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Work stress does not kill, but it unleashes all the factors of physical and psychological risks that could cause death. Maybe not instantly, but stress reactions should not be taken as something that is cured with a pill, or a soothing massage. Before knowing how to counter stress, know what the causes and symptoms of stress at work, then take the necessary corrective for your life, and certainly the people around you-whether paradise welfare, or in simple words, to be happy.
Occupational stress is a key element in occupational medicine what is known as' psycho-social risk. " According to the doctor Juan Vicente Conde * , there are five major factors where stress originates at work, related to the person about themselves, others strictly with their environment.
1. Shortcomings in the structure of the organization. have to see how the organization is structured and communication gaps that exist in their units, difficulties at the horizontal level or vertical among workers. Is there good communication with your boss, your colleagues or the team that it is responsible? That is the starting point for problems.
2. Opportunities for professional development. When there is no means for advancement and promotion, which ends in a terrible sense of career stagnation.
3. The functions. When assignments are not precise and create doubts and conflicts in their performance.
4. The task performed. is generated when there is a lot of pressure overload work (to do many things), qualitative or quantitative. The opposite is true also in cases where the work is so little or nothing according to their abilities, and feels underused. Also, when there is excessive competition among workers.
5. Workday. could be stressful when you have to work overtime, at night or in very long shifts that alter the rate of relaxation.
These five points is where, in short, it creates tension, anxiety expressed as pressure or stress. What are the symptoms then obvious? psychological level there is job dissatisfaction, which results in absences, delays and failures in their duties. There is also the emotional exhaustion, when "no longer able to immediately identify its role," said Dr. Conde, and there are several types of alterations as
- Emotional bad family relations, disorders in social life.
- Cognitive: which lead to mistakes such as writing 12 instead of 21. Poor concentration, memory problems,
- Behavior: irritability, delay, frustration, negativity.
- Cognitive: which lead to mistakes such as writing 12 instead of 21. Poor concentration, memory problems,
- Behavior: irritability, delay, frustration, negativity.
Physically stronger symptoms work stress triggers are the digestive system, an organ than has abnormalities such as gastritis and irritable colon. Also present cutaneous pathologies such as dermatitis and even hair loss. Other symptoms include muscle tension, spasms, headaches, neck aches, sweaty palms, no energy, bad breath, sleep variable.
Conde According to the doctor, there conditions extreme stress as the "burnout" and "Karoshi", two extreme cases that mean "cast" or death at work. These pictures of stress are very difficult to handle and are linked to disorders such as depression, isolation and anxiety.
How to counteract stress?
In occupational health there are three levels to tackle stress. Primary production in diagnosing the problem or situation that causes stress and organize working groups to address specific difficulties. According to Conde, problems such as lack of communication, highly competitive and bad relationships must finish the work redesign and change the work environment.
secondary production in the reviewed subjects like sexual harassment or that are related mostly to absenteeism. The last level is the most critical cases of stress, where the complication and not reviewed at group level but individual and should be handled by specialists as a psychologist or psychiatrist.
What can you do to counter you? Wired magazine in an article on research by Robert Sapolsky to find a vaccine against stress , mentioned seven ways to reduce stress with science:
- Make friends
- Get enough sleep
- No fighting
- Meditate
- Face your fears
- Drinking in moderation
- pressed not to exercise
- Get enough sleep
- No fighting
- Meditate
- Face your fears
- Drinking in moderation
- pressed not to exercise
Other habits that certainly has heard but no one gets tired of mentioning: eating fruits (berries), vegetables (broccoli), fruits nuts, fish, pasta, milk and cereals, in combination with healthy activities that make you feel good as traveling for pleasure, out of the routine, dance ...
At work, it is important to take into account issues such as discipline, order and organization of work. "Do not start all the time but start and finish, very good plan," advises Conde.
* Juan Vicente Conde is a surgeon at the University of Rosario, with postgraduate training in Occupational Health at the University of Antioquia in the National School of Public Health. Now part of the Editorial Board of Health of El Tiempo .
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