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

Author: Audra Starkey

Author: Audra Starkey

If youre experiencing shift work stress then youre not alone. Just getting up at 2am is putting unwanted stress on your body because quite frankly - were 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 were at work and were under severe stress, we can sometimes feel like were locked into an unbearable situation. As shift workers were 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 Im 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 youre 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. Need more help? Then I recommend you sit down and study my Free Report - "Why Shift Workers Are So Tired, Unhealthy & Unhappy- And What YOU Can Do To Fix It!" This report looks at how Cognitive Behavioural Therapy can help you change the way that you look at things, and it will open your eyes to a completely different way of coping with Shift Work. Click Here For Instant Access To Your Healthy Shift Worker Free Report About the Author:

Audra is a Shift Work and Airline Veteran based in Brisbane, Australia. She is the author and creator of 'The Healthy Shift Worker' - a website designed to teach people how to cope with the perils of working shift work.

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