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Chapter 9 Managing Stress in Life
- Group 4 Rachel Longfors, Patricia Prins, and
Tiffany Garcia - March 30, 2004
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Background Information
- Grade Level Freshmen College Students
- Age 17-19
- Reason To inform them about what stress is, how
to recognize stressors in their life, and the
importance of implementing a stress relieving
activity that works for them into their life.
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What Effects College Students Academics
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Part One
- What Is Stress?
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Stress
- the bodys and minds reaction to everyday
demands or threats
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Types of Stress
- Distress- Negative stress
- Eustress- Positive stress
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What causes Stress?
- Stressor- any stimulus that produces a stress
response
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Five general categories
- 1)Biological stressors
- 2)Environmental stressors
- 3)Cognitive or thinking stressors
- 4)Personal behavioral stressors
- 5)Life situations
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Biological stressors
- biochemical imbalances, mental or physical
illnesses, disabilities, or injury
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Environmental Stressors
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Cognitive/thinking stressors
- the way a person perceives a situation or what a
person expects from a situation
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Personal behavior stressors
- Negative reactions in a persons body and mind
caused by using
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Life situations
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Bodys stress response
- a series of events put into action as the body
prepares itself for danger! - Nervous/endocrine system stages
- 1) Alarm
- 2) Resistance
- 3) Fatigue
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Alarm
- Fight or flight response
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Resistance
- when the body tries to repair its damage from the
stressful event and return to its normal state
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Fatigue
- Types
- Physical
- Pathological
- Psychological
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Physical fatigue
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Pathological fatigue
- tiredness brought on by overworking the bodys
defenses in fighting disease - Ex. Anemia, flu, overweight, poor nutrition, also
the use of caffeine and alcohol
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Psychological fatigue
- results from constant worry, overwork,
depression, boredom, and isolation.
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Part Two
- Stress in Your Life
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Personality Types
- Type A Personality
- Type B Personality
- Hardy Personality
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Type A Personality
- Competitive
- High Achieving
- Relieve Stress by Working
- Problem
- Heart Disease
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Type B Personality
- Laid back
- Non-competitive
- Problems
- Holds onto stress causing more stress to
accumulate - More likely to develop stress related disorders
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Hardy Personality
- Resilience
- Change
- Commitment
- Control
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What is stress tolerance?
- The amount of stress that you can handle before
you reach a state of too much stress
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Stress and Physical Health
- High Blood Pressure
- Headache
- Asthma
- Immune Response
- Psychosomatic Response
- Premature Death
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High blood pressure
- Mental and emotional stress raises cholesterol
levels which causes blockage of arteries
resulting in high blood pressure - Results of high blood pressure
- Heart Disease
- Stroke
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Stress and Headaches
- Stress causes tension in the head and neck
- Migraines
- Severe throbbing
- Loss of balance or coordination
- Changes in mood
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Stress and Asthma
- An asthma attack can be triggered by high stress
- Asthma attacks include
- Cough
- Wheeze
- Fight to get air
- Can be life threatening
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Stress and your Immune System
- Body cannot fight diseases as well when stressed
- Stress increases your chances of diseases such as
colds, flu, and cancers - Smoking and drinking put your immune system under
more stress and at risk for more serious problems
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Psychosomatic Response
- Psychosomatic response- a physical disorder that
results from stress rather than from an injury or
illness - Psycho- Of the mind
- Somatic- Of the body
- Range from minor to severe
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Psychosomatic Response
- Skin Disorders
- Stomachaches
- Digestive Problems
- Headaches
- Sleep Disorders
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Signs of Stress
- Physical Signs
- Emotional Signs
- Mental Signs
- Behavioral Signs
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Physical
- Headaches and/or Migraines
- Trembling or twitching
- Upset stomach
- Sweating
- Trouble Sleeping
- Grinding teeth
- Dry mouth
- Ringing in the ears
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Physical
- Rash
- Constipation
- Diarrhea
- Pounding Heart
- Muscle Aches and tightness
- Dizziness
- Back Pain
- Nervousness or Tics
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Emotional
- Frustration
- Nervousness
- Boredom
- Edginess
- Feeling powerless
- Being quick to anger
- Crying
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Emotional
- Impatience
- Mood swings
- Loneliness
- Worrying
- Low self-esteem
- Becoming easily upset without cause
- Confusion
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Mental
- Trouble reading or thinking clearly
- Lack of creativity
- Constant worry
- Losing sense of humor and perspective
- Forgetting
- Obsessive thoughts
- Inability to make decisions
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Behavioral
- Not eating
- Overeating
- Compulsive talking
- Fidgeting
- Tapping feet
- Drumming fingers
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Behavioral
- Using alcohol, caffeine, or other drug
- Verbal or physical outbursts
- Gambling
- Recklessness and high risk behaviors
- Hurrying
- Forgetting ones values
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Part Three
- Managing Stress
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Managing Stress
- Must identify source of stress
- Can be obvious or a combination of things
- Two ways of dealing with stress
- Eliminate stressor or reduce your exposure to
stressor - Change the way you react to stressor
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Techniques for Managing Stress
- There are several ways to manage stress
- Planning/Time Management
- Rechannel Energy
- Relax and Laugh
- Support
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Class Activities
- Mental Stress Management
- Imagery
- Physical Relaxation Techniques
- Deep Breathing
- Progressive Muscular Relaxation
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