A simple test to measure your stress at work

Do you feel exhausted about the work? You may think the tasks in front of you are too burdening. But in general, work stress is so invisible that some people notice it only after being broken down.

Therefore, there are several ways of stress checking. In Japan, mental health screening of employees became mandatory for most companies some years ago.

Here, I suggest a very simple, but valuable method testify your stress level at work. This is one question: "Do you worry about your work performance today on the way to going home?"

If your answer is "yes, always," you must be failing to deal with your working stress.

This method is useful especially for consulting persons such as clinician and lawyers. They, including me, are always exposed to the stress of the clients. To maintain the mental health of the consultants, stress should be dealt with in the workplace, ideally. Otherwise, you can talk about it with your family: be careful to adhere to the confidentiality.

On the other hand, rumination thinking about the client's complaints often happens in your mind. In this case, you may be overwhelmed by the stress.

Rumination is known as a symptom suggesting the risk of depression. So, I recommend you to consult with another person to eliminate your stressful feeling.