What’s stressing out most Filipinos nowadays? SWS survey tells us

A September SWS survey reveals that 34% of Filipinos say they really feel pressured ‘regularly’ of their day by day lives, citing these main stressors

MANILA, Philippines – If there’s one factor all people experiences, it’s stress.

Outlined by the World Well being Group (WHO), stress is “a state of fear or psychological pressure brought on by a tough scenario.” Stress is a pure human response that may be useful to a level, pushing us to behave on challenges or reply to life’s circumstances.

Nonetheless, an excessive amount of stress could be detrimental to each our thoughts and physique, resulting in bodily and psychological well being issues sooner or later.

For World Psychological Well being Month, the outcomes of a Social Climate Station (SWS) survey highlights how stress has been impacting Filipinos of their day by day life. Amid as we speak’s tumultuous political and financial panorama, how are Filipinos faring psychologically and mentally?

Survey says…

In keeping with a SWS survey performed from September 24 to 30, and launched on October 10 for World Psychological Well being Day, 34% of Filipinos say they really feel pressured “regularly” in day by day life. There have been 1,500 respondents for the survey, Filipino adults aged 18 and above nationwide.

It is a important improve from December 2019, when solely 27% reported frequent stress, indicating an upward pattern.

In September 2025, 32% mentioned they expertise stress typically, 30% not often, and 4% by no means.

In comparison with the December 2019 survey, these experiencing stress typically fell by 5 factors (from 37%), and those that not often expertise it dropped by 4 factors (from 34%). Those that “by no means” expertise stress remained nearly the identical (from 2% to 4%).

Sources of stress

Varied components can contribute to emphasize, however for almost all of Filipinos (53%), the most important issue is one’s monetary scenario, based on the SWS survey.

It’s no shock, since inflation within the nation has been rising once more — in September, it went up 1.7%, up from 1.5 % in August, amid larger gasoline and vegetable costs.

Different main stressors of Filipinos embrace one’s well being (42%), adopted by one’s college or job efficiency (39%), and one’s household scenario (38%).

The SWS survey mentioned that these numbers provide “helpful perception into how totally different pressures have an effect on day by day life and total psychological well-being.”

Making an attempt to deal with stress on our personal could turn out to be too daunting a activity, so psychological well being professionals advise searching for warning indicators that you simply or a liked one may have skilled steering or assist.

• Important adjustments in conduct, similar to excessive anger outbursts or extended unhappiness
• Withdrawal from buddies, hobbies, or regular social actions
• Neglecting grooming or private hygiene
• Confused pondering, lack of ability to pay attention, or frequent lapses at work or college
• Noticeable weight acquire or loss, lack of urge for food, or overeating
• Ideas or discuss of harming oneself or others, whether or not energetic (“I need to finish my life”) or passive (“I don’t need to get up tomorrow”)

Survey methodology

The Third Quarter 2025 Social Climate Survey was performed from samples of 300 respondents from Metro Manila, 600 from Luzon (areas exterior the capital), and 300 every from the Visayas and Mindanao.

The survey outcomes have a ±3% margin of error for nationwide figures, ±4% for Luzon, and ±6% for Metro Manila, the Visayas, and Mindanao, based on SWS.

“The realm estimates have been weighted by the Philippine Statistics Authority medium-population projections for 2025 to acquire the nationwide estimates,” SWS added. In addition they mentioned that the survey was non-commissioned or performed on SWS’ personal initiative and launched as a public service. – Rappler.com