How do you recognize stress?

• Are you sometimes exhausted or overtired?
• Can’t sleep well?
• Do you often worry?
• Does it take effort to get to work?
• Do you have physical complaints, such as backache, headaches or are you sometimes dizzy or nauseous?
• Do you find it difficult to concentrate?
• Are you easily irritated?
• Do you sometimes have the feeling that you do not have a grip on the situation?

Do you say yes more than twice to these questions, then it may well be that you have too much stress.

Investigate the causes of the stress and try to reduce it. Also, see a doctor before you develop serious health problems.

If you would like to be less stressed or tense, download my e-book. I will give you 9 tips that you can use in your daily routines to reduce stress.

A more relaxed life, isn’t that what we all want? 

Unfortunately, the trends are going in the wrong direction.

We are all experiencing more and more stress

In the Netherlands, the CBS reports that at the end of 2021, young people are experiencing more and more stress. Young people are unhappier during the corona crisis, but they also experience more and more stress about school or study. They are too busy or worried about the future.
A 2018 survey by the Mental Health Foundation in the UK* found that 74% of people felt so stressed in the previous year that they could not cope with the situation or their situation.

Reducing stress is important

Constant stress puts you at risk of serious health problems:

• depression and anxiety disorders
• cardiovascular diseases
• obesity and eating disorders
• menstrual problems
• loss of sexual interest
• skin problems, such as acne, psoriasis and eczema, and hair loss
• gastrointestinal problems

Persistent stress has a negative impact on your life in all respects

So see a doctor in time and tackle the causes of stress, because reducing stress is important. Do you want to know how and what else? Read my e-book: 9 Simple steps you can apply in your daily life and at work to reduce stress and tension.