How do I deal with stress at work?
If you want to deal with stress at work, the first thing you have to do, is to stand back from your situation. Write out a list of all the things you do, all the things you enjoy, and all the things that are difficult for you. Work out why you're having a problem. So is it, for example, just to much work. Now if that is the key, you need to go back to your manager and you need to actually have itemized this. Explain what the difficulty is and give him or her the problem because that's what they're paid for. If you're actually saying look we need to get this amount of reporting done a week, however, physically it is only possible to get this amount done, then your managers job is to look at that and work out how to deal with the other part that can't be done. It's not your problem. Now supposing your the manager will say " What do I do about it?" You take it to your manager because what most of us tend do is we think its our fault and organizations these days under health and safety are obliged to look after the emotional and psychological well fair of their employees. So, if the organization is asking more than is reasonable, it actually has a legal duty to take care of that, and I think we have to remember that but they won't know that if what you do is put the brave face on until you can't cope any more and then you are off sick because that is basically down to you not saying what's wrong.
