When you ask people where most of their daily stress comes from, majority will tell you that it either comes from their home or from work, with greater emphasis on the latter. Because work is a paid endeavor, and the time alloted for it is regular and measured, a lot of people say the routine is what bothers them in addition to the gnarly boss, the file pile-ups, and the gossip-mongering co-workers.

If you feel you are suffering from occupational stress, then this is the article...

The world we live on is nothing but a mound of chaotic pressure that is building to the point it bursts like a volcano. We are bombarded with pressure from our employers, our customers and families to the point where some people actually do break. Most of us today in professional lives spend between 8 and 16 hours a day at the office, which equates to almost two-thirds of our lives being in a place we really do not want to be in, but there are things you can do to decrease the stress...

Some people find it hard to control their anger, that more often than not, they throw a fit and even become physically violent. Nevertheless, you have total control of your feelings. As a guide for you on how to do that, here are some simple steps to remember so you don’t let anger take you over.

Breathe and Count to Ten. When on the verge of losing your wits, it is much better to pause for a while, count to ten until you have released all the tension...

How many times have you heard yourself say 'I am stressed out!'? If you are anything like the friends and family that I know, then probably many times a week if not in a day. Completely eradicating stress from your like is impossible. But there is no need to feel as though you will burst at any moment because the weight of the world is on your shoulders. One must learn how to manage stress rather than ignore or handle it in a destructive manner. If we don't deal with our daily stress it...

Each person is like a pressure cooker with its cap on. As long as the cap is on, no one can know how much pressure is built up inside us. Very often even we ourselves are not aware of how much pressure has built up in our system until it explodes the top off or starts to seep out of some weaker points in this «cooker».

This release of pressure may take occur as an psychosomatic illness or an «accident»; which to the untrained mind seems to be an event which...

The American Institute of Stress acknowledges there is no single definition for stress.  Stress affects almost everyone differently and what stresses one person might not another. One thing experts do agree upon, however, is the fact that stress can have some very serious implications. One of the most common places for people to experience stress is in their daily working lives. When managing work stress and its effects becomes important, learning effective stress management...

We all fail. That's because we're fallible human beings just doing the best we can. Isn't it ironic though - perfectionists 'fail' more often than the rest of us! That's because of the way perfectionists think; in their minds they will never be 'good enough'. Actually, it seems to me that there's a bit of the perfectionist in many of us.

Of course we all want to be competent, to be good at what we do, but trying to be 'perfect' can be pathological, because it involves putting...

There's no doubt that twenty-first century living is filled with stress. Our jobs are demanding, our roads are crowded, and even our entertainment is fast paced. Stress comes in many packages, but the overall effect on our lives is easy to spot. There are so many physical and emotional symptoms associated with stress that it has been called the silent killer. What is it about stress that would make it a silent killer, and what can we do to counteract it?

Stress comes in several...

Perhaps the most common and simplest form of reducing stress is to take a vacation. Nothing can work better for dealing with stress than to remove yourself completely form the source of it all together. Planning a vacation is the simplest way to do this. If you are trying to decide where you would like to go for your next vacation, you might want to consider an island resort. It can be a difficult choice with so many beautiful and exotic places to go to these days. For example if you've...