The most common effects of stress on the emotional side can be an edgy relationships with family, friends, and coworkers. These situations can drain emotional energy and they can even lead to anxiety, feelings of emptiness, and depression. The physical symptoms of stress are weight loss or weight gain, headaches, ulcers, increased blood pressure and sleep disorders can also occur. People who get less than five hours of sleep twice a week or more are 300 percent more vulnerable to heart attacks.
So, what are the factors that contribute to workplace stress? You may be too busy to notice it but you could already experiencing work related stress, like too much work, isolation, extensive hours worked, toxic work environments, lack of autonomy, difficult relationships among coworkers and management, management bullying, harassment and lack of opportunities or motivation to advance or improve your skill level.
So, what are the factors that contribute to workplace stress? You may be too busy to notice it but you could already experiencing work related stress, like too much work, isolation, extensive hours worked, toxic work environments, lack of autonomy, difficult relationships among coworkers and management, management bullying, harassment and lack of opportunities or motivation to advance or improve your skill level.
Work related stress a broad array of stress disorder conditions:
1. Emotional strain – dissatisfaction, fatigue, tension, etc.
2. Psychological disorders – depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder
3. Maladaptive behaviors – aggression, substance abuse
Again, these conditions may lead to poor work performance, poor attendance, poor productivity or even injury. Work stress is also connected with various biological reactions that may lead ultimately to compromised health, such as cardiovascular disease, or in extreme cases, death.
Again, these conditions may lead to poor work performance, poor attendance, poor productivity or even injury. Work stress is also connected with various biological reactions that may lead ultimately to compromised health, such as cardiovascular disease, or in extreme cases, death.
Improve your stress management and your physical and emotional health will follow. The most important thing is that it can also make the difference between success or failure on the job. Your emotions can be contagious, and stress has an impact on the quality of your interactions with others. By managing your own stress, you will mitigate the affect of other people’s stress on you. The more you positively affect those around you, the lesser their stress will affect you.
Improve your stress management and your physical and emotional health will follow. The most important thing is that it can also make the difference between success or failure on the job. Your emotions can be contagious, and stress has an impact on the quality of your interactions with others. By managing your own stress, you will mitigate the affect of other people’s stress on you. The more you positively affect those around you, the lesser their stress will affect you.
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