A total of 150 participants from 16 countries around the world were asked to choose among the three factors that they were most stressed; money, family or health. And it turns out that the first factor which ranks the top cause of stress is money.

Participants who represent most of the citizens of the world agree, money is first reason to be the source of stress. They were admitted, that if it was compared to family or health problems, money is much greater cause of stress. Poll results showed that participants more worry and stress when having financial problems.

Poll results are quoted from Glamour, Sunday (01/11/2009) mentioned that several countries feel stress because of money and some others are not. According to the poll, the countries that feel stresses because of money are Malaysia (58%), followed by China and Singapore (55%) while in third place is America (48%).

Meanwhile, countries that slightly worry and stress are not constrained by money are Russia (15%), France (18%) and Italy (19%). All three countries have been more stressful when families and health problems arise rather than about money.

The money turned out to be a highly feared everyone. Money indeed can not escape from life. There is even a saying; “money is not everything but with money everything will be easier”. Money affects almost all factors of life, including physical health, mental and family problems.

“If you’re sick, you’ll need money for doctor visits. To eat nutritious and tasty food too takes money. And for a walk with family, money should also be there. So all things are related to money,” said Kathleen Fifield, a participant who follows the polls.

Although the results of a poll say that money is the first cause of stress, but it does not mean can not be overcome. Thankful with everything we are having and continue to try to live with diligence and patience is the key to overcoming all kinds of stress.

Maybe you start to feel that your clients increasingly finicky and fussy, your boss starts acting very frustrating to continually dissatisfy with your job or even criticize your work. Strangely, it just happened recently. Maybe this is a sign you are beginning to experience what is called “burnout” or what we usually call the “saturation” (which is usually caused by stress).

You should not underestimate such previous problem because it will not affect to your job but also your health.

Here are some of the main causes of stress in the workplace:

1. The working conditions are always under pressure
2. Obscurity of a given task
3. Lack of planning work
4. Presence of threat among employees
5. Shouts and curses from consumers
6. Coworkers who always disturb
7. Inconvenience as a disturbing noise, less ventilation, and etc.

Obviously, It can not be avoided. But remember that your health is paramount, because the tense mind can damage your health. Instead you continue to feel depressed with that, you can perform the following tips in mind so that it can reduce expenses:

Stop complaining
If we continue to just complain about our jobs, our minds will be more depressed and jobs will not be finished too right? Try to look for a little positive value that can be taken, and assume them as learning tools for you. Or think of something interesting that you would do when you receive a salary.

Determine priorities
Indeed we can not do all the work at once, then decide where formerly a more important and must be completed. Plan your activities well: what, why, how, when and who is responsible for the tasks. It’s so important to create not only a long-term planning, but also short term.

Short break
How busy you are, as come to you a break hour, use the best time to relax. Do this for several times to break for a few minutes during the workday. If possible, use your break time to sleep at least 15 minutes. This can make your body and mind refreshed.

Eat nutritious foods
Remember to keep attention to your diet to keep adequate nutrition. Adequate nutrition can make the body more healthy and vibrant.

Go home on time
If the work can be done tomorrow and you are not required to do it overtime, go home on time. This will help you get more time to relax and unwind with the family.

Enjoying life outside work
Do not mix work with personal life. When you have some free time / holidays, enjoy the best possible way.

Create a good working environment
Have the attitude of tolerance to fellow co-workers. Be open and communicate with fellow colleagues, and also keep your team spirit by organizing small festivals, sports, or play together. Build a pleasant working climate.

Talk with colleagues
Life in the metropolis make a person tends to individualist. It often hang-out or lunch with colleagues. Who knows, with chatting with colleagues, you can find a solution to the problem. The faster you work, the easier you are attacked by stress. To overcome it, always carry paper and pencil to record the events that make you stressed at work all the day. Then, after arriving home, you just sit and ponder what things had happened this day for five to 15 minutes.

Delegate some tasks
Delegate some of your responsibilities to your subordinates.

Take your leaves and refreshing
If you’re already very tired; try to go on leave on your boss. Use your time off to visit places that you like with your family or your best friend.

Aid professionals
If you can not find effective ways to solve your problem, you should consult a counselor / psychologist who has the ability to handle your problems.

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So, what are the symptoms of stress?

Every one of the children, adolescents, and adults, can be affected by stress (women can be affected two times higher than in males). When our body fails to cope, physiological adjustments did not work, and symptoms of stress will continue. Physical condition, physiological or psychological problems can occur in people affected. He can not possibly live a normal life.

Keep in mind that stress, if not addressed, can change our lives from good to bad, from bad to worse, even to the worst circumstances. If you’re under stress and stay at home, it will affect your relationship with your spouse and other family members. If you’re inside an educational institution, it will affect the study. If you’re at work, it will affect the quality of your work. So stressful, with all levels, must be addressed, so that we can live normally and productively.

How do you know that you’re stressed?

Stress has a long list of symptoms. The signs and symptoms of stress can be physical, physiological or psychological. Usually a combination of all kinds often occurs. Also the same weight may not occur in all people affected by stress.

The signs and symptoms of stress is a manifestation of functional adjustments that occur in the body. This varies depending on the type of stress whether it is acute, chronic or delayed stress. Functional changes are physiological changes that eventually became the signs and symptoms of physical stress. The changes are:
* The transfer of blood from less vital organs to the more important organs.
* Increased heart beat faster to supply blood.
* Improvement of blood pressure to supply blood as efficiently as possible.
* Increased respiratory rate to get more oxygen from the air.
* Improvement of glycogen in liver and muscle to get more glucose.
* The formation of glucose is more than a non-carbohydrate substance.

