How well we adapt to adversity, trauma, or significant sources of stress — such as family and relationship problems, serious health problems, or workplace and financial stressor is a sign of our resiliency.
When we are under stress, the survival urges to fight, flight or freeze are activated (or awoken). Although these urges were adaptive when we were being chased by wild animals, now they are contrary to our physical and mental wellbeing. The survival urges were adaptive for short term stressors (e.g. being chased). We call this the acute stress response. Short-term survival responses to long term stressors, often referred to as chronic stress (e.g COVID-19), can have negative consequences to our mental and physical health, such as depression and high blood pressure.
The good news is that despite our survival urges stress-resilience can be taught. Our Mission at TLC-VR is to help companies develop employee wellness strategies so that they are more resilient when the inevitable stressors strike. This in turn allows your employees to be more focused, healthy, and productive.