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A few days ago we read a story about local police officers demanding early retirement, as have the national police and Civil Guard. The reason: the stress resulting from their job, characterized by rigid discipline and deal with everyday pressures. Came to a sad fact, but objective: the high rate of suicides that occur in these bodies.

However, do not go to these extreme examples to meet with job stress. In almost every job we can find an application workload, compared to the resources that the individual has to deal with them, resulting in who suffers physical and psychological reactions.

It is noteworthy that, although 40 million Europeans suffer and is the second leading cause of sick leave, work-related stress remains the great unknown. Perhaps because it is a problem that has psychological effects and we know that there are still reluctant to try and address these disorders. Even more curious is if we consider that in prevention have the best weapon to kill him in the workplace.

Vs productivity. workload
As we said, prevention is the best ally against stress. And, no doubt, what is spent on prevention is minimal compared to what you gain in productivity. Namely to prevent work-related stress is also an economic benefit. This is what employers need to understand to get down to work.

A proper definition of each job, with the appropriate workload, better communication within the organization, a role consistent with the characteristics of each person, the design of jobs taking into account the environmental and health issues … This will lead to increased productivity. Is shown to be more productive and profitable promote quality work that one abusive. An employee will pay more in his post if it follows the now famous rule of eight: 8 hours, 8 hours rest and 8 hours devoted to leisure and personal activities.

There are many ways to reduce stress, however, using brain training is perhaps the easiest. This particular type of brain training includes relaxation methods such as meditation, brainwave entrainment and other brain training techniques.

One interesting case study involved a 29 year old woman who suddenly started developing panic attacks. With alpha brain wave training, she was able to completely eliminate the attacks and lead a normal like.

Brain training can take various forms and the easiest is brainwave entrainment. Using a variety of audio stimulation from isochronic tones to binaural beats, the “brain training” is actually creating certain brain waves in your brain. You simply relax and listen.

Some programs even provide visual stimulation in the form of screen flashing, but these require special goggles.

What Are Benefits of Brainwave Entrainment?

Stress reduction, obviously, as was stated earlier. Reductions were also noted in people with anxiety and phobias. In addition, brain training can help you:

Get rid of bad habits With studying or concentration Increase your creativity With cognitive enhancement (increase IQ) With motivation and energy Promote health and relaxation

If you have these conditions, you should not use brainwave entrainment:

· Epileptics · Pregnant women · Those who are wearing a pacemaker · Those prone to seizures · Those who are photosensitive

There are some precautions you should be aware of:

There is a time commitment. Brain training, whether done with meditation, hypnosis or brainwave entrainment requires consistent use (usually daily) in order to see any results.

Although there don’t seem to be any significant side effects, some people experience temporary negative mood changes or mild headaches. These usually go away with continued use.

The good news is that this type of brain training technology has come a long way since it was first introduced and more people are benefiting from it than ever before.