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5 Easy Steps to Manage Stress at Work

Easy Steps to Manage Stress at Work Work stressors affect almost everyone and chronic stress can hinder a person from showing their true potential on the job. With five simple steps, workplace stress can be kept at bay with easy-to-use resources that aren't time consuming. FACT: 1 Understand Your Stressors In 2012, 65% of Americans First identify the source of your stress. Without knowing what exactly is causing your emotional anxiety, you'll never be able to correctly manage it. Create a list of your feelings and what causes them in order to clearly see the problem and its roots. reported work as their main source of stress as cited by the American Psychological Association. Unplug From Stressors Develop FACT: Continuous stress can lead to health-related side effects such as fatigue, anxiety, and emotional fragility. When you've identified your stressors, now it’s time to learn how to replace or rehabilitate them. Associating a stressor with something relaxing and positive can help you to remove the stress when you're in the thick of a work situation. Great stress replacers are music, meditation, reading, and small distracting activities. FACT: 3 Don't Keep Stress Chronic More than 1/3 of working Chronic stress becomes so long-lasting because a person isn't allowed to fully recharge their emotional core. An overwhelming sense of emotion of any kind can be exhausting and counter-productive, so make time to relax and help calm down your fried nerves. This can be done by focusing on activities outside of work Americans say they've experienced chronic stress in their lifetime. more. FACT: Healthy Responses The American Psychological Association A common response to stress it to move the anxiety it causes into a habit, and these habits aren't always healthy. They can range from fidgeting to extreme responses such as alcohol or self-harming behaviors. Find a habit or hobby to channel the stress into that is more positive and productive. reported only 27% of Americans said they were doing well in managing their work stress. FACT: 5 Establish Support Systems Only If your company doesn't have the proper resources for dealing with stress, it falls on you to find your own support system. This can be as simple as talking with friends and family about your problems, or even finding a group or community that specifically deals with stress. These can be found locally or online. 36% of working Americans report their companies have sufficient stress-management resources. OTHER RELATED FACTS Workplace stress is made up of: 46% 20% 20% 6% Lack of Juggling work with personal lives Workload Interpersonal issues job security stress 1 in 4 workers The estimated cost of job stress on American companies is $300 have taken a mental health day from work to cope with their stress. billion dollars. 42% if surveyed workers in America have changed jobs due to stress as compared to 44% in Canada and 48% in the United Kingdom. (therapytribe find wellness

5 Easy Steps to Manage Stress at Work

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Busy schedules, erratic lifestyle, cut-throat competition…all these factors lead to stress in our lives. The quest to earn more than ever and keeping our jobs secure plays a great role in giving ris...

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