O estresse e a vida moderna II
Autor: Amora Lys | Publicado: 2011-05-21T11:49:00-07:00

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;De&nbsp;&nbsp; modo que&nbsp; tudo&nbsp; segue&nbsp; a direção&nbsp; pré-determinada. A&nbsp; instrução é fazer,&nbsp; realizar&nbsp; e&nbsp; produzir.&nbsp; Então,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; gastando&nbsp; apenas&nbsp; 30 minutos&nbsp; da&nbsp; casa&nbsp; ao&nbsp; trabalho,&nbsp; e no&nbsp; final&nbsp; do dia&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;tendo&nbsp; a&nbsp; sobra&nbsp; de 1 hora,&nbsp;&nbsp; freqüenta-se&nbsp;&nbsp; umas&nbsp; aulas&nbsp; de&nbsp; estratégias&nbsp;&nbsp; de&nbsp;&nbsp; marketing.&nbsp; Porém,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; dias&nbsp; depois,&nbsp; uma&nbsp; instituição&nbsp;&nbsp;educacional&nbsp;&nbsp; inaugura&nbsp; um&nbsp; curso&nbsp; de&nbsp; marketing&nbsp; à&nbsp; distância.&nbsp;&nbsp;Como &nbsp;já&nbsp;&nbsp;é&nbsp;&nbsp; possível&nbsp;&nbsp; ir&nbsp; para&nbsp; a casa&nbsp; e não&nbsp; mais&nbsp; gastar&nbsp; 1 hora&nbsp; no curso&nbsp; de&nbsp; makerting;&nbsp; é só providenciar&nbsp; a&nbsp; matrícula&nbsp;&nbsp; do&nbsp; curso&nbsp; de&nbsp; inglês.&nbsp; A&nbsp; vida&nbsp; contemporânea&nbsp; impulsiona&nbsp;&nbsp; as&nbsp;&nbsp; pessoas&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a&nbsp; viverem&nbsp; freneticamente&nbsp; economizando tempo&nbsp; somente&nbsp; para&nbsp;&nbsp; preenchê-lo&nbsp;&nbsp; com&nbsp; outros&nbsp; afazeres&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; e&nbsp; solicitações.
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A automação nem&nbsp; sempre&nbsp; realiza&nbsp; os ideais&nbsp; de&nbsp; conforto&nbsp; que&nbsp; suscita.&nbsp; Agora,&nbsp; seres&nbsp; humanos&nbsp; vivem&nbsp; num&nbsp; mundo&nbsp; em que&nbsp; os fatos&nbsp; acontecem&nbsp; muito&nbsp; mais&nbsp; rapidamente&nbsp; do que a&nbsp; capacidade&nbsp; orgânica em absorver&nbsp; estímulos&nbsp; e&nbsp; lidar&nbsp; com&nbsp; eles. Atende-se&nbsp; o telefone&nbsp; celular enquanto&nbsp; se &nbsp;está&nbsp; dirigindo&nbsp; o&nbsp; automóvel.&nbsp; Quer dizer;&nbsp; pode-se&nbsp; tomar&nbsp; uma&nbsp; decisão&nbsp;&nbsp; significativa&nbsp;&nbsp; ao&nbsp; mesmo&nbsp; tempo &nbsp;em &nbsp;que&nbsp; se &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; cuida&nbsp;&nbsp; para&nbsp; não&nbsp;&nbsp; chocar&nbsp; o&nbsp; carro&nbsp; contra&nbsp; o&nbsp; caminhão&nbsp; que vem&nbsp; à&nbsp; frente&nbsp;&nbsp; e&nbsp; abrir&nbsp; caminho&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;para&nbsp; a ambulância&nbsp; que vem&nbsp; atrás.
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Atente-se para&nbsp; o que diz&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Susan&nbsp; Andrews&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;no&nbsp; livro&nbsp;&nbsp; "Stress a seu&nbsp; favor."

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "Com grandes&nbsp; avanços&nbsp; na&nbsp; automação&nbsp; e&nbsp; informática&nbsp;&nbsp; imaginávamos&nbsp; que&nbsp; iríamos&nbsp;&nbsp; estar&nbsp; trabalhando&nbsp;&nbsp;cada&nbsp; vez&nbsp; menos&nbsp;&nbsp; e&nbsp; dispondo&nbsp; de&nbsp; um&nbsp; tempo&nbsp; maior&nbsp; para&nbsp; lazer,&nbsp;&nbsp; artes,&nbsp; natureza,&nbsp; família e&nbsp; vida&nbsp; espiritual. Ah!&nbsp; Quem&nbsp; dera!&nbsp; Estamos&nbsp;&nbsp; trabalhando&nbsp; cada vez mais,&nbsp; dispondo&nbsp;&nbsp; de&nbsp;&nbsp; menos&nbsp; tempo&nbsp;&nbsp; para&nbsp;&nbsp; o&nbsp;&nbsp; lazer&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; e&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ficando&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; mais&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; estressados."

