Health and Wellbeing

Stress

Stress comes in many forms and affects us all differently. It is something we all encounter and can be both positive and negative. Many events can trigger stressful feelings and it means different things to different people. What might trigger off anxiety and worry in one person might make another feel they have more purpose to their life. That’s why it’s important to recognise your own responses, develop your own skills to deal with it and not compare yourself with others.

Find out if stress is affecting you. Click here to take our stress test.

Our Stress at Work fact sheet gives some helpful hints on ways of coping at work.

One way to help is to remind yourself of positive things – use this sheet to list all the ways in which others would describe you and keep it with you to read when you are feeling low.

NUH is running a series of “Coping with Stress” workshops for staff. Details will be published on Trust Briefing. If you are not able to access this directly your manager should make a copy available for you.

Further resources

MIND http://www.mind.org.uk/help/medical_and_alternative_care/mind_guide_to_managing_stress.

NHS stress information - www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Stress/Pages/Introduction.aspx.

International Stress Management Association - www.isma.org.uk/about-stress/index.html.