Occupational Stress Management

							Title:
Occupational Stress Management

Word Count:
529

Summary:
There are many people in the world
who can not stand where they work.
Their occupation causes them no end
 of stress and can leave them strug
gling to get to sleep at night. The
re are also many days taken off sic
k through stress related illnesses.
 It is now time for people to deal
with these issues and to start to r
eact in a more positive and proacti
ve way.


Keywords:
stress, stressed, work, health, emp
loyees, energy, job, occupation, af
ford, saved, money, company


Article Body:
There are many people in the world
who can not stand where they work.
Their occupation causes them no end
 of stress and can leave them strug
gling to get to sleep at night. The
re are also many days taken off sic
k through stress related illnesses.
 It is now time for people to deal
with these issues and to start to r
eact in a more positive and proacti
ve way.

In the past I have worked for compa
nies whose employees have made my l
ife unbearable. These so called col
leagues were very bitchy, hanged ar
ound in various clans and would sta
b people in the back at regular int
ervals. At times I would even dread
 going to work and would feel sick
whilst travelling to my office.

I would return home feeling very dr
ained and would have little energy
to do anything in the evenings. I w
ould then decide to go to bed early
 but would basically just lay their
 worrying about the next day. This
could last for hours on end and at
times would last all of the night.

I have read that plenty of sleep is
 a good way at reducing levels of s
tress, the question is, how does on
e get to sleep in the first place?
When I did have the energy to socia
lise with family or friends, the fe
ar of going to work would end up ru
ining the night and would stop me f
rom enjoying myself. I felt sorry f
or the people I was with and hoped
that I did not ruin their night as
well.

For whatever reason I did not have
the confidence to tell people about
 the problems I had and kept it bot
tled up to myself. This I now reali
se was a mistake and I have since l
earnt to talk about any issues that
 I have.

For all the stress I had to endure,
 I certainly was not paid enough. T
he people who I worked with, includ
ing the team leaders, did not treat
 me with as much respect as I felt
I deserved. This period was a very
unhappy stage of my life and my hea
lth started to become affected.

I wanted to leave this company a lo
t earlier than the time that I even
tually did, the problem was that I
did not feel that I could afford to
. I decided to save up enough money
 over a period of about six months
so that I could then make my escape
. At the same time I started to loo
k at finding alternative work and t
hought long and hard about which ca
reer path I wanted to take.

On the day that I left this job, I
will never forget my journey home.
I could not stop smiling, I was so
relieved that this nightmare was ov
er once and for all.

I am happy to let you know that I h
ave not found myself in a similar s
ituation since. There may well be a
 time in the future of course when
I do and if this ever happens to me
 again I am determined to leave a l
ot quicker than I did before. Life
is to short to spend living in the
way that I had.