Personal career development is not only the need to make a living and gain a sense of belonging, but also an important activity to realize self-worth and seek respect from others and society. People living in the social transition period often sigh "too tired" and "too stressed", which shows that they are exhausted from running around all day. However, we can imagine that if we wake up every day with nothing to do and toss and turn under the covers all day, even if we don't move a step, we will still be very tired and won't feel relaxed. Therefore, personal career is closely related to their quality of life. Dealing with life events and interpersonal relationships in the workplace and completing the tasks stipulated by professional roles will produce a sense of competence and happiness. Many mentally healthy people love their careers, creatively respond to the challenges they face, and accomplish their tasks well. In their view, work will not only make them feel bored, but also become a source of joy in their lives. At the same time, we must be soberly aware that our career is full of intense stimulating factors, and we should take active measures to maintain a stable mood and a healthy mental state.

First, the tension factors in the career

Modern society is full of competition and challenges. Career allows everyone to meet challenges, seize opportunities and move towards success. People usually regard professional nature and professional environment as the most important part of social life, because it determines their own peace, happiness and future. At the same time, people also realize that the work they are engaged in is often the source of setbacks and troubles, and professional characteristics and working environment often produce various nervous stress reactions. The research shows that there are two kinds of stress factors related to work: one is the internal factors of occupation, including working conditions, working scope and workload; The other is professional interpersonal relationship and management factors, including organizational structure and group atmosphere, professional interpersonal relationship, personal professional role, personal professional experience and so on. The working environment, work arrangement and interpersonal relationship in the workplace will directly affect the physical and mental health of the staff. In industrial and mining enterprises, due to work fatigue and mental stress, various psychological obstacles often appear, and psychological stress and low psychosomatic function caused by work are important inducing factors. According to the survey, about 85% of industrial accidents and other disasters are caused by human factors. Human factors may come from two aspects: on the one hand, physical discomfort, fatigue and disease lead to mental state and work efficiency variation; On the other hand, bad life events lead to mood swings, resulting in tension, anxiety and depression; These two factors make employees unable to concentrate on their work, which eventually leads to disaster. In professional groups, whether individuals are satisfied with themselves, colleagues and work content, whether the relationship between superiors and subordinates is harmonious, and whether they can coordinate and cooperate with others will affect their psychological state and labor efficiency. Job requirements are higher than personal abilities, which are inconsistent with personal wishes. Sudden changes in the nature of work and sudden increase or decrease in responsibilities will all cause various psychological problems. The nature and state of labor is also an important factor affecting mental health. Some jobs are simple and repetitive operations, which are easy to cause fatigue and irritability. According to scholars' reports, some occupations will be repeated in less than 1 minute, while others will be repeated every 3-30 minutes. Compared with the two, the former is more prone to insomnia, gastrointestinal diseases, depression and other problems. Seafarers, pilots, miners and other special occupations have their own unique psychological problems, so it is necessary to formulate targeted mental health measures. Frequent and irregular work can easily lead to disorder of life rhythm and physical and psychological discomfort. For example, the work of taxi drivers often destroys the law of eating and living, and without good countermeasures, it is easy to produce physical and psychological obstacles. Adverse environmental factors, such as working environment pollution, excessive noise, dust, high temperature, freezing, humidity, vibration, crowding, radiation, etc. , it will damage the physical and mental health of employees and cause changes in mood and behavior. If you work in a noisy environment for a long time, it will damage the central nervous system, cause autonomic nerve dysfunction, and may induce hypertension, arrhythmia, weakened digestive function, hearing loss, and even lead to abnormal behavior. In addition, heavy workload and simple and rude leadership style will also become the source of professional psychological pressure, which will affect the mental health of employees. Leaders of enterprises and institutions should strive to improve professional satisfaction, promote interpersonal harmony, optimize working environment, make labor management scientific, and thus improve the mental health level of employees.

Second, psychological stress and health.

Psychological tension has both positive and negative significance. From a positive point of view, moderate tension in labor can eliminate the boredom caused by monotonous operation and improve work efficiency. Experiments show that low tension can't stimulate employees' excitement, so they can't give full play to their best working ability. With the increase of tension, the working efficiency can reach the highest point, which is called the most suitable tension. Beyond this level, due to the high level of arousal, it is difficult to concentrate and work efficiency is reduced. Generally speaking, the' most suitable' tension of mental labor is low, and the' most suitable' tension of manual labor is high. However, the research on psychological stress focuses on negative consequences. It is reported that the annual labor productivity loss caused by psychological stress in the United States can be as high as 60 billion US dollars. The influence of psychological stress on health comes from two aspects: one is that psychological stress can aggravate existing diseases, and the other is that psychological factors are involved in the occurrence of diseases as triggers.

