Powering through Pressure

Introduction

My stress breakthrough realisation

A moment of enlightenment for me, concerning what stress was about, occurred when I was working late in the company offices one evening. I was about to leave the building when a strange sound, coming from one of the few, lit offices, immediately attracted my attention. I peered in and was terrified by what I saw. A colleague I knew well was rocking back-and-forth, crying out like a wild animal. After taking action to ensure that he received appropriate immediate support, I was left with the question, how had he got to this state without our recognising the pressure he was under? This led me to ask what we could have done to prevent this dignified, competent person ever reaching this point of distress. ...