Understanding stress factors
Since we have understood what is the definition of stress, so we are try to identify and understand more information about stress. Most of the factors that cause stress fall into the category of everyday events. These mainly come from your job, your family and the tasks you do on a daily basis. These everyday stress factors can have a detrimental effect on your health if you do not learn to cope with them and de-stress whenever you find the time. Therefore, in the following discussion, we will focus on what are the factors as potential stressors that can exert strain on us.
Thomas H. Holmes and Richard H. Rahe (University of Washington) did a study on the connection between significant life events and illness. As part of that blog here, I would like to refer their resource to define which factors cause of stress. Therefore, I classified it into 7 points, are finances, work, family, personal concerns, Personal Health and Safety, Personal Relationships, Death.
ReplyDeleteFirst, finances as the leading cause of stress refer to major purchases they have to make, such as a house or car. Others are stressed by a loss of income, or rising credit card debt and also financial stress will eventuate in bankruptcy. While college pupils stress over paying for an education can be a major cause of stress. Second, work is also a cause of stress. We worry about new types of work or new responsibilities. We put more effort to reach the career ladder, overcome by the demands. When work conditions may change, or we may have interpersonal trouble at work, we will more easy to feel stress and depress. Students, especially teenagers and college age students always face stress problem. They always try to grab the high level result. But sometimes, work stress is not only bringing to ourselves but also can affect other.
Next, the family also can be a factor of stress. Nowadays, parents’ divorce and arguments let the family feel stress and annoy. Sometimes, we will worry about family health and it also can leads cause of stress. This is also the main factor which causes a person always in the stress mood. In the same way, personal concerns that are only indirectly formed by others are another main factor of stress.
Everyone has a deep-rooted desire for control over his or her own life. From this, the person already disturb freedom of another person and in the same time, over or less concern also will let person feel under stress condition. You like to control your time, rather than let others' demands control it, but that is not always possible and personal change of any kind also can be a factor of stress. Fifth, personal health and safety also can lead factor of stress. For example, some people are worrying her/his weight, injury, illness and health. For a long time, this automatic will let a person under a stress condition, lead to further physical and mental problem.
Another factor which causes the stress is personal relationships. Stress can caused by such as friendship, dating, separation, marriage, divorce, or re-marriage, all of this can cause a person get into stress mood. In the other hand, a lot of couple over demand to her/ his partners also can lead cause of stress. The last one is death. Life is good, but we cannot estimate what will go in the 5 minutes later, even the death of a pet can be stressful. Therefore, we need to care about our friend, family and everything, let their always in the optimistic mind and away from stress.
DON’T WORRY BE HAPPY!
According to the “7-Day Stress Relief Plan” written by Mohamed Hatta Shaharom, he define stress can causes by 4 domain holistic approach, there is bio-physical, psychological, social and spiritual. To understand stress, we must understand what mainly causes for the stress. Therefore, via this four basic domains of life (bio-physical, psychological, social and spiritual) must be understood in the true perspective earlier any life phenomenon can be understood in the totality.
ReplyDeleteAn individual cannot escape from the effect of life’s 4 domains. Life’s problem can cause by one, two, three or all the factors domain of life. For example, a woman has just sent a miscarried baby. Her pain is get worse by the negative attitude of her unsupportive husband. Being a spiritual person, the only consolation she could find it’s through her daily prayers. She is undergoing a traumatic experience in her life and her stress is related to the bio-physical (miscarried baby), psychological (sadness) and social (non-supportive husband). From here, we understand stress can cause by 3 domains.
From this example, we can understand and know which domains can cause a stress. Four basic domains of life (bio-physical, psychological, social and spiritual) are very close with us. This is a life, half the war in overcoming the stress in won. Therefore, we need understand what are the main factors and domains cause our feel stress, and this is only the way we can overcome the stress in one day.
If you thought about it, it probably wouldn't take long to write a list of the biggest causes of stress in your life. Our list is below and I am sure there would be some similarities with your list. Stress management can be a real art form and you have to be strict at keeping all the stressors in your life under control. The first step is to know and understand the problem areas.
ReplyDeleteBreakdown of 12 Big Stressors
1. Workplace Stress
Some of the biggest causes of stress in the workplace: low wages, harassment, performance appraisals, threat of layoff, obnoxious bosses, annoying co-workers, deadlines, long hours, trying to get a raise, training and danger.
2. Family Stress
A few family stressors: interference, long-distance, rivalry, labels, family history, expectations, communication, comparisons, roles, secrets,educating children, dysfunctional traditions, demands, lack of support and rituals.
3. Relationship Stress
A few relationship stressors: communication, loyalty, honesty, emotional abuse, assault and other violence, betrayal, compatibility, affairs, unplanned pregnancy, sexual preferences, and breaking up.
4. Dating Stress
A few dating stressors: blind dates, first dates, online dating, sexually-transmitted diseases, date-rape drugs, contraceptives, drinking, drugs, drinking and driving, statutory rape, and one night stands.
5. Gambling Stress
Some of the biggest causes of stress for gamblers: loan sharks, racking up debt, addiction, knowing limits, gangs, mafia, Gambler's Anonymous, recovery, relapse, violence, dependency, criminal behavior and substituting.
6. Credit & Debt Stress
A few credit and debt stressors: debt load, total debt ratio (TDR), credit card applications and approvals, mortgages, house payments, late payments, credit rating, interest rates, bankruptcy, collections, debt settlement, loans and payments.
7. Holiday Stress
A few holiday stressors include: missing work, vacation planning, getting lost, dealing with borders and passports, air travel, communication, cultural issues, cost, language barriers and foreign illnesses.
8. School Stress
A few school-related stressors: deadlines, tests, studying, overwhelming workload, rules, conflicts with instructors, conflicts with other students, course conflicts, scheduling, homework and grades.
9. Mental Stress
A few mental stressors: fear, self-expectations, embarrassment, feelings, attitude, needs, wants, goals, lack of goals, illness, drugs, head games, friendships, relationships and irrational thoughts.
10. Parenting Stress
A few of the biggest causes of stress for parents: discipline, education, behavior, neglect, proper care, money, time, communication, chores, routines, health care, love, kids' friends, safety, co-parenting and in-laws.
11. Marriage Stress
A few of the biggest stressors for married couples: wedding planning, in-laws, religion, money, children, the holiday season, housing, cohabitation, personal space, shared responsibilities, family planning, communication and control.
12. General Financial Stress
General financial stressors include the following: financial planning, savings, banking, earning enough income, having multiple sources of income, money scams, getting ripped off, security, theft, paying bills, retirement, pensions, taxes and budgeting.
All in all, there are many stressors in our lives. The above list covers only a few of the biggest causes of stress and because there are so many out there, it is critical for us to learn the right blend of problem solving skills, so that we can lead happy, productive lives.