Psychological Injury – Stress

Even though everyone needs goals and challenges, having to many could start to become difficult and stress could creep up on you. You need to be able to deal with stress before it becomes unmanageable.

Stress is a well known trigger for depression, which is why it is so important to stop it before it escalades. The psychological injury of stress can not only affect you psychologically it can also take its toll on you physically with some of the main symptoms being:

• Increased irritability
• Heightened sensitivity to criticism
• Signs of tension, such as nail-biting
• Difficulty getting to sleep and early morning waking
• Drinking and smoking more
• Indigestion
• Loss of concentration

The psychological injury of stress is mainly brought on due to the stress of your job. Stress is the 2nd biggest occupational health problem in the UK. It can be brought on by factors such as starting a new job, worrying about deadlines, not being up to the challenges of a particular task, feeling undervalued or not getting on with your work colleges. The psychological injury of stress can also be brought on as an after affect of a personal injury accident that was caused through no fault of your own such as a road traffic accident.

Many of us don’t realise that we are stressed and often turn to anger as a means of coping when we should really be dealing with the issues that are causing us to be stressed in the first place. As well as dealing with the issues that are causing the stress in the first place we also need to be look after ourselves and try and remove some of the issues causing the stress. If you feel things are starting to get on top of you then give yourself some space; take a day off work or stop doing chores, you should remove yourself from everything that is putting pressure on you.

Some of the best ways to cope with the psychological injury of stress is to:

• Accept offers of practical help
• Do one thing at a time
• Know your own limits - don't be too competitive or expect too much of yourself
• Talk to someone
• Walk away from stressful situations
• Try to spend time with people who are rewarding rather than critical and judgmental
• Practise slow breathing using the lower part of the lungs
• Use relaxation techniques

If you are suffering from stress as the result of a work place problem or as a result of an accident that wasn’t your fault then get in touch with Accident Consultant today. Here at Accident Consultant we have helped thousands of people get the compensation that they deserve after suffering due to the fault of another person. If you would like more information about whether you are entitled to compensation after suffering from stress then call Accident Consultant today on 08081 68 69 70 or fill in our online claim form.