The Sea of Tranquility ~ Complementary Therapies

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What is Stress?

Stress is a state that you get into because of the way you react to outside influences, like noise, debts, relationships, work worries, all of which are known as "stressors". You may find your reaction to a stressor is mild at first; however, you start to notice effects if the same stressor repeats itself constantly.

Your body always tries to re-establish a state of balance, but if the situation keeps occurring you may, after a while, begin to show physical reactions like muscular tension, or emotional reactions such as feelings of anxiety. These are signs of stress.

We live surrounded by potential stressors, how we cope with them determines our state of health. These influences will not go away, so the only way to deal with them is to recognize them and change the way that we react to them.

Some of the events that can cause us stress

• Work
• Death of a spouse or partner
• Divorce
• Separation from a partner
• Serious illness or injury
• Loss of job
• Relationship difficulties
• Retirement
• Money worries

  These are just a few of the events in life that can cause us stress

Short term effects of stress

• Headaches
• Racing heart or palpitations
• Sweating
• Constipation
• Diarrhoea
• Insomnia

Longer term effects of stress

• Cancer
• Stroke
• Depression
• Angina
• Heart Disease
• General health deterioration

Employers have duties*:

• Under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 to assess the risk of stress-related ill health arising from work activities; and
• Under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 to take measures to control that risk.

Using complementary therapies regularly can be an ideal way of helping you to manage and cope with any stress that you encounter in your daily lives. To find out more about the workplace services we offer contact us at info@theseaoftranquility.co.uk.

*From the Health & Safety Executive webpage