Stress Awareness Month | When does work-related stress become a problem?

April is Stress Awareness Month, and a time to reflect on the impacts of stress and worry in our lives.

These may be some of the most stressful and worrisome times many people have ever experienced. The effects of the cost-of-living crisis, the Russian-Ukraine war and Brexit have rolled into one giant poly-crisis in recent months, creating alarming levels of anxiety, stress and burnout among the workforce.

At the same time, we're juggling the every job-related stress we've always encountered. It could be unexpected extra workload when a colleague is off sick or feeling the pressure to hit an ambitious KPI before the end of the month.

But while these latter examples might temporarily spur us on to go the extra mile at work, there’s only so much strain the mind can take before it starts to have a negative impact.