{"id":1567,"date":"2020-01-02T15:31:27","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T15:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebodymatters.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1567"},"modified":"2021-09-24T14:57:37","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T13:57:37","slug":"work-related-stress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebodymatters.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/01\/work-related-stress\/","title":{"rendered":"Work-Related Stress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Going in to work is hard for many people and having had a holiday full of seasonal cheer may not make it any easier.<\/p>\n<p>Work-related stress has been estimated to have an annual cost of \u00a35.2 billion in Great Britain &#8211; a burden to individuals, businesses and the government.<\/p>\n<p>The HSE (Health and Safety Executive) defines stress as \u2018the adverse reaction people have to excessive pressures or other types of demand placed on them\u2019, and makes clear that this is very different from any motivating \u2018buzz\u2019 that people may get when work is busy.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst good employers may have systems in place involving planning of work tasks, training and support, this is sadly not always the case \u2013 leading to accidents, high levels of staff absence, high staff turnover, human errors and perhaps, contributing to the UK\u2019s low level of productivity compared to other nations.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly the HSE has a list of \u2018Common stress factors\u2019. This consists of various questions \u2013 to which a \u2018Yes\u2019 response may indicate a work-related stressor.<\/p>\n<p>These questions include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are you issued with mobile equipment that makes you contactable out of normal working hours?<\/li>\n<li>Do customers (think they) have a right to the service, benefit or product?<\/li>\n<li>Is the role vocational e.g. nurse, doctor or teacher?<\/li>\n<li>Are pay rises linked to performance\/attendance?<\/li>\n<li>Are you imposing the service on customers?<\/li>\n<li>Are changes imposed on the worker by outside regional or national bodies, authorities or \u2018headquarters\u2019?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mind has some excellent tips for coping with stress at work \u2013 including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Not letting your life be work \u2013 by developing outside relationships, interests and skills.<\/li>\n<li>Taking time off \u2013 ensuring use of holidays that you are entitled to.<\/li>\n<li>Developing good relationships with colleagues.<\/li>\n<li>Developing end of day habits \u2013 such as making lists of things to do the following day or tidying one\u2019s desk. These can help one switch off from work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>January can be a difficult month for many people. Talking therapies, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebodymatters.co.uk\/services\/brainworking-recursive-therapy.html\">BWRT<\/a>, can help people to find the resources and resilience to cope with the challenges that life throws our way.<\/p>\n<p><strong data-rich-text-format-boundary=\"true\">To arrange a free 30-minute consultation to discuss how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebodymatters.co.uk\/services\/brainworking-recursive-therapy.html\">BWRT\u00ae<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebodymatters.co.uk\/services\/hypnotherapy.html\">hypnotherapy<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebodymatters.co.uk\/telephone-online-counselling.html\">counselling<\/a> can help you to change your life for the better, contact Jonathan at The Body Matters on 01702 714968.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Going in to work is hard for many people and having had a holiday full of seasonal cheer may not make it any easier.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn-primary m-posts-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebodymatters.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/01\/work-related-stress\/\" title=\"Read more\">Read more <em class=\"iconfont-logo-arrow\"><\/em><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[169,268,28,334],"class_list":["post-1567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psychotherapy","tag-bwrt","tag-psychology","tag-stress","tag-work"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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