Stress management has become a major concern for many. Here we take the help of Dr. Venkatesh BabuG M, Consultant Psychiatrist, Department of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences at the Fortis Hospitals, Bangalore, to figure out ways to score a perfect work-life balance and ways to manage work stress and keep it off your personal life.
A mental or bodily unrest caused by any physical, chemical or emotional factor is termed stress. It not only affects our mood but our physical health as well. While eliminating stress from our life seems almost impossible, dealing with it is, however, more realistic when proper strategies are inculcated. These set of strategies or techniques are well described as stress management.
Stress Management helps in bringing changes in our life if we are going through a constant stressful situation by controlling a person’s level of stress for maintaining everyday functioning. It helps in reducing blood pressure, heart disease, digestive problems or any other physical ailments.
Effects of Stress:
There are numerous physical and emotional disorders caused by stress. Depression, anxiety, heart attacks, stroke, hypertension, immune system disturbances that increase susceptibility to infections, a host of viral linked disorders ranging from the common cold and herpes to AIDS and certain cancers, as well as autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis. In addition, stress can have direct effects on the skin and can contribute to insomnia and degenerative neurological disorders like Parkinson’s disease.
The side effect of stress causes the tension to prevail even after getting back from the workplace. However a psychological detachment is necessary to make a mental break from the job
How to switch off job stress at home?
After a long day at work, we tend to bring the work stress home, taking it out on our family members allowing it to become home stress at the expense of our relationships and health. Stress management can help keep our professional life away from home. Adapting to the above-mentioned techniques can help segregate work with personal space thereby maintaining peace and to keep ourselves away from various diseases.
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