What Is Workplace Stress | Quays Clinic of Hypnotherapy

Stress At Work

Workplace stress is one of the leading causes of several things including time off work, poor health conditions, workplace violence, and reasons for quitting a job. Stress at work often leads to problems outside the office including damage to relationships and sometimes even drug and alcohol abuse. Learning about stress and what causes it is the main principle to understanding how to overcome issues and learn proper stress and anger management techniques. There are several types of stress at work and different ways to overcome these problems but first you must understand what stress is.

Chronic Stress - Workplace Stress

One of the main types of workplace stress is chronic stress. This is most often caused by either long hours, harsh conditions, or a pattern of constant mental anguish or physical exertion. Many of these jobs require way too much of employees and this chronic stress is a leading cause of many aliments including heart attacks, diabetes, strokes, and many other problems often resulting in a shorter life expectancy. What one often needs in this situation is a good pattern of work and off work time. The off work time is used to relax and enjoy the time off with family and friends. This “no stress” time will help the mind and body heal itself and allow the individual to resume working as the schedule resumes.

What Is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?

For those who work in dangerous situations such as firefighting, police work or military there is the issue of post traumatic stress. This is often due to a single acute stress event or multiple events where a person is placed in life or death situations and forced to act. They often may have to see people die or even kill others. This places a severe emotional stress on the mind and often leads to lifelong trauma. Most often this type of stress is best handled by a licensed professional trained in handling these types of events.

Relationship Stress At Work

Another type of workplace stress is caused by the personal relationships we often make with co workers which leads to emotional stress. This can be caused by harsh criticism from managers, office politics, or other issues. In this case, stress management can be easily attained by keeping personal issues and relationships out of the workplace. You can also manage single events by learning stress relief techniques including deep breathing, meditation, and simply walking during breaks. This breaks the stress cycle that often occurs at work and brings a sense of relaxation to the mind and body.

What Is Stress?

Stress is anything which causes mental, physical, or emotional pain to an individual. We often cannot control the situations we encounter which cause workplace stress but we can control how we react and handle those situations.

Ian Smith (Distinction) D.Hyp  T.F.T  M.U.F.H  M.A.A.H  U.K.C.H.O  N.R.H  C.I.S.H
Quays Clinic of Hypnotherapy in North Shields
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