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Stress Management
Stress can be both positive and negative. As a positive influence, stress can motivate individuals into action and help you to increase productivity levels. As a negative influence, feeling stressed can have the opposite effect and can lead to adverse physical symptoms. Each person has a different stress threshold and what is stressful to one person may be exciting to another, and vice versa.
Stress can occur in different areas of our lives, such as work or our personal lives. Stress is one of the main causes of absence from work and research suggests that about three quarters of a million people in the UK experience work-related stress that they believe is making them ill.
Personal changes such as the birth of a child, a relationship or bereavement after the loss of a loved one can cause stress as individuals adjust to changes. Negative stress occurs when an individual feels they cannot cope and feel overwhelmed by a situation they might find themselves in at any given time. The need for stress management is imperative at this stage to help with stress levels.
If you are stressed you may have emotional, physical and mental symptoms which may benefit from some form of help, advice or stress management coaching. These stress symptoms may include but are not limited to:
Emotional:
• depression
• irritability
• low moods
• anxiety.
Physical:
• headaches
• fatigue
• nausea
• pounding heart
• insomnia.
Mental:
• loss of concentration
• negative thoughts
• lack of interest
• poor judgement.
Stress management and the ability to de-stress is therefore important, and although stress cannot be eliminated completely (as it’s a natural response), it can often be effectively managed.