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; O&nbsp; patrão,&nbsp; chefe&nbsp; ou&nbsp; quem quer que pague&nbsp; a&nbsp; um&nbsp; funcionário&nbsp; vai&nbsp; exigir&nbsp;&nbsp; dele&nbsp;&nbsp; todo&nbsp; o&nbsp; seu&nbsp; empenho&nbsp; e&nbsp; capacidade,&nbsp; porque&nbsp;&nbsp; ainda&nbsp; que&nbsp; seja&nbsp; o&nbsp; patrão,&nbsp; ele&nbsp; também&nbsp; tem&nbsp; dívidas&nbsp; e&nbsp; é&nbsp;&nbsp; o&nbsp;&nbsp; trabalho&nbsp;&nbsp; que&nbsp;&nbsp; produz&nbsp;&nbsp; dinheiro,&nbsp;&nbsp; tanto&nbsp; o&nbsp; do&nbsp; salário&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; do&nbsp; empregado,&nbsp; quanto&nbsp;&nbsp; aquele&nbsp;&nbsp; que&nbsp; vai&nbsp;&nbsp; pagar&nbsp; as&nbsp; dívidas&nbsp; da&nbsp; empresa.
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A&nbsp; rede&nbsp; de&nbsp; apelos&nbsp;&nbsp; da&nbsp; sociedade&nbsp; já&nbsp; está&nbsp; gigantesca,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; desmesurada,&nbsp; torcida,&nbsp; retorcida&nbsp; e distorcida&nbsp; de&nbsp; tal maneira&nbsp; que&nbsp; as&nbsp;&nbsp; pessoas,&nbsp;&nbsp; sobrevivendo&nbsp; nas&nbsp;&nbsp; suas&nbsp;&nbsp; malhas,&nbsp;&nbsp; muito&nbsp; poucas&nbsp;&nbsp; alternativas&nbsp; têm&nbsp; a&nbsp; não&nbsp; ser&nbsp; cumprir&nbsp; as&nbsp;&nbsp; exigências&nbsp; de&nbsp; produzir&nbsp;&nbsp; mais&nbsp;&nbsp; e&nbsp; melhor. O&nbsp; habitante&nbsp; da civilização&nbsp; perdeu&nbsp; grande&nbsp; parte&nbsp; de&nbsp; seu&nbsp; direito&nbsp; à&nbsp; qualidade&nbsp; de vida,&nbsp; descanso&nbsp;&nbsp; e&nbsp; tranqüilidade;&nbsp; reduzido&nbsp; que&nbsp;&nbsp; foi&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;à&nbsp;&nbsp; peça&nbsp;&nbsp; cuja&nbsp; função&nbsp;&nbsp; é&nbsp;&nbsp; produzir&nbsp;&nbsp; para&nbsp; robustecer&nbsp;&nbsp; as&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; malhas&nbsp; da&nbsp; rede.&nbsp; Muito&nbsp; distante&nbsp; da&nbsp; paz&nbsp; do Tibete,&nbsp; sua&nbsp; vida&nbsp;&nbsp; é&nbsp; um&nbsp; conjunto&nbsp; de&nbsp;&nbsp; apelos&nbsp; e&nbsp; demandas&nbsp; à&nbsp; sua&nbsp; capacidade&nbsp;&nbsp; de&nbsp; trabalhar&nbsp; e sobreviver.
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Diante disso, podemos afirmar&nbsp; que&nbsp; o&nbsp; trabalho&nbsp;&nbsp; é&nbsp; um&nbsp; dos&nbsp; setores&nbsp; da vida&nbsp; que&nbsp;&nbsp; mais&nbsp; gera&nbsp; estímulos&nbsp; estressores e&nbsp; que,&nbsp; sob as&nbsp; pressões&nbsp; do&nbsp;&nbsp; ambiente&nbsp; profissional,&nbsp; o&nbsp; organismo&nbsp; mobiliza amiúde&nbsp; a&nbsp; resposta&nbsp; Neanderthal.

