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Stress in the workplace

All employees will feel the effects of stress at some time. The cause may be inside or outside of the workplace, but it will impact on the workplace in any event. An employee, feeling the effects of stress, is not as efficient as someone who is contented.

Stress causes the work rate and efficiency to fall, mistakes occur and this sets up a vicious circle of events and reactions, which often leads to absence through sickness.

More employers are noticing and acting upon, the benefits of stress relief in the workplace programmes. It has been found that Complementary Therapies in the workplace help to reduce the effects of the stress. This leads to increased productivity, more motivation, reduction in staff turnover and less absenteeism.

I can introduce a selection of Complementary Therapies into the workplace, which can be fitted around flexible working hours, lunchtime and breaks. This enables staff to take time out of their day to find some relaxation and recharging time.

More About Stress

Stress is devastating to balance, health and harmony if continued for long periods of time.

  • What is stress?
    Stress has a personal definition, what one person considers stressful will be a perfectly normal state to another. Stress is considered to be over stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system causing anxiety, which is an inappropriate state. It is where the body is overwhelmed by stimuli.

    Stress is an inability of the body to cope with the external demands being made upon it, over which it is felt there is no control or influence.
    Hans Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome identified the stages of stress as,
    • Alarm
    • Resistance
    • Exhaustion
    If the resistance phase is continued over long periods it will create physical problems.

  • Which parts or organs of the body are involved in stress?
    When demands are made of the body over and above normal, energy is mobilised through adrenal stimulation which causes a rise in the production of adrenalin and nor adrenalin, the fight/flight response & affects the whole body.

    • The heart rate and force is increased, as is thyroxin production
    • If the mobilised energy is not expended it causes an increase in cholesterol
    • At times of stress we often do not discharge the increase in energy

  • Some of the symptoms of stress
    • Have you lost confidence?
    • Are you having difficulty sleeping?
    • Are you feeling unable to cope?
    • Are you short tempered and irritable?
    • Do you feel everyone is getting at you?
    • Is your personal life going through a bad patch?
    • Are headaches or migraines a regular part of your life?
    • Do you suffer from indigestion regularly?
    • Do you feel you heart is racing?

  • In which ways can stress be dispersed positively?
    • Exercise
    • Relaxation
    • Hobbies
    • Meditation
    • Deep breathing
    • Going for a walk

  • How may stress be dispersed negatively?
    • Anger
    • Drinking
    • Drug taking
    • Violence
    • Over-eating

  • Can stress be good?
    We all need some stress in our lives, it's what motivates and drives us.
    It is when the stress is repetitive and continuous that it becomes detrimental to health.

    In life today we suffer from diseases of excess and iatrogenic disorders i.e. caused by treatments.
  • Ideas for managing & reducing stress
    • Time management
    • Plan, plan, plan - if you fail to plan, you are planning to fail
    • Be organised - use a diary/planner
    • Do Lists of things to do - it focus' the mind
    • Prioritise your workload, but be flexible

    • Any job/task, which will take less than 10 minutes, do it first
    • Unpleasant tasks do early and get out of the way - otherwise you will prevaricate and not get to them until they become 'Mega urgent'

    • Take a break from the task in hand, go for a walk, have a coffee, have a chat.
    • Take a lunch break
    • Have regular Holidays

    • Set yourself rules & stick to them i.e. not working before or after specific times
    • Be prepared for last minute rushes
    • Don't be caught out by too many unexpected things to do

    • Be assertive, don't accept your manager's or some-one else's inefficiency and very late targets
    • Don't allow others to dump their stuff on you

    • Research ways of helping yourself
    • Find ways to relax, the body recharges itself during rest periods

    • If everything is urgent ask for some help

    • Take Physical exercise to balance the mental output

    Organisation and preparation depends on the job
    Some are reactive and require late hours to complete the task.
    Insist/negotiate time off to recover.

    'Just for today, do not worry
    Just for today, do not get angry
    Honour your parents, teachers and elders
    Earn your living honestly
    Be kind to every living thing'
    'Grant me the serenity
    To accept the things I cannot change
    The courage to change the things I can
    And the wisdom to know the difference'.



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