What Causes Stress and Burnout and How to Deal with Them?

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The fastest growing disability category in the United States of America is Insurance claims for depression, stress and job burnout. So it’s time we learnt to handle stress and fatigue or burn out more effectively.  People somehow tend to find all the wrong things to do to de-stress. They watch Television. Munch on unhealthy food and skip exercise in the process of being glued to the TV. And they consider it a way to unwind and de-stress.

Let’s know some more surprising facts in our everyday life that hardly help us fight or deal with stress, but we encourage them without giving it a serious thought. Some of our favorite, slick and handy gadgets stress us out the most.  Cell phones and mobile electronic mail devices are two examples, which make it difficult to get away from the office. We are not spending on gadgets; we are spending on ways to carry office in our pockets and cars. Another newfound thing that gives stress is the concept of working from home. It may sound like a new mantra but it does add to stress because somewhere we are erasing, or rather blurring the line between work and leisure.

We earlier related stress with workload. Now the researches have brought some eye opening facts before us. Some recent studies, says Christina Maslach, a burnout researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, show that mismatch in values or things they believe in between employees and employers play an important role in giving rise to stress. Are you selling things that you know people don’t really need? Or are you manipulating invoice of your client much against your will because of pressure from a senior? These things lead to stress without our even realizing it.

The question is how to get over and handle this effectively. Breathe. Inhale- beat faster. Exhale- beat slower. It’s an old rhythm, which helps our heart last a lifetime. And it’s nothing but the simple first lesson in how to manage stress and avoid burnout. Take a deep breath. Exhale as slowly as you possibly can. And while you have made an effort to exhale slowly, you may not have realized but your heart has slowed down a bit… again inhale and the heart beats faster. This process of now slow – now fast heart beat is a healthy sign pointing towards head and heart co ordination.  There are many other effective ways to relieve stress. This article focuses on ways to relieve stress.