Why modern society defined by ever rising levels of stress?
Already in the sixties and seventies, people dreamed of a time when they could rest and relax more, because modern technology has finally been there to help with the tedious tasks like cleaning the house. People dreamed wonderful inventions that have made life easier and essentially happier.
Fast forward to the era of eBay, iPhones and TVs that can connect to the internet in an instant.
The current generation has known all the previous decades combined advanced technology. Thank you to the globalization of trade and technological innovations without end, we can now use the Internet 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Any laptop or standard PC that has been mounted around the year 2012 would be at least 1,000,000 times more effective in the calculations that the team that launched the Apollo moon rocket.
We literally live the dream.
So the big question now is: why are we stressed? Or more importantly, why we are even more stressed than our predecessors?
Sociologists, psychologists and economists even today sought to determine when our time is completely gone and almost indissolubly associated with stress.
Studies on the "puzzle of stress" are complex in their entirety. However, I have taken the liberty of summarizing the most important conclusions for the benefit of all.
The stress of the roots
Less free time - Many people often stress associated with having to deal with child care and family care.
However, if we compare the amount of time that people spend caring for their homes and their families now, with the amount of time spent doing the same things over in the 1910s, to achieve the same average number hours per week: 52 hours.
The reason for this is that we are now spending more time on additional services such as shopping and people generally do not find these leisure activities.
So even though we have many modern appliances to reduce the time needed to perform different tasks, we could spend quality time is consumed by the activities and the inevitable additional tasks.
Stressors abound - In an ideal world, someone who constantly feel stressed at work would be able to relax when he / she returns home.
I'm sure there are people who have managed to achieve this feat and I am sure also that they are very happy to "break the code".
However, 60% of American adults, the scenario is not so bright and stress free. The current reality is that over 50% of all adults in the United States experience the same level of stress at home and at work. This means that a normal working adult no longer meets a stress relief because the two environments is considered stressful.
harmful social norms - It is no secret that modern society is still ruled by double standards, especially in the workplace.
Despite significant advances in the field of gender equality, many people still subscribe to the idea that a woman who is too independent and clairvoyant is undesirable.
On the other side, a man who does not show the same set of skills is also considered a failure in terms of their professionalism.
These double standards are actually toxic in the workplace because it encourages aggressive competition in men but not to reward women showing unity and initiative. This can make it extremely frustrating and stressful workplace for men and women place.
Chronic excess work - Over 25% of all adults working Americans complain of not having enough time in the day to finish all they have to do.To compensate for the lack of time, many adults turn to overwork, which generally leads to a phase of "burnout". It may be difficult to recover from exhaustion if nothing actively to reduce levels of a person of stress at home and at work.
Fragmentation - The current divorce rate in the US is a whopping 50%. This means that a significant percentage of the US population consists of families with a single parent with one breadwinner.
This reality is forcing many single parents (mostly women) to work two or three times as hard just to track the daily expenses of their families.
Obviously, this situation is very stressful because leisure time is almost nonexistent and the rest of the time off from work turns babysitting and home.
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Already in the sixties and seventies, people dreamed of a time when they could rest and relax more, because modern technology has finally been there to help with the tedious tasks like cleaning the house. People dreamed wonderful inventions that have made life easier and essentially happier.
Fast forward to the era of eBay, iPhones and TVs that can connect to the internet in an instant.
The current generation has known all the previous decades combined advanced technology. Thank you to the globalization of trade and technological innovations without end, we can now use the Internet 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Any laptop or standard PC that has been mounted around the year 2012 would be at least 1,000,000 times more effective in the calculations that the team that launched the Apollo moon rocket.
We literally live the dream.
So the big question now is: why are we stressed? Or more importantly, why we are even more stressed than our predecessors?
Sociologists, psychologists and economists even today sought to determine when our time is completely gone and almost indissolubly associated with stress.
Studies on the "puzzle of stress" are complex in their entirety. However, I have taken the liberty of summarizing the most important conclusions for the benefit of all.
The stress of the roots
Less free time - Many people often stress associated with having to deal with child care and family care.
However, if we compare the amount of time that people spend caring for their homes and their families now, with the amount of time spent doing the same things over in the 1910s, to achieve the same average number hours per week: 52 hours.
The reason for this is that we are now spending more time on additional services such as shopping and people generally do not find these leisure activities.
So even though we have many modern appliances to reduce the time needed to perform different tasks, we could spend quality time is consumed by the activities and the inevitable additional tasks.
Stressors abound - In an ideal world, someone who constantly feel stressed at work would be able to relax when he / she returns home.
I'm sure there are people who have managed to achieve this feat and I am sure also that they are very happy to "break the code".
However, 60% of American adults, the scenario is not so bright and stress free. The current reality is that over 50% of all adults in the United States experience the same level of stress at home and at work. This means that a normal working adult no longer meets a stress relief because the two environments is considered stressful.
harmful social norms - It is no secret that modern society is still ruled by double standards, especially in the workplace.
Despite significant advances in the field of gender equality, many people still subscribe to the idea that a woman who is too independent and clairvoyant is undesirable.
On the other side, a man who does not show the same set of skills is also considered a failure in terms of their professionalism.
These double standards are actually toxic in the workplace because it encourages aggressive competition in men but not to reward women showing unity and initiative. This can make it extremely frustrating and stressful workplace for men and women place.
Chronic excess work - Over 25% of all adults working Americans complain of not having enough time in the day to finish all they have to do.To compensate for the lack of time, many adults turn to overwork, which generally leads to a phase of "burnout". It may be difficult to recover from exhaustion if nothing actively to reduce levels of a person of stress at home and at work.
Fragmentation - The current divorce rate in the US is a whopping 50%. This means that a significant percentage of the US population consists of families with a single parent with one breadwinner.
This reality is forcing many single parents (mostly women) to work two or three times as hard just to track the daily expenses of their families.
Obviously, this situation is very stressful because leisure time is almost nonexistent and the rest of the time off from work turns babysitting and home.
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