How to Handle Stress at Work

Stress can be good because it motivates you to work quickly. However, when it makes you ill or unable to concentrate, it's a bad thing. If you find work overwhelming and you feel like your job is taking over your life, you need to get control and keep work at the office. Follow these tips to handle stress at work.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

1. Use basic stress coping techniques like deep breathing. Take the time to relax, breathe deeply and let the stress wash over you.
2. Exercise regularly. Exercise releases endorphins making you feel happier and healthier. You can also work off negative feelings and anger.
3. Assess the situation. See if you can find ways to reduce the stress. Pass part of the work to someone else. Ask for help.
4. Make time for yourself. If you work all the time, you will lose the other parts of yourself. Take a break and do something fun. You will find you have more energy when you return to the job.
5. Be realistic. Only do what you can do. If you are taking work home every day, you are doing too much. Work is only part of your life. Make time for the other parts. Take control of your life. You need a healthy balance between work and home life.
6. Talk to other people. Communicate with co-workers and other people in your life. Talking releases stress; sometimes other people can offer solutions you didn't think of yourself.
7. Deal with workplace bullies and negative co-workers. You don't want the actions of others to add unnecessary stress to your own life.

Tips & Warnings

• Stress can seriously harm your health.