Comments on: Stress Significantly Interferes with Multi-Tasking

By: Rick

Rick — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:14:19 +0000

I had a bad tiff with my wife today and I cant work at all. I think multi tasking is basically a lot of concentration and focus on the tasks at hand. When emotional unrest is there tasking or multi tasking is impossible.

By: Hope

Hope — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:59:07 +0000

This was a very interesting read. Its true, stress does interfere with a lot of things. In the early part of my marriage I remember on days when we fought bad and unfairly, I used to sit at work in a daze not able to focus and concentrate and be extremely forgetful. I used to find it difficult to have a workflow and some days things used to be so bad that I had to go home in the afternoon. I knew it hampers your productivity and it was definitely interesting to know that multi tasking goes out of the window when you are all stressed out.

By: Tod

Tod — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 17:40:28 +0000

I have recently become exceedingly overwhelmed with the amount of stress in my life. That combined with the crazy economic times are working it over on me, my family, my entire existence. There seems to be no way to escape it.

By: Will

Will — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:05:57 +0000

How can one even consider being able to function at a normal level when we are all carrying around so much stress? It has wreacked havoc in my life for a very long time now and now I am paying for it with the consequences. My heart is failing and I have no energy. I have tried therapy before but it did not ultimately help me to resolve my issues. What are some other things I could try? I see that someone else posted about yoga but that just is not me.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:16:47 +0000

I would be willing to bet that stress is the number one reason why people call in sick to work so much and why many fall into depressive episodes. I think that stress simply wreaks havoc with our bodies and we are willing particiapnts in this. I have over the past few years made the vow to leave work at work, and to focus only on home when I am there. This has allowed me so much more freedom than I was experiencing a few years ago. Yoga classes and meditation have also given me another positive outlet for dealing with my emotions and giving me another fantastic way to get the stress out of my life.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:43:04 +0000

I knew it all along- women are just better at multitasking than men are! :-) Just kidding. This is in fact very intersting research. I only hope that once again women are not left by the wayside in research like this because too often it seems that study groups with women in them are fewer than what they are for males. This really seems to shortchange the overall health care that women receive don’t you think? But back on track. It does not surprise me at all that doctors are just now gaining a broader awareness of just how challenging it can be to deal with so much stress and just how much of a toll that it can take on our bodies.