Work Place Stress

Part of a good Stress Management Plan simply
involves identifying the areas of Stress in an
individual’s life.

A first step in dealing with Stress is to take an
objective look at circumstances and situations
that may seem unmanageable.

Then formulate a plan to reduce the level of
Stress produced by each situation.

Often situations which create a large amount
of Stress can be eliminated completely. For
those situations which cannot be entirely
eliminated, a plan to better manage the
situation, is often helpful in relieving the
overall amount of Stress the person
is feeling.

One of the most common sources of Stress
is the habit of not setting Healthy Limits on
the amount of commitments they enter into,
such as the person who can’t say “no” to
any request made.

Overextending oneself creates undue Stress,
and generally leads to exhaustion, burn out,
and inevitably, “failure” to fulfill many of ones
obligations.

Underlying causes of the behavior should be
addressed, if an individual has a difficult time
making necessary changes in their routine, or
setting Healthy Limits for themselves.

Many times an individual has a deep fear of
failure, or a desperate need to “live up” to
unrealistic limits. Health problems or other
life events finally force them to set limits
on their time.

What limits can be set comfortably? What
obligations and commitments can be let go?
Simple questions such as these can go a long
way toward helping identify the sources of
Stress, and creating a plan to reduce the
affects of Stress that stresses a person’s life
and improve their Health.