18/09/2024
HOW ARE YOUR STRESS LEVELS?
For most of us, we need some stress to be able to perform best. If we have no stress at all, we risk boredom, lack of innovation/creativity and pursing dreams.
If we have too much stress we risk burnout, social and professional withdrawal and mental illness.
Like with many things in life, balance is important. I often suggest to patients who are highly stressed that they are operating at or above 100% emotional capacity, and thus have no ability to surge when life throws challenges up, which is inevitably does.
Sometimes this requires some hard self-reflection, some hard conversations with family/friends/work colleagues around adjusting your priorities of what you are juggling. But ultimately it is worth it for your own happiness, productivity, physical and mental health.
Do you need to reduce your commitments to reach a better balance? Perhaps you are bored due to lack of stress and you need to challenge yourself more. Whatever the issue, we wish you all the best at achieving that balance.
If you need professional help to discuss these kind of matters, our doctors and psychologists are more than happy to help you.
