It can cause health problems and effect your performance at work. There is good stress that can motivate but too much stress can harm a person.
Ideally we all need to escape sometimes but for our own mental health we need to love our work. If the escape becomes a habit we need to question the work you are involved with.
I totally agree, leave work at work. Sometimes it may be hard but it does help. I have made myself not go in on weekends too, because you need down time.
This is why the old adage of having someone count to ten or leave the situation until you have some time to think it over rationally. Often if you can remove the stressful moment into a different setting you can think much clearer
One reason would be to help the person relax and be able to be more positive and productive in the workplace. I know when I am stressed out, I get irritable and end up getting a headache with will lead me to not being productive because all I wanted to do then is to lay down. So it is best to relieve my stress before I get to the point where I get a headache.
Family and recreation can be the stress reliever you need. Preoccupation is natural when something happens that is a major trauma to you or your family. Think it through and make mental notes on what you will do when you act on the situation.
You can’t let it build up for long. I notice my performance drops way off and I am preoccupied. If it gets to bad its hard to recover. Leave work at work and save your free time for you and your family.
Exercise is a great mode of relief for most stress. Sometimes it is temporary in nature and what seems to have happened with you is that you have now learned to deal with the stress with better mind control. Stress with emotion is controlled with a mind set of being less reactive and more analytic to the issues at hand. Knee jerking on issues usually only heightens the stress. The best actions are where you can step back from it and take a look from a distance. It is like taking 10 deep breaths.
I have had job related stress that ultimately cause me anxiety problems. Exercise was a great way for me to release stress, and have made it commonplace in my lifestyle now. Anxieties have subsided although it took quite awhile to happen. It's best to deal with stress initally than let it fester for a long period of time.
Every successful will tell you they have had good people surrounding them. Good people reduce stress.
I believe one of the biggest influences is surrounding yourself with people that have and keep a positive attitude. I coach people all the time to seek out those that are happy with life, work etc. You are right staying positive is very hard sometimes but having those around you that you can lean on is key to getting though those stressful times.
Staying positive can be very hard sometimes. This is especially hard in an environment that breeds negative thoughts. Persistence is the key to a positive atmosphere. In time smiles and recognizing the positive more than the negative works in the long term.
I agree that sometimes stress can be so overwhelming that you can get lost in your own panic.
I have also found that others pick up on stressed individuals, even if they are trying their best to hide it. Smiling and having a friendly disposition (even when you don't want to) can keep peace in the workplace and lift your own spirits in the process.
The measure of what is to much stress is different with different people. It is important to know this level for yourself and not let yourself reach this point of diminishing returns. It is better to step back and take a second look with an agenda to achieve the goals necessary to accomplish. Stress can be a motivator or it can come to defeating you. You can defeat stress by knowing your symptoms of how much and to much stress you can endure.
What a nice depiction of people with no stress. Everyone is obviously different when it comes to stress and how you handle it. You did explain that you prioritize when things seem to be mounting. It is always good to prioritize even if the stress is not mounting. A clear mind with objectivity can reduce the stress but never diminish it completely. I often am motivated by the stess I feel to conquer the task. Remember to always have a balance between mental challenges, physical acitivity, spiritual and recreation.
I agree 100% that there stess can be good or bad, and this depends on my perception of that which is causing me stress. If I see it as an opportunity, it can be motivating. When there are more stressors than I feel I can manage at one time, then I can become overwhelmed and begin to see everything negatively. This is when the stess beocomes bad and I have to step back, re-focus, and prioritize.
In a class on I took once on stess management, the instructor showed a ppt slide of a graveyard with the head stones, grass, trees, etc. Everyone in the class wondered what this slide could have to do with the lesson or the course. Then the instructor said, "here are the only people on earth who have no stress". This made an excellent and profound point that, stress lets us know we are alive; that it is neither good nor bad! It is how we deal with it that makes it good or bad for us.
Too much stress creates an overwhelming feeling and outlook toward your work. It becomes difficult to focus on the task at hand. Releaving stress enables you to re-focus, and see everything from a more objective point of view.
In Dr. John Medina's book "Brain Rules" he considered the disposition of people and stress. Along with stress the learning environment can be enhanced by many of the attributes he has revealed in his book. Emotion from stress is a function of the part of the brain that may a reaction for different reasons. Survival and crisis has the highest level of stress and anxiety. Crisis managment is a good method of communicating to the employees there is a well thoughtout plan for responding to a crisis which lessens the stress and emotion.
Well, since one way to relieve stress is by talking with others about problems that concern you, this could be true. I've read that one of the key factors in centenarians' advanced age is surrounding themselves with friends.
To answer your question, I think it all depends on the person or their environment. A man or woman will be more stressed if living in an anxiety-prone environment. I also think that some people have a predisposition to become more anxious or stressed than others.
Congratulations! I have three boys and a daughter. Some the greatest joy I have had in my life has been the children we are blessed with.
It sounds like you are a very bright person with a great future. Positive thinking will get you where you want to go.
