Stress: Everything You Need To Know About Stress

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Stress Facts

75-90% of visits to primary care physicians are due to stress-related problems including backache, insomnia, anxiety, depression, chest pain, hypertension, and headache.

Between 1980 and 1986 the growth rate of reported mental stress claims among California employees covered by the worker's compensation law increased 360% - at a time when the frequency of disabling work injuries decreased by 5%.

99% of all mental stress claims are litigated.

63.1 % of mental stress claims are filed by workers in the 30-49 age group – the prime years of their working lifetimes.

Women, primarily clerical employees, account for 50% of all mental stress claims, an incidence double that for other disabling injuries.

In 1984, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company reported that an average of 1 million workers are absent on any given work day largely due to stress-related disorders.

A study of 56 Midwestern hospitals conducted by the St. Paul Insurance Companies determined that the departments with the highest stress levels accounted for 80% of malpractice occurrences.

Stress can be a positive, motivating part of life. Studies indicate that positive stressful stimuli and emotions enhance physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. A supportive social and work environment; a sense of commitment to self, family, work and friends; and feeling in control of one's life are important factors contributing to overall well-being.

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Pressing Questions: I exercise on a regular basis and yet I can't seem to control my stress, what am I doing wrong?

Physical fitness is a very important, though not the only contributor to your overall health.

In recent decades, scientific studies have supported what certain people have known for years: your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual selves are inseparable. Your mental, emotional and spiritual health are just as important in protecting you from chronic illness as diet and exercise. Feeling connected to yourself and others, having a sense of purpose in life, feeling hopeful, being loved and to love, all help you create the life you want for yourself and are the key ingredients for maintaining overall health.

We used to think that people who know how to completely control their lives are more powerful and are to be emulated. We now know that people who try to control everything around them are, paradoxically, less in control than those who are able to "go with the flow." At the mercy of their conditioned attitudes and responses to stressors in life, controllers need to dominate all situations, including those they cannot possibly control. This leads to what we call "ceaseless striving behaviors" - that is, doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results, putting them at risk for many forms of heart disease and illnesses.

True control in life comes from learning to recognize when we do and don't have control and to know when we should or should not take action. These Situation Mastery Skills are the new competencies for our futures, which will more than likely be filled with change, newness and challenge. Take a deep breath and learn to go with the flow.

Stress Facts

Stress Facts

Positive vs. Negative Stress

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Pressing Questions: I exercise on a regular basis and yet I can't seem to control my stress, what am I doing wrong?