Safety Week 2021: Mental Health Awareness
Signs Your Stress Levels Are On The Rise
Our world seems to be changing so quickly – it’s hard to know what to prepare for or begin to predict how things will be different.
It’s understandable that your stress levels are on the rise. You may not notice how quickly your stress is rising and you may find yourself at a loss of how to manage the mounting stress and its factors.
Here are some signs that your stress levels are rising faster than you realize.
- You find yourself being more irritable or short tempered. You’re easily annoyed or quick to anger.
- You may experience more emotional lows, feelings of hopelessness or sadness or depression.
- Changes to your sleep pattern. You have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep.
- Your diet. You find yourself over-eating or not eating enough. Your regular eating schedule may be disrupted. You may find yourself eating comfort foods, carb rich foods, or foods that are high in fat, sugar and salt.
- Fatigue. No matter how much you rest or sleep you can’t seem to fight off the feeling of being tired.