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The plight of the nameless cubicle dweller is a recycled tale. As the encased entry-level young professional enters the real world, he wonders if he will get over his “Case of the Mondays” before his motivation and sanity recede along with his hairline.
The Diagnosis
Many of us feel like Peter Gibbons, except with more physical pain. Many experts generally deduce this as “work-related stress,” or any form of tension or pressure that a person endures while trying to perform duties in a timely and efficient manner.
This type of stress runs deeper than its superficial definition. Dr. Patricia Farrell, a clinical psychologist and accomplished author, sees the workplace as a world where obligation, responsibility and duty can win the daily battle at the office.
Heated personal disputes and sleep deprivation highlight the chum that feeds the pressure sharks in you.
The Symptoms…and their causes
Work-related stress is a condition that could touch all human bases: mentally, emotionally, socially, and of course, physically. Farrell, author of How to Be Your Own Therapist: a Step-by-Step Guide to Taking Back your Life, says the symptoms are more than distinguishable.
“Office stress usually is expressed by feelings of constant exhaustion, irritability, depression, feeling tense, sleep problems and even skipped pulse,” Farrell says. “The last one can be very upsetting.”
