Unit 12 2.1explain how individuals experience discrimination due to misinformation The attitudes people have towards those of us with mental health problems mean it is harder for them to work, make friends and in short, live a normal life. -People become isolated -They are excluded from everyday activities -It is harder to get or keep a job -People can be reluctant to seek help, which makes recovery slower and more difficult -Their physical health is affected. This is because society in general has stereotyped views about mental illness and how it affects people. Many people believe that people with mental ill health are violent and dangerous, when in fact they are more at risk of being attacked or harming themselves than harming other people.
Most conflicts in the workplace can lead to a lot of negative situations, such as being permanently dismissed from your job, work productivity can decrease, it can also increase absenteeism (which is having numerous absences from your job) and sometimes could even result in violence or serious crimes. Employees can get stressed, frustrated, have extreme anxiety, and possibly commit suicide or even homicide. Most people see conflict as only something to be avoided. Contrary to popular belief, conflict is something that can be quite beneficial if handled in the right way. Conflict is a natural part in any society in which people deal with each other on a regular basis.
Bullying in the workplace is in the majority of cases reported as having been perpetrated by management - the impact is usually critical to both the individuals and the business. Employees physical and mental health problems: o High stress; post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) o Financial problems due to absence o Reduced self-esteem o Sleep and digestive disturbances o Increased depression/self-blame o Family tension and stress Kareem S. Al Tobgy Organizational behavior - ESLSCA 37C Impact on Organizations: Each of the individual consequences listed above can be very costly for the organization. Costs of bullying generally fall into three categories: o o o Replacing staff members that leave as a result of being bullied, cost of training new employees. Work effort being displaced as staff cope with bullying incidents (i.e., effort being directed away from work productivity and towards coping) Costs associated with investigations of ill treatment and potential legal
Hypertension and stress go hand in hand; stress has a direct effect on hypertension. Stress is the body’s reaction to any change that requires an adjustment or response. The body reacts to these changes with physical, mental, and emotional response. Most people give difference answers to what stress really is because it affects their body’s differently. What is stressful for one person may be pleasurable or have little effect on them and we all react to stress differently.
Discriminatory practice can have a very negative effect on people because it could hurt their feelings or even some types of discrimination can physically hurt them. All different types of discrimination can lead to someone not using health and social care services and this could lead to poorer health. The impact that discrimination has on everybody involved is very big and can affect people in many different ways. Service users who are discriminated against by their service provider may feel disempowered, feel less powerful or loss of confidence meaning the individual’s sadness will occur because of the feeling of neglect, anxiety and they will finally disengage and withdraw from others. The individual who is being discriminated against may feel depressed because they have lost the fight against
Injuries cause extreme pain, limit movements and depending on the severity, can require a large amount of time for rehab. The majority of regular people will have a negative response to any kind of injury. In the case of the athlete (especially at the professional or collegiate level) injuries can be devastating. There is no universal model as to what mental response an athlete will have when an injury occurs, for the most part these emotions are negative (Brehm, 2008). Even when an athlete returns from an injury they can still be affected by it and play more tentatively on the field or court because of fear of re-injury (Brehm, 2008).
Mad Stressful World Being angry all the time gets us all tensed up and stressed out. Stress increases risk of heart attacks and other health problems. Dianne Hales is right we need to learn to how to control our anger and find the source of the problem not blame other people. Stress varies person to person, so find what helps you be a more serene person. Instead of listening or watching things that get us all worked up, we should do something that makes us feel calmer.
Stress is the minds reactions to everyday demands. One part of stress is a stressor it is any stimulus that produces a stress response. The parts in your body affected by these stressors are the nervous system and endocrine system. Long term effects from stress is fatigue there are 3 types of fatigues one is psychological fatigue, pathological fatigue, and chronic fatigue syndrome. Chronic fatigue syndrome is worst stage of fatigue it causes headaches, muscle weakness, sleep problems, and difficulty thinking clearly.
While there are many qualities and benefits to leading an organization or a group of people, often time leaders fail due to the overwhelming pressures of reaching goals and making sure the complete team is satisfied with the outcomes. This failure can often time be a direct link to stress. While stress is enviable for leadership, it is essential for leaders to effectively manage stress. In the summer of 2006, the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) did a study on leadership and stress. Surprisingly, Eighty-eight percent of leaders reported that work is a primary source of stress in their lives and that having a leadership role increase the level of stress.
Acknowledge the negativity Things can become so hectic and intense that even though you feel terrible, you can’t even pause to acknowledge what you’re feeling. Hence, it’s hard to change your flow of thoughts if you’re not even consciously aware that you’re being negative. It’s not easy but whenever you’re experiencing a rollercoaster of bad emotions, you have to try in making a conscious effort to identify the nature of your thoughts. Are you thinking negatively? There are also physical manifestations from which you can recognize if you’re thinking negatively.