Work Place Stress

How much Daily Stress From Your Work Routine
do you have?

When you go to work do you run, run, run and seem
to get little done with only a headache or sore
muscles at the end of the day?

Your work routine may be causing you unnecessary
Stress. Here are a few things to help with the stress.

Schedule your work routine with a break so you can
relax and get refreshed, then return to work with a
fresh, relaxed mind. You don’t need an hour or two,
just take a few minutes through out the day to
relieve your Stress.

Have you ever noticed that when you are in a time
crunch your mind fills up with racing thoughts and it
gets harder to think clearly?

Information overload is the cause, your brain can only
work on one thing at a time and you are trying to
work and also keep track of the time. To break the
habit of always working in a time crunch, break down
large tasks into smaller manageable steps with
a short break between each step.

If you can’t break the task down try to do the task
early in the day while you are still relaxed and your
mind is uncluttered. Then when you need a break do
a small easy or repetitive task that will rest your
mind from heavy thinking before returning to the
big task.

Sometimes a small change in your routine will yield
big benefits at the end of the day. Daily Stress from
Your Work Routine can be stop with a little planning
and a few rest breaks during the day.

Stress is hard to define. It is usually considered to be
the build up of anxiety and pressures on a person.
Since people are affect by different situations both on
a physical and mental level, it is hard to know what
will causes Stress.

Additionally the same situation may cause a different
reaction to the person upon repeated exposure.

The problem of Stress is caused when a person can no
longer handle the pressure or anxiety. The solution
may seem simple, just avoid the build up of pressure.
This may not be possible in today’s fast pace lifestyle.

The work environment doesn’t always allow time for
someone to avoid what is causing the Stress. When
you are trying to meet a deadline, but also need to
eat, you don’t have time to stop for food. But some
time later when the headache strikes you are forced
to eat. With practice we learn how to block out
the body’s warning signals.

Many people try to bury all the Stress, hoping it will
go away on its own. The Stress will lurk in the back
of the mind ready to strike at a moments notice.
Some little thing will set off a responsive which is
totally out of context to the situation.

The boss blows up when asked a simple question or
you try to explain what the problem is.

The person may be preoccupied with problems outside
of work. Many people take their home or family
problems to work. It’s hard to be relaxed and not
stressed out when there is a sick child or love
one at home.

Then other people bring their work problems home,
causing a tense home life.

We all face Stress in our lives. How you handle the
Stress determines whether it is something you work
past or it leads to more problems.

The first step you need to take is to recognize when
you are under too much stress. By relieving or
eliminating your Daily Stress you help to stop the
build up of Stress and can be more in control of
your life.

How Laughter Benefits You.

Laughter has many positive Health Benefits
which can counteract the negative affects of
Daily Stress. Our Stress can impact both our
mental and physical health.

Laughter increases the functioning of the immune
system, helping the body to fight off illness and
disease by increasing production of endorphins,
giving feelings of happiness and well-being.

There also is a decreasing of the secretion of
cortisol and the sedimentation rate which
benefits the body’s cardiovascular system.

A beneficial effect is also seen as the flow of
oxygen in the blood increases, arteries relax,
heart rate and blood temperature are lowered,
circulation increases and the skin temperature
rises. All of these physical responses have a
calming effect on a person.

Laughter has the potential to help speed healing,
and increase overall Health and well-being, when
it’s benefits are fully realized as a part of a Stress
Management plan.

These are a few reasons why Laughter should
become a part of your daily Health Plan. A good
joke or a little fun is a good reliever for
Daily Stress. Put a little humor in your life.