METRO: We all know about workplace stress, but let’s not forget self-employed stress

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One of the biggest worries for self-employed people is financial insecurity. Many of us lurch from having too much work to not having enough, with few periods of stability in between.

‘You’re less secure, and you feel you have to accept all the work you’re offered because you don’t know when you’ll get more,’ explains Professor Sir Cary Cooper, professor of organisational psychology and health at the University of Manchester. ‘There’s a lot of pressure to deliver because if you don’t, you might not get another contract.’