In his book “Stress and the Manager”, Dr Karl Albrecht, identified 4 types of stress:
- Time Stress (e.g. deadlines, or overload)
- Anticipatory Stress (e.g. fear of exams)
- Situational Stress (e.g. during an emergency, or conflict)
- Encounter Stress (e.g. dealing with a dreadful colleague, or client)
For more info
https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/albrecht-stress.htm
Looking out for stress
- Feelings
- Irritability; short- tempered; easily flare up
- Anxiety or feelings of panic
- Feel – of being out of control
- Feeling worried – about your health or anything else
- Feeling miserable or tearful
- Apathy or agitation
- Lowered self -esteem
- Body Language
- Muscles
- Voice & tone
- Reactive response
- Feel and notice the emotion
- Mannerisms
- Reactions and messages from others
- Behaviours
- 1. Getting worse at managing time
- 2. Getting worse at organisation, and others
- 3. Rushing hither, thither
- 4. Finding it hard to delegate or ask for help
- 5. Working longer and longer hours; Bringing work home; working weekends
- 6. Avoiding tacking problems, or doing things you dislike
- 7. Cutting down on the things you do for pleasure
- 8. Losing touch with your friends
- 9. Blaming others for the problem
- 10. Taking it out on others
- 11. Finding there’s no time to enjoy yourself
- 12. Needing a drink; drugs
- 13. Pornography
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Ways to Reduce Stress
- Increase your confidence
- Being Organised
- Support from Friends
- Finding ways to enjoy your job
- Managing time effectively
- Seeing the situation differently
- Gratitude
Nine Tactics for reducing stress
(Mindgym, 2009)
Tactic | Situation 1 | Situation 2 |
1. Reducing the importance | ||
2. Reducing the likelihood of the nightmare scenario | ||
3. Reframing things in a positive way | ||
4. Celebrating minor successes | ||
5. Using mental energy wisely | ||
6. Escaping | ||
7. Seeking support from friends | ||
8. Asking the right questions | ||
9. Confronting the situation |
For more ways to reduce stress see Healthy Self-Soothing https://growthtraps.com/inner-conversation/memory/healthy-self-soothing/