Stress: The inevitable

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What causes stress?

Money: A popular saying goes, "If a man will not work, he shall not eat." Money is essential to survive. It's how we can afford certain pleasures of life or otherwise. It, however, is never enough because human needs are insatiable. Not having enough money to take care of essential needs is one of the major cause of stress around the world.

Being under a lot of pressure or work overload: Having too much work is known to cause stress. It's common for companies or employers to overload their staff with a lot of work in a bid to "reduce cost and optimize profit." This might work for a little while but the resulting effect is a reduction in efficiency or staff or high staff turnover.

Facing discrimination or harassment at work

Changes in the external environment: This can be explained using PESTEL Analysis. Changes outside your control have effects on activities you are involved in and cause favourable or unfavourable impact.

Underlying medical conditions

Traumatic event, such as a natural disaster, pandemic, theft or rape: The COVID-19 pandemic is a typical example. It stressed a lot of individuals and companies. Questions about survival, the long-term impact on lives, companies, the economy, socio-economic environment and other areas were raised.

Unrealistic expectations: No one is perfect. If you expect perfection at all times, you are bound to feel stressed as it is an impossible feat.

Big changes

Social discrimination

How to deal with Stress

A few of the ways to destress are:

Acknowledge that it is real and inevitable.

Speaking about what stresses you to friends, family or even a therapist.

Exercise and eat well.

Don't take on too much work. Delegate when you can.

Don't overthink. Some things are beyond your control.

Create a work-life balance strategy

Managing your stress can make a real difference to your health, both physical and mental health. It's therefore imperative to be conscious about the causes of stress that we face and act on them.

Stress: The inevitable

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