Stress and stress management : Stressed workers at workplace

Workers reporting "feeling highly stressed" more than doubled from 1985 to 2005.The fees for stress management services and products, over 9 billion dollars in 1995, is projected to double.

Research & Surveys on the effects of Stress indicate:

Stress is linked to all leading causes of death, including cancer, heart disease, lung diseases, accidents, cirrhosis, even suicide.

75-90% of visits to primary care physicians are for stress related disorders/complaints.

43% of all adults suffer adverse health effects due to stress.

Stress management, stress reduction, and stress relief can prevent so many problems.  And prevention is far less costly, and far easier, than the alternatives. 

The nighttime just looks better with these festive decorations. And after Christmas, not only is there the Christmas being over let down, but suddenly the nighttime skies go back to being twinkle-less.

When we put up our tree the other night, I noticed once again the affect that these lights seemed to have on my spirits. It is simple, those twinkley lights equal joy to me.

Then I began to think. Is it just in the Christmas season that lights affect my spirits, or is it more than that? In my thinking I realized that if a room isn?t lit properly, it does affect my happiness. Not only that, if it is gray outside, I tend to feel worse. I handle stress better on sunny days.

So many outside factors affect your mood. Noise and smell and yes, the brightness of the room.

Consider this: If you can set a romantic mood with different types of lighting, does it not stand to reason that you can set your lights to improve your spirits?

To find out what lighting makes you feel the best, test different wattages of bulbs in your lights and shift the position of your lamps. I have tried moving the lamps to different heights in the room and in different positions as well.