Americans are unhappier at work than they have been in years, according to Gallup report. Sixty percent of people reported being emotionally detached at work and 19% say they are miserable.
If you're one of these people, you've probably spent a lot of time reflecting on the reasons why you don't like your job. Maybe you complain about your micromanaging boss. Perhaps you think it's that your tasks are super boring and tedious.
But what actually might be at play could be something deeper, says Dr. Tessa West, Professor of Psychology at New York University, where she is a leading expert on the science of social relationships.
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Wilding: The stress test is really useful. What are your favorite questions from that and what can they tell you?
West: I collaborated with [Amie] Gordon, a professor at the University of Michigan, and Wendy Mendez, a Yale professor, on daily stress research. They developed an app called My VP Lab, available on Samsung devices, to measure daily stress and correlate it with blood pressure, which can now be measured using a Samsung phone.
