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Stress In IT Industry Causes

Though the Stress factor is responsible for suicide and Divorces, to cite some areas, it affects the people in the IT Industry more.

As mentioned my earlier post it is the not normal working rhythm as a consequence,irregular food habits, lack of physical exercise,varying sleep pattern, setting up of high and unrealistic goals( most of them set for to suit the Company's needs,assumption of fake IDs as in the case of Call Centers and BPOs,less time for persoanl interaction with the family(includes, apart from wife and children, parents and relatives, high Income at a young age, not finding enough time to manage family affairs, Peer pressure, multiple chains of commands and reporting and constant thinking of job all the time(the IT people would deny this) are some of the pressure points.

Suicides IT and Stress

While resolving these Conflicts, the organism is torn between the instincts and we feel the Stress.

Normally Stress is resolved biologically by the Organism.

But the Cognitive instrument we call the Mind starts analyzing and it causes anxiety.

We completely forget that in the battle between the Heart and Mind Heart always wins.

We presume that Mind does.

Therefore, the essential problem does not concern Stress per se but our cognition of it.