Stress Management

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 Stress Management is an important part of daily living for everyone.
We all need stress in order to survive.
Teams need it to perform well,
and in the right doses,
it can be very healthy, or even enjoyable.
However, when stress becomes excessive it can be very damaging. It can harm:

1>health
2>happiness
3>work performance
4>team spirit and co-operation
5>relationships
6>personal development
7>Stress management involves, at the simplest level


how to HANDLE stress

 recognising the symptoms of stress
identifying the causes
taking action to address the causes and thereby reduce the symptoms
where necessary, taking interim steps to relieve the symptoms until the underlying causes have been addressed.
With the pressure of modern life, it is easy to fall into the trap of neglecting steps 2 and 3. That is, only relieving the symptoms. It is important to recognise and address the underlying causes of stress, or else the experience of stress will never go away.
For example, suppose 'overwork' is causing stress, which is resulting in headaches. If you only address the symptoms (eg: by taking pain killers to reduce the headaches), the stress remains, and the headaches will return. However, if you can restructure your work demands so that you are not overworked, the headaches will then disappear without the need for pain killers.

A further complication can arise in that some symptoms may be 'learned', and therefore removal of the underlying causes may not relieve the symptoms. For example, in the overwork example, the headaches might continue long after the problem of overwork has been addressed.


What are the signs of stress?
The symptoms of stress are many and varied, such as:
irritability
headaches
illness (particularly at weekends or during holidays)
insomnia
tiredness/lethargy
and many more....
Sometimes, you can be experiencing stress but your mind and body are so good at hiding it from you that you are unaware of it. In such cases the symptoms might be more subtle and therefore difficult to recognise, such as:

working endlessly without tiring
having little feeling or emotion (except the occasional outburst of anger)
increased use of alcohol, caffeine, cigarettes or other drugs (which may suppress feelings of stress)
behaviour that is 'out of character'
an inability to relax
If you are under a lot of stress for a prolonged period of time, but do not feel stressed, eventually it may catch up with you and cause more serious symptoms, such as:

stomach ulcers
heart problems
minor illness (allergies, skin disorders, migraine)
serious illness (eg: arthritis, cancer, diabetes)
mental problems (eg: depression)
There may be cultural or social pressure to 'be strong'. Perhaps the employment culture is such that to acknowledge that you are under stress is interpreted as a sign of weakness and could be damaging to your career prospects. If this is the case, you may be tempted to suppress your feelings of stress - which leads to a strategy of stress denial rather than stress management.

Most people experience a significant period of stress or depression during their lives. To feel stressed at various times is to be normal.  If you think the stress may be excessive and you need help, then consult a suitably qualified professional (such as your doctor or a counsellor).

The impact of excessive stress on teamwork is also harmful, and it can damage:

individual work performance
team performance
working relationships
cooperation between team members
team spirit
The more effort team members have to expend in managing their own stress, the less they have to contribute to teamwork and mutual support.

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backchat  says:
11 months ago

Great outline of stress. Quite right in saying that you need to identify and then remove the cause of stress. Sometimes just identifying the cause is a long to resolving the problem.

When you are under stress the body takes on these aggravated patterns as "normal". In this case if the stressor is removed the body may still remember the aggraveated pattern so therefore the symptoms (eg headaches, irritability) remain. So retraining the body's programme is also important. A holistic therapy like chiropractic may help with this by "retraining" the body, brain and nervous system to work together stress may be more easily overcome. Your body affects your brain and mind and vice versa

Rose  says:
6 months ago

Stress is the effect of many causes. Persons can suffer from stress and not know the cause. Here are just a few of the causes that affect people:

feeling aloneconstantly worryinglack motivation and energylack purpose in lifedepressed for no apparent reasonunable to focus or concentratememory problemsconcerned about economy or financesobsessive thoughts

When you start suffering from stress, it's important to determine the cause of your stress so that you can find ways to manage your stress. Your health is at risk if you fail to react to the warning signs stress is sending your body. You must manage life stress -- Rose @ http://www.managelifestress.com.

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