Working under Stress...??

Well it's sometime now that the college has announced the schedule for the placements. I think this is the most stressful time during one's stay in a college and that too in a PG college where everyone wants the best whether interested or not interested in the business a company is in.

So what is stress?

This is what I perceive. It is the strain of mind one experiences or an emotional strain. You can call it as tension or burnout or what ever name you want to give it. The mind doesn't seem to cooperate with you and your behavior with people changes. One tends to get agitated, get angry at small issues, get into an unhealthy arguments. Friends become foes. You don't know whom to talk to. One of my professors was telling about the placement months in the campus. He used to tell this. The best of friends become best of enemies. I wondered whether he was exaggerating things. Now I realize what he meant. Small things will lead you to argument. One sees oneself in argument with people to whom you never spoke to. Let alone friends.
"Friends" are a different issue. You can't argue with them. You will have to keep every damn thing in ones mind. That's too difficult and dangerous. It might ruin the relationship beyond repair. My friend advises me to keep away from argument. Its difficult One need to take out all the frustrations out. What to do? There is a saying in Kannada. One can neither keep the hot ghee in ones mouth not can he spit it out.

So how to control? Is it possible?

Answering the above two questions is not possible. At least from me. There are people speaking about stress management. People also say yoga is a good method to keep it under control. I haven;t experienced it yet. Not the I am a regularly practice yoga. One has to be regular in doing it. Well is there any other means for that? I don't know. You should tell me.

Working under Stress

Working under stress is no child's play. One needs to cope up with things. One should know how to handle stress. Not all can do this. One can breakdown at any point of time. The current business scenarios demand people to work and deliver under stress. However the question remains. Does one deliver his best under stress? Does the quality of work remains the same with and without stress?

By the way, wikipedia has a nice write up on this topic. Have a peek if time permits. It is a good read. I have given the link to that article on wikipedia.

If anybody finds out a way to overcome stress, do let me know.



22 November 2007
Well I thought it was unnecessary to post another blog to provide another link relating to stress which happened to appear in a newspaper today. Hope this adds some value to this article.