload of work, Understanding Stress, When Stress Comes
