Work Stress

Stress is “the adverse reaction people have to excessive pressures or other demands placed on them”, according to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). In 2010 approximately half a million people in the UK reported work-related stress at a level they believed was making them ill, and psychological problems including stress, are the underlying reason for one in five visits to a GP. Some pressure at work can be motivating, but when the pressures or demands become excessive it can lead to work-related stress. 

Typically:

• Negative or depressive feeling
• Disappointment with yourself
• Increased emotional reactions – more tearful or sensitive or aggressive
• Loneliness, withdrawn
• Loss of motivation commitment and confidence
• Mood swings (not behavioural)
• Confusion, indecision
• Can’t concentrate
• Poor memory
• Changes from your normal behaviour
• Changes in eating habits
• Increased smoking, drinking or drug taking ‘to cope’
• Changes in sleep patterns
• Twitchy, nervous behaviour
• Changes in attendance such as arriving later or taking more time off
• Struggling to concentrate
• Headaches
• Muscle tension and pain
• Stomach problems
• Sweating
• Feeling dizzy
• Bowel or bladder problems
• Breathlessness
• Dry mouth
• Sexual problems

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