The last "outside" job I had had started out really well, but degenerated into a stressful ordeal. I begin to have alot of trouble sleeping; I'd dream about working, and then wake up, and then I'd stew for awhile until I could drift back off. Work, with it or without it, can really mess up your sleep!
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Mental and Emotional Health Neglected?
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There are some great ideas already listed. The thing is, when things are truly tough, it's hard for most people to get their minds off of what's going wrong (like with the economy, money is pretty much always on their mind). Even with trying to find peace-invoking activities, it can be frustrating to really relax.
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There are some great ideas already listed. The thing is, when things are truly tough, it's hard for most people to get their minds off of what's going wrong (like with the economy, money is pretty much always on their mind). Even with trying to find peace-invoking activities, it can be frustrating to really relax.
I keep hearing that humans weren't meant to live under constant stress, but are built for short bursts of stress followed wiith longer times of relaxed activity.
Do you think doctors will start telling folks they should leave their jobs if the stresses become to great?
Ther was a time when doctors did that, but they stopped.
I keep hearing that humans weren't meant to live under constant stress, but are built for short bursts of stress followed wiith longer times of relaxed activity.
Do you think doctors will start telling folks they should leave their jobs if the stresses become to great?
Ther was a time when doctors did that, but they stopped.
That's the "flight or fight" instinct built into humans, isn't it, SageMother. It is only supposed to manifest in moments of high stress, but people now feel so much prolonged stress that this instinct is nearly a permanent condition. That's why high, prolonged stress is bad for people, I believe.
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I wonder how much of the stress many feel is actually necessary and how much is imagined or self created due to a high demand for wants and because so many seem to think that they are supposed to be under stress.
Our society runs on the need for more, and has to keep finding ways to stimulate the anxiety that leads people to spend money to get more.
Problem is, some of that more is demanded of you at a job that controls basic needs like food, clothing, and housing.
It's a mistake to think that all of the anxiety is the product of frivolous desire.
It's a mistake to think that all of the anxiety is the product of frivolous desire.
Very true statement. I know a few people who, to the rest of the world looking in at least, seem to have "perfect" lives. Love their jobs, great kids, loving family, strong in beliefs, etc. and anxiety is still a horrible problem.
I do think that often "anxiety" is almost a ... I'll call it a "designer illness" that's in style because everyone else has it, so why not... but that's very different from the actual disorder that doesn't necessarily have much rhyme or reason.
