(From Evil Erin)
Stress is labeled as the "invisible killer." Most premature deaths in the US are caused by stress and half are work related. According to my family doctor stress will cause changes in your heart rate, metabolism, blood-pressure levels, and activity resulting from an increase in adrenaline and cortisol hormones. Stress can be extremely damaging to you in the long run resulting in phobias, mood swings, panic attacks, sleeping disorder, alcoholism, drugs, and can mimic a heart attack.
My doctor further explained that stress will cause you to lose your ability to make sound decisions which can affect your family, children, marriage, company, career, education and your health. Understand that we can't live a stress free life, but we can learn to minimize stress and know the symptoms.
I reearched various symptoms of stress and found these in common - fatigue, insomnia, headache, skin rashes, anxiety, overeating, loss of appetite, looking disheveled, or poor concentration. Learn to beat stress!
One thing I stopped doing years ago was to take home work from my job. I do understand that there are exceptions as in the case of occasionally meeting a project deadline. I am talking about taking work home on a regularly basis when this could be left for another day or delegated to an employee. Avoid routinely working late and going in when not needed on the weekend. Other things to consider to relieve stress is to exercise regularly, take a walk sometimes, get involved in your community and other social networking groups, go shopping, or treat yourself to a massage and so forth. It is ok to tell your boss that you are stressed and need some time off, or start delegating more, take short walks from the office. Sometimes we are hard on ourselves when things don't go the way we anticipate so we focus more on the negative than the positive. We constantly blame ourselves and dive into more unnecessary tasks. This can cause stress! You are damaging yourself both physically and emotionally.
Listen to what your body is telling you! Relax!
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