Stress Management

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Stress Management

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Agenda

• 1) definition of stress
• 2) types of stress
• 3) risk factors
• 4) more risk factors
• 5) symptoms

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The definition of stress-

• physical and chemical response of body to any
  demand made upon it.
• State of nervous pressure and tension, caused by
  environmental conditions or by a persons
  physical state or thoughts
• A natural and fundamental response - originated
  as protective function

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Types of stress

• Unavoidable stress serious illness/death in
  family, parental separation, situations such as
  waiting to take a test/job interview, etc

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Risk factors

• Noise from traffic can produce stress in people
  who live near main highway
• Lack of sleep or physical injury (bodily changes)
  can cause stress
• People (create) stress than they need by the way
  they think about or perceive things that happen
  to them
• War, pollution, overcrowding, pressure, death,
  divorce, hateful job

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Risk factors
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Symptoms

• Butterflies in stomach
• Changes in sleep patterns, tiredness
• Tensing of muscles
• low self esteem
• Increase in heart rate
• Dry mouth
• Feeling of panic, worrying, fear
• Mood swings
• Skin problems
• poor concentration

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3 main skills to manage stress

• (These skills help us to remain calm and
  effective in high pressure situations, and help
  us avoid the problems of long term stress.)
• Action-oriented skills In which we seek to
  confront the problem causing the stress, often
  changing the environment or the situation
• Emotionally-oriented skills In which we do not
  have the power to change the situation, but we
  can manage stress by changing our interpretation
  of the situation and the way we feel about it
• and Acceptance-oriented skills Where something
  has happened over which we have no power and no
  emotional control, and where our focus must be on
  surviving the stress.

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More skills to manage stress better

• 1) become aware of your stressors and your
  emotional and physical reactions
• 2) recognize what you can change
• 3) reduce the intensity of your emotional
  reactions to stress
• 4) learn to moderate your physical reactions to
  stress
• 5) build your physical reserves
• 6) maintain your emotional reserves

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Bibliography

• Adler, Joe Stress Just chill out Berkeley
  Heights, NJ Enslow Publishers, Inc, 1997
• Cavendish, Marshall. Stress Encyclopedia of
  Health. 14 vols. Tarrytown, NY Marshall
  Cavendish Corporation, 2003 ed
• Gordon, James S. Stress Management Philadelphia
  Chelsea House Publishers, 2001
• Websites
• http//www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTCS_00.h
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• http//www.ivf.com/stress.html
• http//www.isma.org.uk/