From CareerJournal – The Top 14 Reasons We’re Stressed Out
Here are the complete results to the survey’s question, “Have you experienced the following in the past month?” Respondents could point to any of the following 14 options.
Rising prices, 74% Too many things to do, 56% Trouble sleeping, 53% Concerns about money for emergencies, 53% Concerns about health in general, 43% Illness of a family member, 36% Not enough money for basic necessities, 36% Too much information to process at one time, 33% Being lonely, 29% Problems with your work, boss or fellow workers, 24% Problems with aging parents, 21% Frequent or excessive noise, 20% Problems with my children, 19% Abuse of your personal privacy, 13%
Rising prices? I have no idea what that means other than to suspect rising gas prices (depending upon when the survey was completed in Sept.). As you can see, money is a significant stressor which is not surprising.
How about this finding:
Surprisingly, the younger you are, the likelier you are to feel stressed, according to this survey.
Just 9% of those older than 60 said they have a lot of stress in their lives, compared with 29% of 18- to 29-years-old, 28% of those 30 to 41 years old and 25% of those 42 to 60 years old.
Now I am stressed out about older people not being stressed out. What do they know that I don’t know?