Having a reduced sense of personal accomplishment. The distress of chronic unmanaged stress affects the body, the mind and feelings. The physical effects of stress are fairly common knowledge. The effects of stress on the mind and feelings are less well known, but from an organizational perspective can be more damaging. The chatter that goes on inside our heads and the self-talk we use to make decisions can have a powerful influence on the way we interact with the world.
Feelings play right into mind talk.
Negative self-talk and feelings are a major roadblock to optimizing performance. Clearly, stress is an interactive process between the individual and the climate created by the organization. However, like chronic stress and burnout, there is no clear demarcation between where the individual ends and the organization begins. While each of us have varying degrees of stress hardiness, the greater the stress created by the organization, the more stress resistant the individual must be or succumb to the negative stress of the workplace. These are the actions taken to quiet the symptoms without working on the source of the stress.