{"id":2789,"date":"2025-10-22T16:16:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T14:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daily22.it\/2025\/10\/22\/positive-or-underrated-stress\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T10:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T09:26:13","slug":"positive-or-underrated-stress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daily22.it\/en\/2025\/10\/22\/positive-or-underrated-stress\/","title":{"rendered":"Positive or Underrated Stress?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Project Context<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2025, the company DAILY launched a monitoring program on <strong>work-related stress in digital workers<\/strong>, with the aim of <strong>analyzing and preventing cognitive overload<\/strong> in remote working environments.<\/p>\n<p>Among the various groups analyzed, a <strong>recurring cluster<\/strong> stood out: workers with digital technical roles, active in the <strong>afternoon time slot (2:00 PM\u20136:00 PM)<\/strong>, involved in <strong>support, onboarding, or development<\/strong> activities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Profile of the Analyzed Cluster<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Prevalent role<\/strong>: developer, systems administrator, data analyst.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Environment<\/strong>: home-based remote working, quiet and correctly lit.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Context: <\/strong> favorable, no external disturbances.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Posture<\/strong>: Stationary, sitting\/standing, focused work, no physical activity.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Recurring activity<\/strong>: technical support for a new resource or tasks of cognitive complexity.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Interruptions<\/strong>: none<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stated emotion<\/strong>: satisfaction<\/li>\n<li><strong>Perceived stress (self-assessment)<\/strong>: medium \u2192 <strong>6 out of 10<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>WIDIU physiological stress<\/strong>: <strong>10 out of 10 &#8211; <\/strong>Maximum peak on a normalized scale<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Comparison Between Perception and Physiological Reality<\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"642\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Source<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Value<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"470\"><strong>Meaning<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Self-assessment<\/td>\n<td>6\/10<\/td>\n<td width=\"470\">Positive emotional engagement, sense of efficacy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>WIDIU Stress<\/td>\n<td>10\/10<\/td>\n<td width=\"470\">Extreme bodily activation, typical of high commitment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><strong>Key interpretation<\/strong>:<br \/>\nThis cluster represents a <strong>situation of eustress<\/strong>, i.e., &#8220;positive&#8221; stress experienced as a stimulating challenge. However, the <strong>difference between what is perceived and what the body records<\/strong> is substantial. <\/p>\n<p><strong>What Does Body Temperature Tell Us?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The WIDIU system recorded a recurring increase in <strong>body temperature above 38<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>\u00b0C<\/strong>, well beyond the physiological resting threshold (36.5\u201337.2 \u00b0C).<\/p>\n<p>This value indicates <strong>deep metabolic involvement<\/strong>, often not perceived as &#8220;fatigue&#8221; but which, if not managed, can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Delay recovery<\/li>\n<li>Worsen sleep quality<\/li>\n<li>Cause latent stress accumulation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Proposed Solutions: Guided Cognitive Decompression<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For this cluster, DAILY has activated a <strong>post-work protocol<\/strong> integrated into the WIDIU system, featuring automatic notifications and guidance from the conversational avatar <strong>Salvatore<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended Protocol (30 minutes total):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Digital cool-down<\/strong> (10\u2019)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Coherent breathing<\/strong> (5\u2019)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Guided journaling<\/strong> (10\u2019)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Light movement or stretching<\/strong> (5\u2019)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The avatar <strong>Salvatore<\/strong> accompanies the user step-by-step, also suggesting personalized variations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Integration into the WIDIU System<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Monitoring is based on <strong>intelligent activation thresholds<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Level<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Condition<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"310\"><strong>Automatic Action<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>L1<\/td>\n<td>Physiological stress \u2265 8<\/td>\n<td width=\"310\">Decompression suggestion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>L2<\/td>\n<td>Stress \u2265 8 + EMA \u2265 6<\/td>\n<td width=\"310\">Mandatory decompression<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>L3<\/td>\n<td>3 consecutive days with high stress<\/td>\n<td width=\"310\">Supervisor notification (configurable)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>All data is integrated into the <strong>dailyplatform<\/strong>, with weekly reports, a digital diary, and automatic tags (satisfaction, fatigue, tension).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Project Impact<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The project has made it possible to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Identify specific clusters<\/strong> of positive stress with high physiological impact<\/li>\n<li><strong>Propose targeted interventions<\/strong>, even when the subject does not perceive any discomfort<\/li>\n<li><strong>Validate the role of conversational AI<\/strong> in prevention (Salvatore)<\/li>\n<li>Offer companies a <strong>concrete tool for prevention and digital well-being<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Conclusions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The study on the afternoon technical remote working cluster demonstrates that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Positive stress <strong>can be physiologically taxing<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The body speaks, even when the mind says &#8220;I&#8217;m fine&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Technology can <strong>help recognize and manage what is not visible<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Preventing stress does not mean eliminating it. It means <strong>recognizing it in time, understanding it, and supporting it<\/strong> in an intelligent way. <\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1260px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-2789-1\" width=\"1260\" height=\"709\" preload=\"auto\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/daily22.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Progetto-WIDIU-Monitoraggio-Oggettivo-dello-Stress-Lavorativo-1.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/daily22.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Progetto-WIDIU-Monitoraggio-Oggettivo-dello-Stress-Lavorativo-1.mp4\">https:\/\/daily22.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Progetto-WIDIU-Monitoraggio-Oggettivo-dello-Stress-Lavorativo-1.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Project Context In 2025, the company DAILY launched a monitoring  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daily22.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daily22.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daily22.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daily22.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daily22.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2789"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/daily22.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2792,"href":"https:\/\/daily22.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2789\/revisions\/2792"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daily22.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daily22.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daily22.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daily22.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}