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| Article: Making Light Work of Work Stress - by Simon Hill | ||
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Why is it that work causes us so much stress? Research shows that when
we feel we have no control over our time and are powerless to change the
situation we react badly to stress. It's at these times where conflicts
arise between home and work commitments or even between day to day tasks
and our aims and ambitions that stress can arise most. The secret of beating this is to identify the areas of conflict and to find a balance that can bring back a sense of control and purpose. In the long run, identifying these stress points and doing something about them will benefit not only you, but also your work environment. The secret is to try and find balances and compromises that work for you and which also allow you to fulfil you work commitments. Dodging real work responsibilities is never a long term answer, getting more support, either at work or home may be. The first step is to identify what the real situation is. Feelings of stress can be caused as much by minor hassles as major problems and getting things into perspective always helps. Here are some positive steps to take: 1) Take stock of the situation and make a note of the things that are causing you the most concern 2) Look at things that you can do, or ask for support with that will ease the situation, no matter how small 3) set some achievable goals towards removing the problem 4) Think back to some similar situations you have overcome and apply these lessons. Stress is a natural response to a situation, the natural adrenal 'kick' which allows you to respond to danger, can if triggered too often cause problems with heart, digestion, immune response and is also linked to diabetes, obesity and even cancer. We often respond inappropriately to situations or allow our working habits to become 'reactive' making us jump to the needs of others rather than taking charge of the situation and taking steps to change our environment for the best. The key to change is realising we can take control, both over our reaction to pressures and also also over the environment we work in, changing it for the best, for us and others. |
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Simon Hill is the editor of The Kevala Centre's
website, devoted to health for Mind, Body and Spirit. |
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