| Do you think today's stress statistics make a | | | | - 66% of Americans would seriously welcome help in |
| comfortable reading? Well, not at all. If anything, they | | | | dealing with stress in their lives. |
| are mind-boggling. As stress takes hold of us in our | | | | - Stress is not confined to adults only. More and |
| modern lives, we seem to carry on relentlessly until | | | | more children and teenagers are becoming affected |
| signs of burn out peer us in the face. Only then do | | | | by stress every year. |
| we take notice. | | | | - One factor contributing to increasing levels of |
| If you don't know what I'm talking about, here are | | | | substance abuse amongst teenagers is related to |
| some stress statistics to give you a reality check: | | | | their perception of their level of stress. |
| - Stress and anxiety is estimated to affect well over | | | | Although the stress statistics speak volumes for |
| 19 million Americans and growing. | | | | themselves, we also need to know the effects of |
| - 33% of Americans suffer job burn out and is | | | | stress on us as individuals. |
| thought to be due to stress at the work place. | | | | There are many consequences of stress but the |
| - The National Institute for Occupational Safety and | | | | most important ones to remember are: |
| Health in giving their stress statistics is predicting | | | | - Your relationships will suffer. |
| depression (which is one the many effects of stress) | | | | - Hypertension is more likely to develop if you suffer |
| to be a leading cause of absenteeism from the work | | | | chronic stress |
| place. | | | | - You could end up with a heart attack. |
| - About 70% of workers are unhappy in their current | | | | - Stroke is another major hazard. |
| employment due to work related stress. | | | | - Stressed people are more likely to suffer from |
| - Accidents in the work place that are directly related | | | | mental health problems like anxiety and depression. |
| to stress are exponentially increasing every year. | | | | It is easy to play the ostrich and bury your head in |
| - Over $290 Billion dollars is spent in the US economy | | | | the sand, hoping the problem will go away. No, it |
| every year relating to compensation claims from | | | | won't! |
| on-the-job stress, health insurance, low-productivity | | | | Stress will only go away if you do something about it. |
| and disability. | | | | Don't become another statistic. Those stress |
| The American Institute of Stress and The American | | | | statistics mentioned above are way too worrying |
| Psychological Association also show some other | | | | enough. |
| related stress statistics. For instance: | | | | Act today, so we can improve our health and the |
| - Stress levels are deeply affected by work in 62% | | | | overall health of the nation. |
| of Americans. | | | | Learn to recognize the signs of stress here and now |
| - Money is thought to contribute significantly to the | | | | with our resource guide and start doing something |
| stress experienced by 73% of Americans. | | | | about it today. |