High-functioning anxiety: When success is fueled by chronic stress by Jason Crosby | Nov 17, 2022 | Anxiety, Coping Skills, Feelings & Emotions, Mental Health Topics Anxiety is a human response to stressful stimuli. In other words, it’s normal. Whether we’re late for work, have ruined our favorite shirt, or totally failed a first date, life certainly offers us a lot to be anxious about. However, when anxiety stops becoming an intermittent experience and becomes more…
Thriveworks research suggests post-traumatic job stress affects more than 40% of Americans by Jason Crosby | Nov 9, 2022 | Mental Health Topics, Research, Work & Careers Gaining work experience is often viewed as a positive process, something we grow and learn from. But what about negative experiences in our work history? Could toxic work environments and professional relationships leave us with “post-traumatic job stress?” To find out, Thriveworks recently conducted a research study into how many…
Am I going to get fired? Working through this fear and other work anxieties by Taylor Bennett | Jun 1, 2020 | Anxiety, Feelings & Emotions, Mental Health Topics, Work & Careers It’s in our nature to worry, to think about all that could go wrong. Sometimes, though, we obsess over these possibilities—especially during times of uncertainty like COVID-19. Many (if not most) of us feel like our jobs are at stake. We feel as if we could get fired or let go at…