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Sunday, October 14, 2001 		Stressbusters

How hassled can you get !
V.K. Kapoor

RELATIVELY unimportant events characterised as "hassles" have an even greater impact on our well being.

Hassles range from getting stuck in a traffic-jam to becoming involved in a dispute at work to misplacing our address book.

Hassles are constant, everyday stressors.

Greatest stress often comes from the daily disruptions that hassles provoke.

Hassles scale

  • Misplacing or losing things

1

 2 3

  • Troublesome neighbours

1

 2 3

  • Smoking too much

1

 2 3

  • Use of alcohol

1

 2 3

  • Problems getting along with
    colleagues and fellow workers

1

 2 3

  • Concerns about retirement

1

 2 3

  • Don’t like current work duties

1

 2 3

  • Financial insecurity

1

 2 3

  • Declining physical abilities

1

 2 3

  • Rising prices of common goods

1

 2 3

  • Problems with ageing parents

1

 2 3

  • Job dissatisfaction

1

 2 3

  • Too many meetings

1

 2 3

  • Regrets over past decisions

1

 2 3

  • Hassles from boss or supervisor

1

 2 3

  • Not enough time for family

1

 2 3

  • Noise

1

 2 3

  • Crime

1

 2 3

  • Traffic

1

 2 3

  • Pollution

1

 2 3

(The writer, a Haryana cadre IPS officer, is a renowned stress- management expert.)

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