Psychologist gave advice on dealing with stress at work

Lidiya Inshina, a clinical psychologist, specialist in manipulation and extreme communication, told how to deal with stress during work.

In conversation with the agency RuNews24.Ru On Tuesday, January 20, she noted that one small object on the desktop is enough to remind you of goals or life outside of work. It serves as a visual trigger that helps you quickly get out of stress and restore inner balance.

The specialist also stressed the importance of "technological boundaries": the main source of stress is often not the work itself, but constant distractions and a sense of incompleteness. According to Inshina, it is worth disabling all notifications except emergency ones and checking mail and messengers on a schedule 3-4 times a day, since each notification interrupts concentration and requires up to 25 minutes of time to return to deep work. The expert recommended following the one—window rule - to perform only one task at a time on the screen.

In addition, Inshina advises introducing rituals for the beginning and end of the working day: use a timer for 25 minutes for focused work with breaks, and at the end of the day, take a few minutes to plan tasks for tomorrow. According to her, the organization of the workspace is not about design, but about control over attention and condition, which helps to reduce stress and increase efficiency.

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The day before, Jamila Yusupova, a neurologist at the Russian Center for Neurology and Neuroscience, told kp.ru how to distinguish temporary fatigue from professional burnout and what to do about it. According to her, professional burnout is a long—term chronic stress associated with work. It can lead to exhaustion, anxiety and depressive disorders, sleep disorders and other health problems. 360.ru .

The risk of professional burnout depends on a person's personality and working conditions. Optimistic people suffer less often, while more vulnerable and sensitive people tend to burn out. The specialist urged not to ignore the alarming symptoms — a feeling of emptiness, anxiety and depression, sleep disorders, decreased immunity and an increased risk of diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases, writes RT.

HR Director Ekaterina Zelenkova said on January 12 that the winter period is the most critical in terms of stress and burnout among employees. To reduce risks, she recommends planning work tasks in advance, prioritizing a month or two ahead, limiting parallel tasks, and minimizing unnecessary chats, calls, and urgent requests.

Last December, Maxim Nedyakin, an expert in the field of organization management, told NSN that burnout should not be confused with stress or fatigue. According to him, burnout is a loss of meaning when a person does something but doesn't understand why.

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