By Camonghne Felix — 2021
“I should have quit way before Tokyo.”
Read on www.thecut.com
CLEAR ALL
We all know that unmanaged stress can be destructive. But are there positive sides to stress as well?
Adults with disabilities report experiencing frequent mental distress almost 5 times as often as adults without disabilities.
1
FLOW is a state of total absorption in an activity where the individual is so focused that nothing else seems to matter. Time flies by and the activity becomes a joyful, even ecstatic, experience.
I found out the hard way that stress-fuelled muscle tension isn’t just for your neck and shoulders.
Athlete burnout is a cognitive-affective syndrome characterized by perceptions of emotional and physical exhaustion, reduced accomplishment, and devaluation of sport.
What leads to burnout is too much training stress coupled with too little recovery. Training stress can come from a variety of sources on and off the field, such as physical, travel, time, academic or social demands.
Science is showing how immersion in nature speeds healing and acts as an antidote for many ailments.
The pandemic has stripped our emotional reserves even further, laying bare our unique physical, social, and emotional vulnerabilities.
In a world where it seems as though the pressure to perform is always on, more and more people are admitting to burnout at work. What is this phenomenon, and how can you cope with it if it happens to you?