Work, Stress and Mental Health
Work plays a central role in most people's lives and it is for that reason that the workplace must be one of the most carefully monitored keys to maintaining our mental health. Corporations understand the need for good healthcare for their employees and have even brought in workout equipment, trainers, nutritionists and relaxation experts to help stem the rising cost of employee healthcare. It's a win-win situation when both the employer and the employee realize the gains.
Besides all the programs, where can you find solutions to stress in your workplace? How about spending some time with co-workers and each of you offering support and helpful solutions? Anyone who is currently experiencing high levels of stress needs to understand that they're not alone and they have supportive people around them.
Where do supervisors fit in? Employee Assistance counselors offer both individual help as well as providing programs to teach relaxation and stress-reduction techniques. All employees should be encouraged to take advantage of whichever one is most helpful for them.
What about offering, or requesting if you're an employee, a more flexible schedule where you can keep appointments for mental health or outside appointments with trainers or just to be able to come in late one morning a week and work a bit later on the other days to make up for this? I know many companies that have this flextime arrangement and employees not only enjoy this added freedom, but their attitude toward the company changes. It is this change in outlook at help the corporate environment as well as the bottom line.
Rigid gets us nowhere in terms of our mental health. Even redwood knows they have to bend a bit with the wind in order to survive.
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Besides all the programs, where can you find solutions to stress in your workplace? How about spending some time with co-workers and each of you offering support and helpful solutions? Anyone who is currently experiencing high levels of stress needs to understand that they're not alone and they have supportive people around them.
Where do supervisors fit in? Employee Assistance counselors offer both individual help as well as providing programs to teach relaxation and stress-reduction techniques. All employees should be encouraged to take advantage of whichever one is most helpful for them.
What about offering, or requesting if you're an employee, a more flexible schedule where you can keep appointments for mental health or outside appointments with trainers or just to be able to come in late one morning a week and work a bit later on the other days to make up for this? I know many companies that have this flextime arrangement and employees not only enjoy this added freedom, but their attitude toward the company changes. It is this change in outlook at help the corporate environment as well as the bottom line.
Rigid gets us nowhere in terms of our mental health. Even redwood knows they have to bend a bit with the wind in order to survive.
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Technorati Tags: health, stress, happiness, work, balance
6 Comments:
I found that the breathing exercises I was taught by my physician and leaving the job behind helped me intensely. I have changed jobs and am exercising and watching how and what I eat. All these factors have affected my stress level. I also am taking medicationfor my depression-which helps.
Yes...if only the Management wants to address the issue of work stress...
The root of the stress of 95% of the staff is from the HR Department !
There is no hope ...
STRESS IN MY JOB COMES AND GOES IN WAVES. MY HR PEOPLE CHANGED MY SCHEDULE TO BE LESS ACCOMADATING WHEN IT CAME TO SEEING A COUNSELOR TIL I FINALLY HAD NO SICK TIME LEFT TO SEE ONE. I INSTEAD SEE MY PSYCHARITIST EVERY 3 MONTHS WHICH I PUT IN A MONTH IN ADVANCE TO BE ABLE TO GET IT OFF AT THE LATEST TIME POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON. MY BIG ISSUE LATELY HAS BEEN NOISE. AT HOME IT BOTHERS ME I GO TO MY ROOM, AT WORK THOUGH I WORK BEHIND A MOTOR MOUTH LOUD LOUD LOUD GIRL. SHE WILL NOT KEEP IT DOWN, CONSIDERES IT AN INSULT. HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THAT . I ALREADY COME IN 1 AND 1/2 EARLIER THAN HER TO COMPANSATE FOR IT BUT I STILL WISH SHE WOULD JUST SHUT UP AND DO HER JOB. ANYONE ELSE HAVE THESE NOISE ISSUES??? HOW DO YOU HANDLE IT???
im not sure if the symptoms im dealing w/ is a stress symptoms.Im having pain in my shoulders for like a day then the next day im gonna have the pain in my wrist and after another day the pain move down to my right foot then vice versa but mostly the pain targets my shoulder or wrist.And also if i dont have a pain in those area's im gonna have a stomach pain. I was thingking that it is stress. So Please let me know if those kind of symptoms is a stress symptoms, and before i forget im sleeping late like 2-4am all the time.Im trying to sleep around 11 or 12pm but i cant sleep.I really need to know...thanks...
How do you handle a director who is an "Uncle Tom" and has issues with older white women who don't kiss his ass?
How do you handle a labor relations specialist who talks out of both sides of her mouth?
How do you handle a stupidvisor who adheres to the "Peter Principle" because that is how she was promoted to her current position?
How do you handle it when you are told to talk to labor relations, but then labor relations is so "pro-company" that nothing is done?
Annual EEO training is a joke.
Most of the people I work with don't even care about the problems I'm going through. They'd rather joke about trying to get my Rx medications from me than ask how I'm doing. I also have the problem of the "Loud mouth girl." But this chick isn't a "girl" so to say, she's an old lady, that's stuck in her ways and won't shut her mouth if her life depended on it. It's very annoying and usually she talks about religion @ work.
Also, to the other anonymous, if you are on a "schedule" of what is hurting, then it could very well be stress related symptoms. You're body can do crazy things to you. The breathing exercises really don't work too much for me. It usually helps me to just take my dog for a nice slow walk with my husband.
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