Scholars have studied the causes of psychological stress. It is generally believed that the psychological state when individuals perceive the gap between the needs of the environment and the adaptability of the human body through the cognitive evaluation of stressors is called psychological tension. Research shows that personal experience, cognitive evaluation, personal emotional state, personal tendency and life experience all have influences on the occurrence of psychological tension. Everyone's social life experience is different, and the experience of stress is also different. A driver with practical experience can calmly deal with all kinds of complicated road conditions; For a trainee driver, any new situation on the road will cause psychological tension. The relationship between personal experience and psychological tension is based on reinforcement. Positive reinforcement and success can reduce stressful experiences, while failed experiences may increase stressful experiences. Everyone has his own hobbies, personal desires and pursuits, as well as his own views on right and wrong and values. For example, the rise and fall of positions have a great influence on people with strong desire for power; For people with both fame and fortune, the impact is not great. The individual's emotional state also has an obvious effect on the occurrence of tension, because the individual's emotions affect his view of things. For example, when in a good mood, it is easy to accept appropriate criticism; When you are upset, you are likely to be furious with a little disappointment. People's expectation or ambition level of an event directly affects cognitive evaluation. For example, two candidates get 90 points together, and those who expect 65,438+000 points are depressed, while those who expect 80 points are very happy. Whether stressful life events cause psychological stress to individuals mainly depends on cognitive evaluation. Cognition is a key psychological activity process in which people choose information from the external environment and compare and evaluate it, which constitutes a concept reflecting reality. The needs of the environment are really important, but only when we perceive and evaluate that it is difficult for individuals to cope with these needs will we experience tension. For example, two grass-roots managers are transferred, and their ideas are different. A believes that this kind of job transfer is the embodiment of leaders' trust in themselves and the opportunity to learn new technologies; And B thinks that this is the leader's distrust of himself and the punishment for his dissatisfaction with his previous work performance. The two managers came to their conclusion after careful consideration and repeated thinking. However, due to the different evaluation results, their emotional reaction and psychological tension are also very different. We understand the influence of psychological stress on health and its causes, which urges us to take active measures to improve the level of mental health.

Third, improve adaptability and maintain mental health.

With the development of production and social progress, the tension of employment is increasing day by day. Job hunting, interview, job hunting, being laid off, excessive work pressure, intense interpersonal competition and numerous contradictions between employers and employees will all cause psychological tension. Of course, society is developing day by day, and various problems are being solved step by step. But for individuals, the power to change the environment is limited, and the main task is to improve their adaptability to the social environment. Individuals can improve their adaptability in three ways.

The first is to actively adapt to the environment. Passive adaptation is a psychological response to the helplessness of the environment and forced to adapt. It is a negative adaptation, often accompanied by psychological feelings such as depression, tension, anxiety and pain. For example, laid-off workers are unhappy at home, and people living in poor areas feel inferior and feel sorry for themselves. These are all passive adaptations. Active adaptation is a process of facing the real environment, actively seeking adaptation, fully mobilizing subjective initiative, overcoming difficulties and moving towards success. Active adaptation is often accompanied by a psychological experience of joy and excitement caused by positive and ultimate success. For example, laid-off workers are not satisfied with the status quo and put their positions right. They strive to tap their potential, re-find jobs and seek new development. People living in poverty constantly strive for self-improvement, turn pressure into motivation, brainstorm and strive to get rich; These behaviors are all active adaptive behaviors. Active adaptation is conducive to the full development of people's talents and potential, and is an important symbol of people's mental health. Therefore, when we encounter difficulties and setbacks, we should be good at actively adapting to the social and natural environment in order to maintain and improve the level of mental health.

The second is to avoid setbacks appropriately. In real life, some environments are difficult for us to adapt to, but it is also possible to avoid them. In this case, we can also use avoidance method to reduce or eliminate the bad stimulation of the environment to individuals. For example, people with low psychological endurance should not speculate in stocks or do futures business. Laid-off workers and re-employed people should not engage in over-investment in order to avoid new serious setbacks, but should develop step by step from small to large. Although the avoidance method lacks positive significance, it can also alleviate or avoid psychological troubles if used properly in some cases.

The third is to seek social support. Social support refers to the care and help that individuals get from others when they suffer setbacks. Medical psychology research shows that social support can reduce the tension caused by life events and promote the adaptation to the social environment. Friends, families, mass organizations, party organizations and administrative organs can all provide social support for individuals. Social support is not only material and economic support, but also psychological support. If some people with difficulties in life get social and economic assistance, it will certainly help alleviate their difficulties in life, but it is difficult to eliminate their inferiority complex. Social psychological support can help them establish self-improvement spirit, eliminate inferiority complex, tap potential, develop ability and win success in life.