Tweet

Are You Experiencing Shift Work Stress? Then It Might Be Time To Change Your Light Bulb!

Guest post by: audra starkey

Article Overview: If you’re experiencing shift work stress then you’re not alone. Just getting up at 2am is putting unwanted stress on your body because quite frankly - we’re not like nocturnal animals that come to life and thrive in the dark!

Are You Experiencing Shift Work Stress? Then It Might Be Time To Change Your Light Bulb!

If you're experiencing shift work stress then you're not alone. Just getting up at 2am is putting unwanted stress on your body because quite frankly - we're not like nocturnal animals that come to life and thrive in the dark!

So what is stress?

Stress comes in various forms but essentially when we feel stressed we feel totally overwhelmed - as if we have little control over what is happening or what is about to happen to us. Stress makes us focus on bad outcomes and arouses a sense of fear inside us.

If we're at work and we're under severe stress, we can sometimes feel like we're locked into an unbearable situation.

As shift workers we're more than likely to already be feeling fatigued and exhausted so when you add stress into the equation - it can certainly become a dangerous combination.

But the good news is that this feeling of helplessness is actually a learned behaviour which means that we can quite simply retrain ourselves to 'unlearn' this behaviour.

You see, the key to eliminating stress in your life is to acquire the same skills used by people who do not become stressed even though they may be facing some very trying and extremely difficult situations.

Now I'm sure you know people like this. They just appear unflappable - as if nothing fazes them.

And all that they are doing differently is changing the way that they think. They are simply just changing the light bulb that is going off in their head.

This is so important to recognise because essentially it is your thinking that is causing you to become stressed.

Now when you're at work and you become highly stressed, your thinking becomes irrational. You assign bad outcomes to events and arouse a fear response within you. You also become highly emotional, your sleeping patterns are disturbed and you can feel totally exhausted.

So to beat stress you simply need to retrain your thinking and get rid of all of those negative thoughts. Learn how to think more calming and positive thoughts instead of brooding on negative outcomes, and when you do - you will be well on your way to banishing your shift work stress.

Related Articles
  The Light Bulb Challenge
  Enlightened Millionaires: AHA Number 1
  And Then There Was Light!
  Enlightened Millionaires: AHA Number 2
  Time Management
  Success Requires Patience and Persistence
  Is Leadership Success 99% Failure?
  Leggo My Logo
  POOF! Health Issues Gone
  My employee seems to be sick on Fridays and Mondays
  When Was The Last Time You Took The Time To Reflect On Your Past?
  Build it and will they come? A business tip from Thomas Edison
  Is Goal a 4 Letter Word?
  Quit Trying to Change Your Life
  The questions which lead to nowhere
  CONGRUENCE AND TENSION
  A few tips for reducing Stress.......
  5 Sales Tips to Maximize Oceans of Opportunities and Leave the Sales Seas of Doom and Gloom
  STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF STRESS
  Financial Fitness: 4 Steps to Reducing Your Money Sress

Article Tags: how to cope with stress at work, shift work, shift work and stress, shift work stress, shift worker, stress at work, stress in the workplace
Referred by: http://jaykubassek.com



Related Forum Posts
Re: 20 Reasons why you must be a reader - 11. 'Defocusing' from the problems at hand is a source of relaxation and reading, reading virtually anything, is one way to 'defocus' 12. Experiencing the world through another's (the author's) perspective is often a wonderful source of new ideas
Re: UPDATES: New Campaign! New Layout! New Ideas! - We've also expanded the list for Contest and All-Time Leaders. It's great to now see David and Yinka on the All Time list and recognize the contributions they've made to the forums!
No B.S. Time Management - A great book I read on Time Management is No B.S. Time Management for Entrepreneurs by Dan Kennedy.
Re: Infographic: The 4 Main Stress Factors - I'd like to reference that article in my next blog post as well.. I worked in sales for years and found that days when I was positive, relaxed where days that it was easy to sell. On days that I was stressed I found I would not reach target. Stress is good at times, but it very easily becomes problematic. I do a lot of very physical exercise and work now, to manage it.
Re: What's your top tip for balancing your business and taking t - Proper Work management meeting your all deadlines....


Share this article with your friends. Fund someone's dream.

Leave a comment below or share on the left and you'll help support entrepreneurs in Africa through our partnership with Kiva. Over $50,000 raised and counting - Please keep sharing! Learn more.

Newsletter

Get advice & tips from famous business
owners, new articles by entrepreneur
experts, my latest website updates, &
special sneak peaks at what's to come!

Name:
Email:

Popular Articles

The True Cost of Employee Turnover

Counselling - Who Needs It?

Ten Reasons to take Notes during Sales Meetings

Suggestions

Email us your ideas on how to make our
website more valuable! Thank you Sharon
from Toronto Salsa Lessons / Classes for
your suggestions to make the newsletter
look like the website and profile younger
entrepreneurs like Jennifer Lopez.