Work Related Mental Health Report

Running head: MENTAL HEALTH
Mental health
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1MENTAL HEALTH
Stress in the workplace is common due to numerous work related stressors and stress
occurs due to imbalance between perception of external demands and internal resources.
Resilience is the ability to show positive changes following a stressful event (Britt et al., 2016).
Based on reflecting on my learning journey and the lessons that I learnt during the course, I
learnt that resilience is a unique trait which all employees must possess to cope effectively with
stressful circumstances. One of the most positive aspects of my course was task of reviewing
peer response on the course content. It was a useful learning experience for me as it exposed me
to the influence of stress in the workplace as well as refined my personal resilience strategies in
dealing with stress. In this article, I will discuss about four of this post which increased my
knowledge about the nature of workplace stress and strengthened my personal resilience
strategies in response to stress.
I found the post of Sooan Choi at week three to be very interesting. This is because the
author gave a very interesting discussion on how work environment has impact on stress. Based
on the author’s opinion, a clutter free work environment can significantly reduce stress levels as
a clean environment saves time in searching for anything and has a calming effect on individuals
too (Suifan, 2019). This response gave me new strategies so that I could take my own personal
steps to create a stress free environment and not get overburdened by the need to search for files
or papers again. Kamarulzaman et al. (2011) argues that temperature, air quality, lighting and
noise sources in the office could be a source of stress as these factors influence work
concentration productivity. Thus, I feel that both employers as well as employees can contribute
in creating a stress free environment in their own way.
In addition to the above post, I found the post by Wesley Raymond at 4 weeks to be most
useful and compelling posts on the ways to develop a fit body and mind and reduce stress levels.