Changing the Way Stress is Viewed—Beneficial in the Work From Home Era
With the stay-at-home orders and social distancing regulations brought forth by the Covid-19 pandemic, majority of people are working from home which has created additional stressors in the virtual workplace that were never relevant beforehand. As of June 2020, a Statista survey revealed that 51.4% of employees felt more stressed due to working at home conditions. This has added some complexity to how stress is publicly viewed and how to respond to it. This "stress epidemic" has led some people and organizations to introduce "new" ways to discuss stress, especially within a work performance environment. This complex conversation involves studies done even before the pandemic that revealed the benefits to viewing stress with a different mindset and the impact of programs supporting this approach. The University of Wisconsin conducted a study in 2012 asking people how much stress they endure and how harmful do they think it is to their health. The peopl...