Changes in the functions mentioned above are real signs of stress from the symptoms of stress both physical and psychological stress.

If you experience any signs above, you should immediately visit a doctor for a thorough examination of the organs of the body as soon as possible.

Sleep
Medical practitioners, no matter what field they’re in, often suffer from lack of sleep and this result into stress. If you want to get rid of stress, you need to sleep more. It’s really as simple as that. Sleeping on a bed would always be nice but not necessary. Just find someplace comfortable and then grab any opportunity you can get to catch a few winks. You can’t imagine what a huge difference a mere few minutes of sleep can do to your energy and stamina!

Read
Reading a book is relaxing for practically everyone as long as you’ve chosen the right reading materials. Of course, work-related texts are expressly forbidden as they’re liable to make your mind dwell longer on job-related matters, which would defeat the purpose of reading in the first place. As you turn the pages, give your imagination freedom to explore the world within the book. Let it beguile you into forgetting, even just for a while, your troubles in real life. And when you emerge from your paper adventure, you’ll be surprised at how refreshed and energized you’d feel…assuming, that is, you’ve read a book with a happily-ever-after ending.<

Sports
It doesn’t have to be a group or pair-based sport. It can be something solitary like golf or running. What matters is that you’re releasing any strong emotions inside you as you expend physical effort without hurting anyone physically or emotionally.
For sports to be a more effective stress buster, you need to give it your all every time you play. Use your force, your power, and everything else you have whenever you hit the ball or strike something. With that, you’d almost feel like you’re throwing out all your anger, frustration, and all other bad feelings and emerge a completely new person with newly unburdened shoulders.

Do something you love
It has to be something that you truly feel passionate about. It could be something as simple as watching a movie or eating. It can also be something materially based, such as adding to your doll collection. Do whatever it is that would make you happy and remind you about the beauty of life, no matter what troubles you’re currently facing.

Almost impossible to determine what makes a child become “normal” at every stage of its growth and development, but in general, a child who lives normally in the home, neighborhood and school did not seem to have psychological disorders. Problems with the teacher or a fight with his friend could not be a reference that the child is experiencing mental disorders. Parents should pay attention to his daily behavior or behavior that persists for a certain period. Children who can not be friends or do not want to be friends by peers may be experiencing emotional or psychological problems.

The family doctor is the right person to consult about the behavior and the disorder – he knew the child personally and can help to choose a mental health professional if necessary. Teachers who can assess the performance and behavior of the child when he was with his peers can assist in identifying the problem.

Mental retardation

Definition

Milestones of child development is used as a rough guide to assess the normality of function. At a certain age most children begin to recognize a parent’s voice or start learning to walk. Guidelines for behavior on the basis of this age are not standard, so if your child walk or talk after a longer or faster than other kids, so this does not necessarily indicate a disorder. Standard examination to evaluate mental retardation should be done when you suspect a delay in the development of children. Approximately 1% of children suffer from mental retardation.

Many children with mental retardation were born with physical abnormalities, such as hearing a weak power, or heart problems. They are at risk of three to four times higher for other mental disorder such as learning disabilities and incontinence than the general population. The ratio of mental retardation in men and women is 3:2.
Causes

The cause of mental retardation was found only in less than half the number of cases. mild retardation is generally found in the socio-economic class is low, but mental retardation is mild or severe is found in all classes equally. Negative influence in the home such as child neglect and lack of social stimulation and language may have a role in the development of a mild case.

Genetic disorders found in 25% of children who suffered from mental retardation, and this is usually associated with severe retardation. Down syndrome is a congenital form of mental retardation is the most common, caused by chromosomal abnormality and occurs in 1 in 700 births in the United States. Although women at any age can have children with Down syndrome, this risk increases sharply when reaching 35 years of age and above. These disturbances, and a number of congenital disorders and other congenital, can be diagnosed in utero by using ultrasound or amniocentesis. Children who have Down syndrome have distinctive facial characteristics from birth and include retarded in the development of speech and muscle coordination.

Many diseases that occur during pregnancy can cause mental retardation, especially during the first weeks when the organ systems begin to form, and it emphasizes the importance of prenatal care. Maternal infections such as rubella (German smallpox), syphilis, and cytomegalovirus is a type of disease that can cause retardation. Illness and injuries during childhood can cause mental retardation after birth. The most common is the encephalitis and meningitis, which attacks the brain directly. Other causes are trauma to the head injury that can result from harsh treatment of children in motor vehicle accidents and other accidents.

Diagnosis

Psychological examination can be done before the child is old enough to go to school to determine whether he has mental retardation. Since many variations in the development of children, very young children may develop more slowly than their peers but not necessarily he suffered mental retardation.

American Psychiatrist Association suggests the following criteria for the diagnosis of mental retardation:

• IQ is far below the average (70 or under).
• Power weak adaptation functions in terms of social skills, responsibility, communication, freedom interrelatedness, skills of daily living, the ability to be self-sufficient is slow when compared with age.
• The attack before the age of 18 years.

Medical

Prevention of mental retardation through prenatal care and infection control is better the best treatment. After successfully diagnosed with mental retardation, social and intellectual functions of children can be improved through a program designed to stimulate development. Now the school began a speech and language training, play therapy, and social skills.

Parents may feel overwhelmed physically and mentally when it comes to caring for children who suffer from mental retardation. Consultation of parents is very important to cope with stress and can help identify the anger and guilt that may arise in a situation like this.

Prevention

Prenatal care, good birth can prevent infection that can cause mental retardation in the fetus.