Are you experiencing stress?
Stress symptoms
Have you been experiencing one or more of the following symptoms?
- Depressed Mood
- Irritability
- Difficulty concentrating
- Poor decision making
- Headaches
- Insomnia
- Worry and Anxiety
- Excessive drinking
- Planning deteriorates
- Miscellaneous minor illness
- Skin disorders
- Constant colds
- Asthma
- Back and chest pains
- Menstrual difficulties
Typical symptoms of anxiety, stress and depression include:
- a sense of isolation
- loss of confidence or low self-esteem
- changes in sleeping and eating habits
- a lack of concentration
- tearfulness
- higher consumption of alcohol or tobacco
- detachment from family and friends.
Stress can be caused by many factors – personal or in your working life. Work-related stress is the second biggest occupational health problem in the UK (after back problems). Situations that can lead to stress at work include:
- Poor relationships with colleagues
- an unsupportive boss
- Lack of consultation and communication
- Too much interference with your private, social or family life
- Too much or too little to do
- Too much pressure, with unrealistic deadlines
- Work that's too difficult or not demanding enough
- Lack of control over the way the work is done
- Poor working conditions
- Being in the wrong job
- Feeling undervalued
- Insecurity and the threat of unemployment
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