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From: Doug Laidlaw on 16 Jun 2007 11:18
felicia montgomery wrote:

> Mental Tension comes from having too much to do and not having enough
> time to do it, not having a planning and priority action system in
> place, and dealing with pressure deadlines and demands - which creates
> feelings of overload, panic, anxiety, frustration and intensity.
> Physical Tension comes from muscles tightening up because you are
> sitting for hours in front of a desk/computer, or being on your feet
> all day, without a break - which creates neck pain, back spasms,
> headaches, chest tightness and fatigue (all of which takes your focus
> away from your work and reduces your productivity).
> Emotional Tension comes from bottling up your feelings and not
> expressing your point of view, especially when dealing with difficult
> customers, demanding clients, or negative colleagues. Whether it be
> handling a sales rejection, dealing with a confrontation, or resolving
> a complaint, emotional tension leads to distraction, increase in
> errors, poor decision making, emotional exhaustion, and job apathy.
> Personal Tension comes from not having time for yourself (your
> personal, health and social needs), and feeling like an extension of
> work - always being in 'on mode'. Not having a good balance between
> work and personal life is a recipe for burn out, relationship tension,
> health problems and motivational slumps.
> Your stress symptoms of headaches, muscle pain, stomach upsets,
> sleeplessness, anxiety, tiredness, emotional ups/downs, etc., (which
> are all signs of built up tension) will keep coming back until you
> stop the stress from manifesting, and building up, in the first place.
> http://stressgqj.blogspot.com/#

What you say may be true, but it has absolutely nothing to do with
depression.

Doug.
(with the emotional barometer upside down today.)
--
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.
- Anonymous

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