Four Ways to Dispel Stress
- Take time away. Taking short breaks and physically moving away from a stressful situation may help reduce stress quickly. Some fresh air never hurts.
- Talk it over with someone. Talking to someone you feel comfortable with about stressful situations may help to let off some steam.
- Connect with others at work. Maintaining friendships with coworkers is a great way to offer support when they are in need as well.
- Look for humor in the situation. Don't take things too seriously, find appropriate ways to lighten the mood in times of stressful situations.
A few statistics
- 40% of workers reported their job was very or extremely stressful
- 25% view their jobs as the number one stressor in their lives
- Three fourths of employees believe that workers have more on-the-job stress than a generation ago
- 29% of workers felt quite a bit or extremely stressed at work
- 26 percent of workers said they were “often or very often burned out or stressed by their work”
- Job stress is more strongly associated with health complaints than financial or family problems.
- 80% of workers feel stress on the job, nearly half say they need help in learning how to manage stress and 42% say their coworkers need such help
- 14% of respondents had felt like striking a coworker in the past year, but didn’t
- 25% have felt like screaming or shouting because of job stress, 10% are concerned about an individual at work they fear could become violent
- 9% are aware of an assault or violent act in their workplace and 18% had experienced some sort of threat or verbal intimidation in the past year