Stress In The Workplace :: Workplace Health and Safety

1. In todays fast paced Air Force, it is very common to hear someone in an office saying "Im so melodyed out". With the big drawdown of personnel in all the armed forces, the Air Force wasno exception. We were forced to do more with less. So for this one reason, it is likely thatyou will find stress is prevalent in the workplace. Because different batch respond differentlyto the same type of stress, some people seem to cope better than others (14). When dealing with computers, the trick is finding a healthy balance between positive, motivating stressand stress overload, which can cloak the body in different counselings. Understanding stress an help you change that feeling into a positive challenge. Therefore, stress with computers can becomea subject of the past. 2. You will find computers in just about every office, regardless of the type of business it is. Intodays world, computers have become the way to do business, communicate with the world, orjust having one for pe rsonal recreation. Office work in general is full of potential stress, fromnot enough firing and noisey offices, to deadlines and demanding bosses. Additional sources ofstress come directly from using the computer monotonous keyboarding, hours of staring at thescreen, and lack of physical movement (285). For these reasons, we need to bear in mind that stress management should be a combination of reducing the stress, relaxing, and rethinkingour expectations and self-demands, i.e., breaking the everyday routine, planning ahead, makingwise use of breaks or lunches, eating right, and exercising every day to keep healthy (286)3. Stress is an instantaneous physical reaction to a danger or demand "muscles tighten, blood blackjack rises, the heart speeds up, and extra adrinaline rushes through your system" (32). Nomatter what you occupation, everyone feels stress at one time or another. Stress is a fact of life-time(32). That is why control stress is to your advantage, versus it controlling you. Learning tocontrol stress is to your benefit so that you feel, 1) calm, instead of nervous, 2) in control, insteadof hassled, 3) alive, instead of burned out, 4) at peace, instead of angry, 5) refreshed/renewed,instead of frazzled (33). Physical and Psychological affects of stress may be prominent if stressexists in your life. Some ways for you to reduce stress include but are not limited to exercise,deep breathing, hobbies (311-12). Personal stress relievers are getting enough sleep, talkworries and anger, and not substituting alcohol, baccy and other drugs for relief of stress