Stress is invisible and has no quality, but it seriously affects health. It is even listed as one of the “four highs” along with the three highs. What’s even more frightening is that many people don’t know that they are under excessive work pressure, which affects their health over time. If you notice a decline in memory or poor sleep, it may be a sign of too much work pressure. How do you know how stressful your job is? Let’s share the following treatment days!
How do you know how stressful your job is?Answer 12 questions to check
Stress is invisible. How do you know how stressful your job is? The National Health Department’s “Health99.com” provides a work stress self-assessment form:
Have you been feeling nervous lately and feel like you never get enough work done? Have you been having trouble sleeping recently, often suffering from insomnia or poor sleep quality? Have you been feeling depressed, anxious, or irritable lately? Have you been forgetting things a lot lately and become very forgetful? Have you often felt bad about your appetite recently? Or have a particularly good appetite? Have you been sick more than once in the last six months? Have you often felt very tired recently and slept during holidays? Do you often feel headaches or back pain recently? Have you often disagreed with others recently? Have you been having trouble concentrating lately? Have you been feeling uncertain about the future lately? Sense of fear? Someone said you don’t look well lately?
Test result evaluation:
If you answer “yes” to 4 to 5 questions: You are under a lot of stress. Although you can barely cope with it, you must seriously learn stress management and talk more with mentors and friends. If you answer “yes” to 6 to 8 questions: You are under great pressure. See a mental health professional as soon as possible and receive systematic psychological treatment. If you answer “yes” to more than 9 questions: your stress is severe and you should see a psychiatrist. Medication and psychotherapy can be used according to the doctor’s prescription to help your life return to normal as soon as possible.
source:National Health Service
Psychology affects physiology! Thirst and muscle stiffness may be warning signs of excessive stress!
Foreign websites《Huffington Post》I once shared about strange psychological phenomena that affect physiology. If you find yourself experiencing these phenomena at work, it may be a warning sign of overload!
1. Muscle stiffness
If you find that the muscles in your neck and shoulders are tight, it may be because when you are tense, your muscles and nerves also react and become tight. For men, low back pain is a common sign of excessive stress; for women, it often occurs in the back.
2. Headache
When a person feels a lot of pressure, a dull soreness will occur in the head. Although some over-the-counter painkillers can help relieve the pain, if you don’t want to take medicine for a long time and cause health concerns, it is recommended to meditate. , yoga to relieve headaches caused by stress.
3. Feel thirsty
Many people don’t know that stress can also trigger thirst! This is because when people are stressed, the adrenal glands secrete large amounts of stress hormones in response to short-term emergencies. If the stress lasts for a long time, it may lead to “adrenal fatigue”, in which a large amount of electrolytes in the blood and the nervous system are destroyed. The surge of cortisol is destroyed and you feel thirsty.
4. Hair loss
If there is severe hair loss, or even partial hair loss (baldness), and it lasts for a long time, it is recommended to seek medical treatment as soon as possible. The hair loss may be caused by stress.
5. Rapid changes in weight
Temporary weight fluctuations are normal, but if you notice a rapid increase or decrease in weight in a short period of time, it may be caused by stress; this may be a change in appetite caused by stress, making your weight heavier or lighter.
Further reading:Hidden stress increases the risk of obesity and chronic diseases!Doctor: The secretion of the “stress hormone” cortisol must be balanced
How to cope with work pressure?
The Taipei City Government Health Bureau provides 5 suggestions:
Have the courage to accept challenges. If you can improve your skills as much as possible, manage your time well, and strengthen work efficiency, you will naturally be able to cope with changes or requirements at work. Even when you are dissatisfied with the working environment, you will have the opportunity to change bad things. environment or changing environment. When the environment is not very changeable or there is a bottleneck in your abilities that you cannot break through for a long time, you might as well adjust your expectations or change your original focus for the time being, and let yourself learn to at least not panic or get frustrated in the current situation. Because this will affect your performance or your future physical, mental and career development, you might as well find more people to discuss, talk and share with each other, so as to keep the green hills and not worry about running out of firewood. Learn to maintain a flexible and non-attached attitude towards life. No matter which attitude or method you decide to use to deal with your stress, it is worth giving it a try, and if it really doesn’t work, don’t forget You can flexibly change your response strategies or original choices. Manage your lifestyle, including: sleep, diet, exercise, leisure, relaxation, daily routine, etc. Good lifestyle management can give you sufficient physical, mental, and mental strength to cope with stress and emotional challenges. Establish some interpersonal and social welfare resources. Good friends and colleagues will not fall from the sky temporarily and need to be managed on a regular basis. If we get along well, we can deepen our friendship. If we can’t get along well, we should at least aim to complete work tasks together.
Tips for healing days
The above work stress self-assessment form is only a preliminary and simple judgment. If you find that memory loss is not caused by work stress, but by brain degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, it is best to go to the hospital for a detailed examination to avoid misjudgment. Delay in seeking medical attention.
Please also pay attention to the treatment date:Lack of physical strength and memory loss are signs of aging! What are the health problems at age 60?
Have a good chat to heal your healthy life
source:National Health Service、Taipei City Government Health Bureau
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2023-09-15 02:25:45
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