Work Place Stress

What Is Stress?

STRESS is a Primitive Reaction to a life threatening
situation, which the cavemen used to escape from
wild animals and other physical Life Threating events.

Now days, we no longer face Life Threatening attacks,
our threats come from belligerent people, prolonged
work periods to meet deadlines, worries about things
we can not control and other modern STRESSES. But
we still carry our Primitive STRESS Systems that react
in the same way to all of our modern day STRESSES.

The caveman was able to turn the system off after
the danger was over. Our modern society keeps
bombarding us daily, so we are unable to rest after
each STRESS event. The results, our system
continues to receive STRESS HORMONES without
any with relief or rest time to turn off the process.

Since this is an AUTOMATIC reaction that happens
deep within the brain, many times we are not even
aware that it has happened. We are so busy and
distracted by things going on around us that we don’t
observe what is going on inside us.

The affects of all the chemicals finally are noticed
when our HEALTH is effected. We get sick for no
apparent reason, have heart problems, gain weight,
or just seem to be too tired to do anything. Then
we are forced to slow down and get
the rest needed.

We need a little STRESS in our life to give us the
energy to do things and to keep us motivated.
The idea of HEALTH CARE is to provide a rest from
all the STRESS so we don’t get overstressed and
cause Health problems later. Play it smart leave
work for a day and give your mind and body a rest.

In today’s work environment everything is fast paced.
You not only are suppose to work faster, but do more
and work longer. Humans aren’t built for this type of
constant fast pace. This type of work pace drains
you of energy and leaves you
less productive.

At first the adrenaline rush is great; you are full of
energy and loads of ideas. Then in a few hours you
start to feel tire, ideas are less clear in your mind
and you can’t think clearly. You start to make
simple mistakes.

What you need to do is to slow down and take a
break. Give your subconscious mind time to process
all the information with which it has been bombarded.
A short break will clear your mind so you can think
clearly again.

Here are three ways to slow down, refresh your mind
and DECREASE WORKPLACE STRESS.

1. Your mind and body are connected. When the mind
is over whelmed, the body feels the tension. This
causes the blood circulation to slow down. Which in
turn decrease the amount of oxygen going to the
brain, which makes your thinking cloudy. Get up and
move around, exercise the large muscles of the legs
and arms to pump the oxygen back into the brain.

2.Give your mind a rest. Let all the analyzing,
problem solving and planning be absorbed by the
subconscious. Do something easy and simple to
occupy your conscious mind without taxing the
subconscious mind.

3.Get away from your desk; go to the restroom and
take a few sips of water from the water fountain.
Change of scenery will help to relax your mind and
keep your from getting drawn back to your work.

This also means to leave your desk for lunch time.

STRESS MANAGEMENT IN THE WORKPLACE should
be a part of everyone’s HEALTH CARE PLAN. It is
your work habits that lead to STRESS. By taking
short breaks every two hours, your work will be more
productive, your thinking will remain clear and the
STRESS to your system will decrease through
out the day.

Some wise person said that

“Problems are gifts of learning”.

Is this how you view problems? Or are problems just
a thorn in your side, something that frustrates you,
causing more stress in your life? The quicker you get
rid of them, the better you feel.

What do problems give you?

You will get knowledge and wisdom from solving them.
At first you may think it takes more time than what it
is worth to solve them, but the next time you
encounter them, you will have a quick solution.

Once you know how to solve one problem, others of
similar types will also be easier to solve. The same
solving technique can be applies to other problems.

With experience and confidence your problem solving
skills will grow.

Your confidence will also get a boost. You can push
beyond your comfort zone without fear of not being
able to over come unforeseen problems.

At first problems may seem like a real pain in the
neck. Take a minute to think of some good things you
may gain from solving that problem. Now with a
different approach, the problem could turn out to be
a real learning experience for you,