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L ife is not a bed of roses. It could that 'Ego' is part of your personality. Yes,
prove extremely challenging
you are what you think, but you are also
for individuals working on
much more than that. If someone
BEATING STRESS ON BOARD board ships, away from their loved ones. compels you to do something which
A long distance relationship with the
violates your principles, what you truly
families, limited access to social life and believe in, it will lead to resistance. This
i n c r e a s e d p h y s i o l o g i c a l a n d feeling, most of the time restricts us to
psychological pressure can often lead to bring a change within ourselves, so we
health hazards or lack of interest at tend to think that if we change our
work. This on the whole, affects the beliefs then the world around us would
general well-being of the seafarers collapse. But in reality the world
which could be a driving factor leading wouldn't collapse, your ego would.
to mental disparity between team
However, in return you might get to
members.
learn something new or adapt to
Some of the main stress escalators are s o m e t h i n g n e w . L e a r n i n g t o
considered to be lack of motivation to differentiate between your ego and your
perform the job, repetitive work consciousness can help you immensely
responsibilities, working with seafarers to alter your life. Acknowledge your ego
of different nationalities, excessive or and allow your consciousness to decide
insufficient duties, job shifts, etc. those what is right. This factor of accepting
which eventually result in serious change without having to struggle will
health hazards. keep you away from your self-
If you are someone who has faced many destructive ego.
or most of these above factors while
onboard, then read on to know some of 2. COMPETE WITH YOURSELF, NOT
Capt. Ashutosh Apandkar the psychological methods by which
stress could be reduced while working at WITH OTHERS
sea. This is probably one of the main
aggregators for stress amongst
seafarers. It often happens that, while
1. LET GO OF EGOISM: discussing work, people talk about
Let's start with the very beginning of it being in a rat race as if it's the way of life.
all. What you basically need to know is Seafarers, often get overwhelmed while
waiting since ages to get moved up the
