Stress replaces backaches as #1 for 21st century work absences.

[A Proletarian Manifesto]

http://www.newunionism.net/

I bet people in Burma wish they had stress problems like these people.

[Coggeh]

Stress in my opinion is worse than having a backache and most other things, stress can cause so many untold symptoms. For example I have seizures just because of stress. I wouldn't play down the effects of it and its not surprising that it is the #1 reason to stay off work seeing how people have to deal with so much with regards changing lifestyles.

[Quail]

I can see why people have to take time off for stress. It can cause a lot of mental health problems such as anxiety and depression, which can really make life difficult for people to deal with. Mental health problems should not be dismissed.

[#FF0000]

I bet people in Burma wish they had stress problems like these people.

You're stupid.

[TheSultan]

This doesn't surprise me tbh. At least backaches are limited to the back, stress can affect far more. Stress has been known to cause stomach ulcers among a plethora of other health problems, not to mention the fact that it's something that gnaws at your mind making it nearly impossible to function in many cases.

[Pavlov's House Party]

Stress in my opinion is worse than having a backache and most other things, stress can cause so many untold symptoms. For example I have seizures just because of stress. I wouldn't play down the effects of it and its not surprising that it is the #1 reason to stay off work seeing how people have to deal with so much with regards changing lifestyles.


This statement is correct. I too have been having stress induced seizures ever since I started working a night shift job and attending college in the day. I have a feeling that a lot of this stress is being caused by the economic crisis, where workers are constantly at risk of being laid off, losing their homes etc. In a planned economy, workers will no longer need to fear about job security and the myriad of other stress causes.

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http://www.newunionism.net/

I bet people in Burma wish they had stress problems like these people.

I know, right? Stupid Western workers, quit complaining and be thankful.






:rolleyes:

[cska]

Well, backaches are usually caused or flared up by stress, so it really is hard to separate the two.

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

Could this be down to work being less physically demanding, but no less if not more mentally and emotionally demanding?

Regardless, I feel this is yet another indicator of the damage caused by the pressure to accumulate capital.

[A Proletarian Manifesto]

More middle and upper class populous are complaing of stress rather than "proletarians"(what?!?!?)

So I would like to take a personnal trip to Gaza and start my own poll to see how stressed they are.

Most people(if not everyone) gets stressed over work. It's usually people who are in more privileged positions who actually take time off though.

I wasn't making fun of stress itself, just how the upperclass is somehow portrayed as the most stressed.

"Executives and managers tend to have the most stressful jobs, while self-employed workers are the least stressed."
http://www.hardcore-stress-management.com/stress-statistics.html


Do you honestly think executives are more stressed out at work than the people who work customer service jobs, like lets say a cashier at Mcdonalds or a waiter/waitress? I also think that the people who are more stressed at life I.E. the people who don't have any substantial amount of money are far more stressed.

You guys either misinterpreted or have some kind of convoluted opinion.

[Glenn Beck]

They're just different words for describing the same feeling, our society becomes more accepting of psychological explanations where before you'd have to come up with a physical one. It amounts to the same shit.



Do you honestly think executives are more stressed out at work than the people who work customer service jobs, like lets say a cashier at Mcdonalds or a waiter/waitress? I also think that the people who are more stressed at life I.E. the people who don't have any substantial amount of money are far more stressed.

Absolutely, this is proven to be the case. Check out the documentary Unnatural Causes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unnatural_Causes:_Is_Inequality_Making_Us_Sick%3F) for a good take on the mental and physical health outcomes at different points on the social ladder.

[#FF0000]

You guys either misinterpreted or have some kind of convoluted opinion.

The former. I am sorry. :(

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

I wasn't making fun of stress itself, just how the upperclass is somehow portrayed as the most stressed.

"Executives and managers tend to have the most stressful jobs, while self-employed workers are the least stressed."
http://www.hardcore-stress-management.com/stress-statistics.html

I think that is due to the fact that executives and managers are marching to the tune of the company that has power over them, while self-employed people make their own time. I don't think it's a class thing - self-employed does not necessarily mean lower class after all.

[A Proletarian Manifesto]

They're just different words for describing the same feeling, our society becomes more accepting of psychological explanations where before you'd have to come up with a physical one. It amounts to the same shit.




Absolutely, this is proven to be the case. Check out the documentary Unnatural Causes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unnatural_Causes:_Is_Inequality_Making_Us_Sick%3F) for a good take on the mental and physical health outcomes at different points on the social ladder.

I understand the first segment of this response, but I don't understand if your agreeing with my statement or disagreeing because the link you gave me says it doesn't have an article attached to it and when I searched again it gave me like a 13 part documentary.

[A Proletarian Manifesto]

The former. I am sorry. :(
Its k. :)


I think that is due to the fact that executives and managers are marching to the tune of the company that has power over them, while self-employed people make their own time. I don't think it's a class thing - self-employed does not necessarily mean lower class after all.

Although, as im sure you noticed, there is no slot for lowely positions in the aformentioned survey/poll thing.

[Foldered]

Stress is an issue in workplaces; I'm a very laid back person and I find myself getting extremely stressed sometimes. Mainly due to management.