&nbsp;Vejamos&nbsp; as&nbsp; conclusões&nbsp; de&nbsp; Susan&nbsp; Andrews:
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "É&nbsp; o&nbsp; início&nbsp; da história&nbsp; humana,&nbsp; um&nbsp; milhão&nbsp; de&nbsp; anos&nbsp; atrás&nbsp; e o Homo&nbsp; Sapiens&nbsp; sai&nbsp; de&nbsp; sua&nbsp;&nbsp; caverna&nbsp; para&nbsp; o&nbsp; ver&nbsp; o sol&nbsp; nascer&nbsp; colorindo&nbsp; o&nbsp; horizonte. De repente&nbsp; ele&nbsp; ouve&nbsp; um&nbsp; ruído&nbsp;&nbsp; na&nbsp;&nbsp; floresta.&nbsp; Seus músculos&nbsp; tensionam-se,&nbsp; seu&nbsp; coração&nbsp; sente&nbsp; uma&nbsp; pancada,&nbsp; sua&nbsp; respiração&nbsp; torna-se&nbsp; mais&nbsp; rápida e assim&nbsp; ele&nbsp; se&nbsp; depara&nbsp;&nbsp; com&nbsp;&nbsp; um&nbsp; tigre&nbsp;&nbsp; dentes-de-sabre.&nbsp; Deveria&nbsp; ele&nbsp; lutar&nbsp; ou&nbsp; fugir?&nbsp; Ele&nbsp; abaixa-se,&nbsp; pega&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; uma&nbsp; pedra&nbsp;&nbsp; pontuda&nbsp;&nbsp; e&nbsp; arremessa-a&nbsp;&nbsp; contra&nbsp; o&nbsp; tigre,&nbsp; o&nbsp; animal&nbsp; rosna,&nbsp;&nbsp; mas&nbsp; desaparece&nbsp; na&nbsp;&nbsp; floresta.
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;O&nbsp; homem&nbsp;&nbsp; sente&nbsp; seu&nbsp; corpo&nbsp; amolecer,&nbsp; sua&nbsp; respiração&nbsp; torna-se&nbsp; fácil.&nbsp; Ele&nbsp; retorna&nbsp; à sua&nbsp; caverna&nbsp; para&nbsp;&nbsp; descansar...
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Um&nbsp; milhão de anos&nbsp; depois... é&nbsp; o&nbsp; início&nbsp; de&nbsp; outro&nbsp; dia&nbsp;&nbsp; de&nbsp; trabalho,&nbsp; e o&nbsp; Homo&nbsp; Sapiens&nbsp; sai de&nbsp; seu&nbsp; edifício&nbsp; para&nbsp;&nbsp; o&nbsp; barulho&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; da&nbsp; "hora&nbsp; do rush",&nbsp; momento&nbsp; de&nbsp;&nbsp; maior&nbsp; tráfego&nbsp; nas&nbsp; ruas. Ele&nbsp; abre&nbsp; seu&nbsp; caminho&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; através&nbsp; da&nbsp; multidão&nbsp;&nbsp; e&nbsp; chega&nbsp; na&nbsp; esquina&nbsp; bem&nbsp; a&nbsp; tempo&nbsp; de&nbsp; ver&nbsp;&nbsp; seu&nbsp; ônibus&nbsp; partir.&nbsp; Atrasado&nbsp; para&nbsp; o&nbsp; trabalho,&nbsp; abre a&nbsp; porta&nbsp;&nbsp; do&nbsp; escritório&nbsp; e&nbsp; encontra&nbsp; seu&nbsp; chefe&nbsp;&nbsp; caminhando&nbsp; de&nbsp; um&nbsp; lado&nbsp; para&nbsp; o&nbsp; outro. O chefe grita:&nbsp; "Seu&nbsp; relatório&nbsp; foi&nbsp; prometido&nbsp;&nbsp; para&nbsp;&nbsp; uma&nbsp; hora&nbsp;&nbsp; atrás.&nbsp; E o&nbsp; cliente&nbsp; está&nbsp; furioso!&nbsp; Se&nbsp; quiser&nbsp; manter&nbsp;&nbsp; seu&nbsp; emprego,&nbsp; você&nbsp;&nbsp; deve&nbsp; ter&nbsp;&nbsp; uma&nbsp;&nbsp; boa&nbsp;&nbsp; explicação! E&nbsp; aliás,&nbsp; pode&nbsp; esquecer&nbsp;&nbsp; suas&nbsp; férias&nbsp; neste&nbsp; verão!"
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; O homem&nbsp; olha&nbsp; para&nbsp; um&nbsp; peso&nbsp; de&nbsp; papéis&nbsp; sobre&nbsp; a&nbsp; mesa&nbsp; sentindo&nbsp; ímpeto&nbsp; de&nbsp; arremessá-lo&nbsp;&nbsp; no&nbsp; seu&nbsp; opressor!&nbsp; Em&nbsp;&nbsp; vez&nbsp; disso&nbsp; senta-se,&nbsp;&nbsp; com&nbsp; o&nbsp; estômago&nbsp; agitado,&nbsp; os&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; músculos&nbsp;&nbsp; das&nbsp; costas&nbsp;&nbsp; tensos&nbsp; e a&nbsp; pressão&nbsp;&nbsp; arterial&nbsp;&nbsp; subindo.&nbsp; Ele&nbsp; procura&nbsp; um Valium&nbsp; na&nbsp; escrivaninha&nbsp; e&nbsp; o&nbsp; toma&nbsp; como uma&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; aspirina. Mas não adianta.&nbsp; Sente-se&nbsp; péssimo....
