The Impact Stress Creates Upon the Human Body
Judy Graves
Dr. Ad Muniz
Anthropology 370
December 4, 2012
The Impact Stress creates upon the Human Body
Introduction
Many issues and problems exist upon the world. One of the biggest ones we face on a daily basis is stress. There is no such thing as no stress. At some point throughout the day or even through the week, there is some stress that exists, regardless of what it may be or the cause of it. Stress can come from anything, whether it is confronted with a challenge at work, school, or even something unexpected within the family or friends. Stress can come from any thought or situation that changes your thought and feelings that may involve frustration, angry, nervous, or anxious. Depending on the amount of stress you come across with, it can lead to serious effects that may affect your mental and physical health. Physical, mental, emotional, and behavioral symptoms can arise from stress and unless it is well managed and under control, the tension and pressures will affect your performance. There are different ways in how to well manage stress and keeping it under control.
Stress in the Workplace For those who have a job, they will find themselves in stressful situations at times. It may lead into a decline in efficiency and productivity within the workplace and cause frustration. Those workers who tend to want to get it all done at once will find themselves pushing very hard and will cause them to show signs of stress without them realizing it. “A study out this past summer on job satisfaction from the Conference Board revealed that 63% of workers say they have high levels of stress at work, with extreme fatigue and feeling out of control,” (Davis-Laack 2012). Most organizations are well aware of the stresses that the workforce can bring upon employees and studies have been done to look into this matter and calculate statistics to make comparisons of the causes it brings. “One study even found people with this high-strain type of job to have
Dr. Ad Muniz
Anthropology 370
December 4, 2012
The Impact Stress creates upon the Human Body
Introduction
Many issues and problems exist upon the world. One of the biggest ones we face on a daily basis is stress. There is no such thing as no stress. At some point throughout the day or even through the week, there is some stress that exists, regardless of what it may be or the cause of it. Stress can come from anything, whether it is confronted with a challenge at work, school, or even something unexpected within the family or friends. Stress can come from any thought or situation that changes your thought and feelings that may involve frustration, angry, nervous, or anxious. Depending on the amount of stress you come across with, it can lead to serious effects that may affect your mental and physical health. Physical, mental, emotional, and behavioral symptoms can arise from stress and unless it is well managed and under control, the tension and pressures will affect your performance. There are different ways in how to well manage stress and keeping it under control.
Stress in the Workplace For those who have a job, they will find themselves in stressful situations at times. It may lead into a decline in efficiency and productivity within the workplace and cause frustration. Those workers who tend to want to get it all done at once will find themselves pushing very hard and will cause them to show signs of stress without them realizing it. “A study out this past summer on job satisfaction from the Conference Board revealed that 63% of workers say they have high levels of stress at work, with extreme fatigue and feeling out of control,” (Davis-Laack 2012). Most organizations are well aware of the stresses that the workforce can bring upon employees and studies have been done to look into this matter and calculate statistics to make comparisons of the causes it brings. “One study even found people with this high-strain type of job to have
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