Stress should not be considered bad in itself. It makes us realise the challenges and the intensity of those challenges. It creates a shift in our understanding, a shift in our plans. It educates us. However, this can only be healthy as long as the coping mechanism to stress is healthy. For a person dealing with addiction issues, stress can be fatal in dealing with their toxic response. The person may again turn to alcohol, marijuana and other drugs which may cause more stress, leading them into a vicious downward spiral.
Many times this stress can come from the person’s work-life balance. The tenet of changing one’s lifestyle while trying to destroy a chronic habit comes into play here. The stress, and therefore the response to stress (indulgence in drugs) comes due to the lifestyle they have created for themselves. When work becomes overwhelming and starts consuming most of a person’s time and energy, they may turn to substances to cope with the pressure and numb calm their minds down closer to oblivion. This is a cycle where both the imbalance and the use of substances feed into each other to create the vicious cycle mentioned before.
People with addictive personalities also get sneered at by their colleagues. An offhanded critique is usually enough to turn them back to their coping mechanism. They start developing a sense of loneliness and lack of support, thinking no one can really understand what they are going through. When these people feel overwhelmed and unsupported, they usually turn to substances to cope with their feelings of loneliness and anxiety and without the support of family, friends, or a professional network, the addiction can spiral out of control.
When work-life becomes too stressful and too energy-consuming, risks of developing mental illnesses also rise. People with imbalanced work-life are more prone to anxiety, depression, PTSD, etc. These people do not have an outlet and fill up the stress inside themselves. These people usually turn to substances in order to ignore their past built-up stress and we all know what happens when people with serious mental illnesses turn to substances as a way to cope.
The best way to deal with all of these issues simultaneously along with introducing a lifestyle change is to seek help at a retreat center like Veda Wellness, Luxury Retreat and Rehab. We focus on our clients extensively and develop a personalised approach for each of them, basing high importance on the principles of holistic wellness. Our clients have evidenced major changes in their approach to their work-life by following the unique changes suggested by our team members.
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– Nihar Laljani
– Content Writer For Veda Rehabilitation and Wellness
