Reducing stress at your job
More and more people feel stress at their workplace. More and more people have difficulty dealing with this stress. Of course, they need the money they earn at that job. But anyone who feels stress from their job should try to find a way to avoid, minimize, or release this stress after work.

Distinguish positive from negative stress

  1. Positive stress This means the stress, the pressure, that we can handle with only little effort. Even though the body reacts with the same stress symptoms as with negative stress, positive stress puts no lasting strain on the body or the mind. On the contrary, because of the feeling of being able to achieve something great, you might even push yourself harder. So it increases the stress. Reaching the goal is almost predictable.

  2. Negative stress This stress, on the other hand, arises when uncertainties emerge in the task. Uncertainty about whether you're up to the job, whether you're doing everything right. This gives you a heavy feeling, as if you're pressed to the ground. Over the long term, it leads to physical and/or psychological disorders.

How can you deal with stress?

It is certainly understandable to everyone that changing jobs is only the final solution to the whole problem. Before that, of course, you should try to learn to reduce stress at your job.

A. Can't you simply take regular breaks at work? They don't always have to be long breaks. But if you take a five- to ten-minute break every 1 - 2 hours, during which you can get some fresh air, for example, you have the chance to switch off the current stress for the moment. Afterward you can start fresh.

B. Even if it doesn't seem easy, it's important to find your own rhythm. Your own pace at work, your own way of doing things. Of course this should stay within company protocol, but please at your own pace.

C. The victim role belongs to someone else. Even if it sounds harsh, nobody should see themselves as a victim. Even when the situation sometimes demands it, you should always try to stay objective toward the situation. That way it's possible to keep control. Whoever has control can also reduce stress at their job.

D. Avoiding stress through better planning - a big undertaking needs planning. The bigger a project, the better the planning should be. If the undertaking begins in disorder and chaos, the stress level will also rise sharply. But it doesn't have to be that way.

E. Evening rituals are a blessing and should be built into everyone's evening plans. Whatever you enjoy can be done to relieve stress - meditation, dancing, exercise, a regular visit to the sauna, singing in a choir, and so much more is conceivable for relieving stress. You can of course try out a few things. You can pick a different stress killer for every evening. But not too many, because private and social stress can also have a negative effect on the body.