Work Pressure Can Disrupt Mental Conditions, This Is Psychologist's Suggestion

JAKARTA - In the midst of increasingly high work pressure, many people feel the impact of real stress. Demands to always be productive, face uncertain situations, to exposure to continuous information can drain physical and mental energy.

This condition is getting tougher for those who work on the front lines, such as media crews, health workers, and security forces.

Adult clinical psychologist graduated from the University of Indonesia, totaling Indira Andani, M.Psi., Psychologist, explained that the frontline working group does have a greater risk of experiencing psychological pressure.

Especially in situations full of uncertainty, exposure to information, workloads, and stressful field conditions can make a person vulnerable to stress. To overcome this,men suggested that workers try to maintain a simple, pleasant routine as a form of self-care.

"For example, trying to try to sleep in quality, keep eating regularly, or have light physical activity, even though the situation is not ideal", said ANTARA.

He added, it is important for workers who are vulnerable to dealing with stressful conditions to have a safe space. This place allows a person to express emotions without fear of being judged. Safe space can be built through interaction with co-workers, family, or with professional staff.

In addition, support from the workplace institution also plays a major role in maintaining mental well-being. According toLA, the provision of healthy supervision, reasonable working hours arrangements, opportunities to rest, and leave policies if needed are a tangible form of attention to workers' health.

The institutions they work for should also provide support, such as healthy supervision, through reasonable working hours rules, a chance to take a break during assignments, or a rest leave policy when needed.

This emphasizes that a strong work environment and support system greatly affect a person's stress and anxiety levels. Emotions that are suppressed without distribution are at risk of exploding and have an impact on those around them, so they need to be channeled through a healthy way even if they are under pressure.

A short break from routine is also an important strategy. For example, by limiting access to social media which is full of tense information, walking for a moment to feel the air around, taking a deep breath, writing feelings, sharing stories with trusted people, or doing simple activities that make the body move.

"In that way, emotions can slowly decay, the body is more relieved, and relationships with other people are maintained," explained the psychologist at Vajra Gandaria.

Finally, he emphasized that managing emotions is not only an individual task. Support and empathy from the authorities is also needed so that existing unrest can be answered.

In other words, the emergence of various emotions in society also reflects the ongoing social, political, and public policy conditions. So, emotional management is indeed important at the personal level, but the responsibility of creating a healthier environment must still be shared together, including by policy makers," concludedUL Indira.