Stress management during covid-19 pandemic with special reference to teachers of senior college

Stress is a feeling of emotional or physical tension. It can come from any event or thought that makes you feel frustrated, angry, or nervous. Stress is your body's reaction to a challenge or demand. In short bursts, stress can be positive, such as when it helps you avoid danger or meet a deadline. Job stress is the harmful physical and emotional responses that occur when the requirements of the job do not match the capabilities, resources, or needs of the worker. Job stress matters to our health and our work. When we feel stressed, our bodies respond by raising the concentration of stress hormones in our blood. We spend roughly one third of our adult lives at work. It’s no wonder that workplace stress factors heavily impact both our physical and mental health. Stressful life situations such as pandemics can have significant negative implications for the mental health and psychological functioning of an individual. Stress, anxiety, mental confusion, social deprivation, and depression are a few examples of these mental and psychological issues also support that quarantined experiences due to COVID-19 lead to stress, fear, and frustration in individuals. Similarly, uncertainty due to COVID-19 is also associated with significant changes in our daily routines that can increase stress, depression, and anxiety Likewise, a recent systematic review on the COVID-19 pandemic and mental health and a narrative review on COVID-19 related mental health effects in the workplace also concluded that COVID-19 has resulted in increased levels of depression, anxiety, and poor sleep quality. Other prior literature has investigated work stress having an impact on various work practices under normal conditions, but the literature has not taken into account the effects of work stress on employee performance in uncertain conditions such as the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper takes into consideration the job stress of teachers of senior college during the COVID-19 pandemic situation.