Who do you consult with most about stress?

Figure 1 shows the results of a survey to determine whether workers have someone they can talk to about stress. Based on the survey results, KOKOROMI calculated that approximately 4.2 million workers in Japan do not have anyone to talk to about stress .

Furthermore, of the workers who said they had someone they could talk to, about 74% had actually consulted with someone, and about 15% had never consulted. *From the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's "Reiwa 2nd Occupational Safety and Health Survey (Survey of Facts)"

Next, among the workers who ``have someone they have actually consulted'', as shown in Figure 2, ``Family/friends'' was the most commonly cited 74%, followed by ``Supervisors/Colleagues''. 68%, followed by "industrial physician" at about 3%.

From these facts, we can see that even if there is someone to talk to about work-related worries and stress, it is not always possible to do so.

In addition, the survey results show that the overwhelming majority of people you consult with are people you are close to, such as family/friends and bosses/colleagues, so it is easy to feel worried and stressed if you are not someone you can trust. It seems that you cannot consult with them.