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Com&nbsp; o&nbsp; excesso&nbsp; de&nbsp; trabalho,&nbsp; conflitos&nbsp;&nbsp; interpessoais,&nbsp;&nbsp; problemas&nbsp;&nbsp; financeiros,&nbsp;&nbsp; doença&nbsp; ou&nbsp; morte&nbsp;&nbsp; na&nbsp; família,&nbsp; estamos&nbsp; reagindo&nbsp; aos desafios&nbsp; dos&nbsp;&nbsp; dias&nbsp; atuais&nbsp;&nbsp; com&nbsp; a&nbsp; resposta&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;fisiológica&nbsp; de&nbsp; um&nbsp;&nbsp; homem&nbsp; de Neanderthal.&nbsp; Porém,&nbsp; diferentemente&nbsp;&nbsp; dos&nbsp; nossos&nbsp; ancestrais&nbsp; das&nbsp; cavernas,&nbsp; não&nbsp; podemos fugir&nbsp;&nbsp; dos&nbsp; nossos&nbsp; problemas,&nbsp; nem&nbsp; lutar&nbsp; fisicamente&nbsp; contra&nbsp; eles. Então,&nbsp;&nbsp; enfrentamos&nbsp;&nbsp; tensões&nbsp; contínuas&nbsp; contra&nbsp; as&nbsp; quais&nbsp; não&nbsp; podemos&nbsp;&nbsp;reagir&nbsp; com&nbsp; a&nbsp; atividade&nbsp; física.
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; O&nbsp; empregado&nbsp; que&nbsp;&nbsp; é&nbsp;&nbsp; constantemente&nbsp; criticado&nbsp;&nbsp; pelo&nbsp; seu&nbsp; chefe,&nbsp;&nbsp; o&nbsp; estudante&nbsp;&nbsp; sob&nbsp; contínua&nbsp; pressão&nbsp;&nbsp; por&nbsp; excessos&nbsp; de&nbsp; trabalhos&nbsp; escolares&nbsp;&nbsp; e&nbsp;&nbsp; provas,&nbsp; a&nbsp; dona-de-casa&nbsp; aflita,&nbsp; ouvindo&nbsp; repetidas&nbsp; reclamações&nbsp;&nbsp; do&nbsp; marido,&nbsp;&nbsp; todos&nbsp; mobilizam&nbsp;&nbsp; uma&nbsp;&nbsp; energia&nbsp; intensa:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; seus&nbsp; músculos&nbsp; ficam&nbsp;&nbsp; tensos,&nbsp; suas&nbsp; respirações&nbsp; tornam-se&nbsp; irregulares,&nbsp; seus&nbsp; corações&nbsp; aceleram-se.
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mas&nbsp;&nbsp; embora&nbsp; estejam&nbsp; preparados&nbsp; para&nbsp; uma&nbsp; explosão&nbsp; de&nbsp; atividade,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; não&nbsp; podem&nbsp;&nbsp; liberar&nbsp; sua&nbsp; tensão&nbsp;&nbsp; arremessando&nbsp;&nbsp; o&nbsp; cinzeiro&nbsp; sobre&nbsp; o&nbsp; chefe&nbsp; ou&nbsp;&nbsp; então&nbsp; sair&nbsp; correndo.&nbsp; Eles não&nbsp; queimam&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;todos&nbsp; os&nbsp; açúcares&nbsp; e&nbsp; gorduras&nbsp;&nbsp; liberadas&nbsp;&nbsp; pelo&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;fígado __não fazem uso&nbsp; de toda&nbsp; energia despertada&nbsp; numa&nbsp; atividade&nbsp;&nbsp; física&nbsp;&nbsp; vigorosa,&nbsp; para&nbsp;&nbsp; depois&nbsp;&nbsp; relaxar.&nbsp; Então,&nbsp; o que&nbsp; acontece?"
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A&nbsp; situação&nbsp;&nbsp; descrita&nbsp;&nbsp; acima&nbsp; representa&nbsp;&nbsp; um&nbsp; conflito que&nbsp;&nbsp; precisa&nbsp; ser&nbsp; solucionado&nbsp; para que&nbsp; o estresse&nbsp; não perdure&nbsp; por&nbsp; um&nbsp; longo&nbsp; tempo&nbsp; gerando&nbsp; doenças&nbsp; de&nbsp; desequilíbrio&nbsp; no&nbsp; organismo.