Anxiety is affecting the Workplace, University Students and School Children more than ever before.
In my opinion, and I’m not alone in my thinking, stress is probably the most significant cause of absenteeism in the workplace. But of course, stress is a normal part of our everyday life. Even happy events can be stressful, for example, moving house, or also going on holiday. So, anything that alters our day to day living can cause a certain amount of stress.
As I’ve already said, and in fact, recent surveys have shown, that 50% of days taken off work are stress related, and this doesn’t just affect the workplace, large numbers of students at university, sixth formers at school and young children are also falling victim to the same problems.
So what is stress? Well, it’s a physical response, as I said above, it is how our body deals with a new situation or life event. But more importantly, how does it affects us? When we feel trapped in a job, or having difficulty coping, our tolerance levels can be severely affected, usually resulting in anxiety, which may cause irritability, panic attacks, poor sleep and or
exhaustion, this, in turn, can lower our resistance to illness, and we become more susceptible to colds and viruses. If we were to continue to live in a prolonged state of stress or anxiety, then the effects could be far more severe, often causing problems such as Depression, High blood pressure, Irregular heartbeat, Headaches, Irritable bowel syndrome and many others. I often hear people say ‘well it runs in the family’, but neuroscience has shown that it’s not genetic.
So much of what we do is instinctive and unconscious. The way we think about ourselves, our reactions, behaviour patterns, our habits and beliefs are all automatic, unconscious and learned.
When a client comes to see me for the first time suffering from anxiety, I teach them a breathing technique which quickly relaxes the body bringing it back into balance, and at the same time, it calms the mind, so temporarily reducing their symptoms.
Within a few sessions, positive and permanent changes take place by looking at situations that caused their anxiety, which may have been triggered by an earlier event. This not only enables the client to put things into a new perspective at an unconscious level but changes the way they think, feel and act in future situations.
Using deep relaxation, the effects are felt much quicker, and at a deeper level. Over time the changes become permanent, resulting in a more positive attitude to life, with more energy, better concentration and improved sleep patterns
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