In my younger years, I always just believed and assumed that stress did not impact me and that I would always just move forward. As I have gotten older, and have learned through different situations in life, both good and bad, as well as learning how to deal with ADD\/ADHD throughout life, that stress not impacting is simply not the case. After taking the Coping and Stress Management test and the Type A Personality survey, I found out that I am secretly harboring more stress than I realize,\u2026.. and want to admit is there,\u2026.. as well as I tend to ignore it and try to focus on more important things. This is not always the healthiest nor best thing mentally to do, and doing so can do much more harm than good in the future. I was actually a little surprised at the amount of stress, and how high the Type A personality score was. I have made great strides over the last 5 years or so to mature and not be the person that I was 10-15 years ago, however, it appears that I need to focus more deep down as well instead of just on the surface. Over the last 5 year or so, but mainly since 2020 when the pandemic started, there has been a huge focus on companies assisting employees with mental health, substance abuse, physical wellness, financial wellness, and other similar programs. Many larger companies have implemented most if not all additional wellness programs that are available for employees to help them throughout difficult times. Where I currently work, they offer tuition assistance, financial assistance and counseling, mental health assistance, and several other programs to help make sure that your whole being is taken care of instead of just offering traditional insurance. This has helped the mood and outlook of work change drastically because it shows employees that companies are willing to invest in their greatest asset, employees, during difficult and uncertain times to help them be taken care of instead of just replacing them if something were to happen, which was common years ago as a mindset.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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