Common Causes of Computer Stress

Anyone who uses a computer regularly knows valuable these 20th century machines can be. And anyone who has ever waited for their on-line service to respond, received a "mailbox full" message, had their hard disk crash, been flamed on the Internet, upgraded to Win95,or tried to set up their own home-based computer network knows that there is also a dark side to this modern wonder of technology.

Working with computers can sometimes be stressful. And dealing with computer stress is really no different than dealing with any other type of stress in life.

Common causes of computer related stress are discussed in the following:

• Failing to Anticipate Problems
• Trying to Get By on the Cheap
• Failing to Ask for Help
• Trying to Cut Corners
• Unrealistic Expectations
• Beating Up On Yourself Unnecessarily
• Conflicts With Other People
• Failing to do Homework
• Compromising Integrity