How do I know if I suffer from work stress?

Key ideas to know how to detect work stress problems on a daily basis.

Do you know anyone who has never felt stress at work? Do the exercise of remembering the last time you suffered it. I am sure you will quickly be able to identify that moment.

We live in a society that lives faster and faster, and the work environment is not spared from this situation. Everything is yesterday. In fact, it is strange that within a work experience we feel happy with our work in a perennial way, since just the fact of working in many occasions makes us stay in states of alertness.

In this article I will show you how to identify what it is that makes us suffer from burnout syndrome and what to do to feel good again in our work environment.. For this, it is very important to know the difference between healthy stress (eustress), and work stress, also called burnout.

What is job stress?

Job stress or burnout syndrome refers to a state of extreme physical, mental and emotional exhaustion, to which a person arrives for his labor situation..

In other words, it is a stressful situation experienced in the workplace that is detrimental to the employee's lifestyle.

On January 1, 2022 the WHO already classifies burnout syndrome as a disease, and the International Labor Organization (ILO) estimates that 36% of employees are overworked.

Causes

The main trigger of burnout is derived from the worker's working conditions. The difference between burnout and stress is that stress can be positive (eustress)It can make us more effective, react better to adverse situations and be more adaptable, among others.

Burnout is a chronic work stress that makes it impossible to remain in a state of calm and tranquility. makes it impossible for us to remain in a state of calm and tranquility, besidesIt also paralyzes us both physically and psychologically, therefore, burnout is always something negative.

Triggering factors

Here is a list of some of the factors that can trigger burnout factors that can be triggers for the onset of burnout.

• Being subjected to high work pressure.
• Poor work/life balance.
• Lack of on-the-job training.
• The tasks to be performed are not established.
• Excessively long working hours.
• Poor working environment.
• Poor economic remuneration.
• Excessive workload.
• Uncertainty about the work to be performed.
• Very tight deadlines.
• Exposure to physical risks in the workplace.
• Lack of autonomy.
• Lack of support.
• Taking work home.

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Symptoms

Symptoms are classified in different groups depending on which human activities they affect. It is important to know that according to the Biological predisposition of each person will be more or less predisposed to each one of them. Below I classify them.

Psychological:

• Feeling of sadness.
• Lack of motivation.
• Concentration problems.
• Irritability.
• Short-term memory loss.
• Irrational fears.
• Lack of self-confidence.
• Generalized apathy.
• Continuous feelings of frustration.
• Bad mood.

Physical:

• Muscle aches and contractures.
• Excessive sweating, usually in hands and feet.
• Stomach problems (tummy ache, constipation, gastritis...).
• Hypertension problems.
• Tachycardia.
• Vomiting or nausea.
• Headaches.
• Sleep disturbances.
• Significant weight gain or loss.

Behavioral:

• Tendencies to stay up late or oversleep.
• Social withdrawal.
• Problems communicating with others.
• Absences at work.
• Eating changes.
• Predisposition to aggressive behavior.
• Incomprehension.
• Addictions to drugs, tobacco, alcohol, drugs, coffee...

Prevention

As you have been able to observe in the article, work stress can incapacitate us in our daily life. It is therefore necessary to know how to prevent it.

1. Job satisfaction

Ask yourself why you are not comfortable in your job and what you can do to change it. what you can do to change it.

2. Have a healthy lifestyle

Do physical exercise, have a good diet, practice relationship techniques and enjoy the day to day among others. will help you to extract all the stress that comes from your work..

3. Personal support

It is essential that you discuss your current situation with your closest friends and family; this will help you see things from a different perspective. will make you see things from a different perspective and they will give you support for those decisions that you have to take.

4. Work development

To feel in continuous labor development will prevent you from falling into the blockage of feeling stagnant at work and, therefore, we will avoid the lack of personal fulfillment that so much characterizes the burnout syndrome.

5. Control schedules

Do not overextend yourself in your working day.. Working longer hours on a specific day should not become a regular occurrence.

6. Do not demand too much of yourself

Reduce the number of parallel tasks.

If you live stressful situations in your work environment and you do not know how to manage them, from coaching and neurolinguistic programming (NLP), I can help you to reverse the situation and find your personal and work benefit.