However, too much stress can be detrimental to both our mind and body, leading to physical and mental health problems in the future.<\/p>\n
For World Mental Health Month, the results of a Social Weather Station (SWS) survey highlights how stress has been impacting Filipinos in their daily life. Amid today\u2019s tumultuous political and economic landscape, how are Filipinos faring psychologically and mentally?<\/p>\n
Survey says\u2026<\/p>\n
According to a SWS survey conducted from September 24 to 30, and released on October 10 for World Mental Health Day, 34% of Filipinos say they feel stressed \u201cfrequently\u201d in daily life. There were 1,500 respondents for the survey, Filipino adults aged 18 and above nationwide.<\/p>\n
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This is a significant increase from December 2019, when only 27% reported frequent stress, indicating an upward trend.<\/p>\n
In September 2025, 32% said they experience stress sometimes, 30% rarely, and 4% never.<\/p>\n
Compared to the December 2019 survey, those experiencing stress sometimes fell by 5 points (from 37%), and those who rarely experience it dropped by four points (from 34%). Those who \u201cnever\u201d experience stress remained almost the same (from 2% to 4%).<\/p>\n
Sources of stress<\/p>\n
Various factors can contribute to stress, but for the majority of Filipinos (53%), the biggest factor is one\u2019s financial situation, according to the SWS survey.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s no surprise, since\u00a0inflation in the country has been rising again \u2014 in September<\/a>, it went up 1.7%, up from 1.5 % in August, amid higher fuel and vegetable prices.<\/p>\n Other major stressors of Filipinos include one\u2019s health (42%), followed by one\u2019s school or job performance (39%), and one\u2019s family situation (38%).<\/p>\n The SWS survey said that these numbers offer \u201cvaluable insight into how different pressures affect daily life and overall mental well-being.\u201d<\/p>\n Trying to handle stress on our own may become too daunting a task, so mental health professionals advise looking out for warning signs<\/a> that you or a loved one may need professional guidance or support.<\/a><\/p>\n Significant changes in behavior, such as extreme anger outbursts or prolonged sadness<\/p>\n Withdrawal from friends, hobbies, or normal social activities<\/p>\n Neglecting grooming or personal hygiene<\/p>\n Confused thinking, inability to concentrate, or frequent lapses at work or school<\/p>\n Noticeable weight gain or loss, loss of appetite, or overeating<\/p>\n Thoughts or talk of harming oneself or others, whether active (\u201cI want to end my life\u201d) or passive (\u201cI don\u2019t want to wake up tomorrow\u201d)<\/p>\n Survey methodology<\/p>\n The Third Quarter 2025 Social Weather Survey was conducted from samples of 300 respondents from Metro Manila, 600 from Luzon (areas outside the capital), and 300 each from the Visayas and Mindanao.<\/p>\n The survey results have a \u00b13% margin of error for national figures, \u00b14% for Luzon, and \u00b16% for Metro Manila, the Visayas, and Mindanao, according to SWS.<\/p>\n \u201cThe area estimates were weighted by the Philippine Statistics Authority medium-population projections for 2025 to obtain the national estimates,\u201d SWS added. They also said that the survey was non-commissioned or conducted on SWS\u2019 own initiative and released as a public service. \u2013 Rappler.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article. A…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204691,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[49,48,84,393,394],"class_list":{"0":"post-204690","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-mental-health","12":"tag-mentalhealth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}