Singaporeans stressed at work: Spotlight on mental health issues at the workplace

Mr Daniel Paul Anugraham experienced a low level of job engagement, low job satisfaction and poor overall quality of life last year. ST PHOTO: SYAMIL SAPARI
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SINGAPORE – In June 2021, Mr Daniel Paul Anugraham started having more frequent anxiety attacks. The 24-year-old, who had been a fitness trainer at a gym since December 2020, would have prolonged moments of heightened fear, dread and uncertainty.

Sometimes, the feelings lasted for a few hours, and other times, they stretched from the time he woke up till he went to sleep at night. 

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