I'm Dr. Frita. Over the next several minutes, I'm going to give you 7 strategies for managing stress in the workplace.

This video is intended to be informational only. It is not a medical consultation, nor is it personalized medical advice. For medical advice, please consult your physician.

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When I did my previous video on stress, I got an overwhelming response that for most of you the workplace is your major source of stress. Now, it's normal to have stress in the workplace to a certain degree. You are going to have deadlines you have to meet at work. You are going to have expectations. But when this workplace stress becomes too great, it can actually decrease your productivity. It can decrease your success. And in addition to harming your physical health, workplace stress can roll over into your personal life, your home life, and it can affect your relationships.

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So, what can you do? In my last video, I recommended that one way to reduce stress was to remove the stressor. However, for most of us, we need to work to eat, so we can't just leave our jobs most of the time. So, what can we do? If you can't leave your job, yet you can't afford to let stress harm your health, then you need to find ways to reduce this job-related stress.
Numerous studies have shown that for the majority of American adults, they identify the workplace as the number one source of stress. How do you know if you are being affected by workplace stress? Well, you may experience anxiety and depression while at work, or even when you think about work. You may also have difficulty sleeping, insomnia. You may have a constant fear of losing your job or a fear of not meeting your job's demands. And you may even have some of the physical signs and symptoms, such as fatigue, headache, hypertension, chest pain. And you may even be more prone to infections.

I want you to comment down below. Let me know the type of stress that you experience and let me know if you have found strategies for managing stress in the workplace. I want you to share. Let's have a discussion.

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