I sort of already know this stuff, but it always strikes me just how many people have these issues and how little we talk about it.
According to Day-Timers Inc., a maker of organizational products based in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, people are unhappier and more stressed out at work than ever before. The company found that 18 percent of 1,000 working Americans acknowledge being diagnosed or treated for depression within the past five years, with 13 percent saying they’ve been treated for anxiety disorders during the same time period. Less than half of all workers (47 percent) report being happy, compared with 54 percent a decade ago, while only 41 percent say they enjoy good or excellent health, down from 51 percent. Also, advances in technology such as e-mail and cell phones appear to be hampering workers’ ability to accomplish their daily tasks, with only half reporting that they do so consistently. In 1994, the figure was 82 percent.
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