Trickle down Stress-o-nomics

The strategy imposed by a manager where they seek solutions to reduce their own stress level, so that their relaxed mood trickles down to the rest of the employees.

"Ok ladies and gentlemen. I've called this meeting today because the stress level in our work atmosphere has been astronomical. I'm stressed and you're stressed. So what can you do to lower my stress level, so that your stress level is subsequently lowered? We need some basic Trickle Down Stress-o-nomics here."

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Personal Stress Relief Room (PiSSeR)

Room or space within the workplace afforded to the employees of progressive companies to enable, primarily, sexual relief via masturbation. Corporate value is to minimize sexual harassment claims.

Hey George, can you take a.break and visit the Personal Stress Relief Room (PiSSeR)--I need you to unload so we could focus out here

PCSD - Post Covid Stress Disorder

A mental condition triggered by events or activities that mirror traumatic memories of the Covid-19 pandemic.

She panics and leaves the room as fast as she can if someone coughs. She has PCSD - Post Covid Stress Disorder.
He doesn’t like to be alone in his apartment. He suffers from PCSD - Post Covid Stress Disorder.

PCSD - Personal Computer Stress Disorder

Personal Computer Stress Disorder comes from dealing with the chaotic world of Windows. Viruses, crashing software, blue screen of death, three finger salute, are all sources of this stress.

My psychiatrist diagnosed me with PCSD - Personal Computer Stress Disorder and prescribed the replacement of all of my PCs with Macs.

PTSD (Post Tequila Stress Disorder)

When you vow to never drink Tequila again.

"Hey, Bobby, let's take some Tequila shots!"
- Bobby has nightmarish flashbacks to New Years Eve, 2008. His ears begin to ring and his hands start to tremble. His friends don't know it, but Bobby suffers from crippling PTSD (Post Tequila Stress Disorder).

Post Traumatic Stress Eating (PTSE)

The compulsion to eat an inordinate amount of food after experiencing something marginally traumatizing. For example, ordering a "Gotta Have It"-size ice cream from Cold Stone Creamery and snarfing it quickly, then giving the excuse that one had surgery over two weeks ago.

"Did you see how much Karen ate after telling us about her latest breakup?""Yeah, she was definitely suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Eating (PTSE)."

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Unsupervised Outpatient Stress-Reduction Clinic

Fancy euphemism for a Bar.

Bars are unsupervised outpatient stress-reduction clinics that serve cheap over-the-counter medications with lots of side effects.

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