STRESS A challenge Can we challenge it

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STRESSA challengeCan we challenge it?

• ATUL GANDOTRA

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Whats stress

• An adaptive response to an internal external
  situation that results in physical, psychological
  and behavioural deviations
• Adaptation a coping up mechanism

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Two kinds of stress

• Eustress Distress
• Eustress Pushes you to achieve more. Moderate
  quantum of stress - a driving force for many
  achievements.
• Distress Depletes our energy stores and causes
  damage

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Is stress natural?

• Appears to be a natural part of evolution.
• Look at what happens on our planet Population
  explodes resources crunch man exploits nature
  the forests are shrinking snow peaks melt away
  ozone depletes in the sky sea level inches up
  submerging islands many such changes. Change is
  inevitable
• But mans survival instinct pushes him to face
  the changing scenario

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STRESS IS NATURAL

• If stress is natural.
• The capacity to challenge stressful
• situation and convert it to an
• opportunity is the real progress

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The challenge

• The changing scenario makes competition
  inevitable.
• Competition challenges us
• Mans ever increasing needs wants further adds
  up to the challenge of competition
• There, man develops General Adaptive Syndrome

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General Adaptive Syndrome

• Three stages
• Alarm Outside stressor mobilizes the internal
  stress system of our body
• Resistance The body calls upon the needed system
  (or organ) to deal with the stressor
• Exhaustion if the stressor persists the reserves
  of the adaptive mechanism drains out

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PHYSIOLOGY OF STRESS

• HYPERACTIVITY OF ADRENAL GLAND
• ACTIVATION OF SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
• VASOCONSTRICTION
• INCREASED BLOOD PRESSURE

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Personality stress

• Findings of Friedman Rosenman
• Type A personalities aggressively involve in a
  prolonged incessant struggle to achieve more and
  more in less and less time, at times, against the
  opposing efforts of environment.
• They succumb to stress as they allow distress to
  seep in

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Personality Stress

• Type B personalities relax well without feeling
  guilt they do not have pressing deadlines and
  are not in a hurry they are mild mannered they
  play for fun and not to win.
• They dont succumb to stress as they dont
  allow stress to seep in.

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STRESS TRIANGLE

• Psychological
• Physical behavioural

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STRESS MANAGEMENT

• MANAGE AT ALL THE THREE LEVEL
• PSYCHOLOGICAL LEVEL MEDITATION, REASSESSING OUR
  THOUGHTS FEELINGS
• PHYSICAL LEVEL EXERCISES, YOGA, PHYSICAL
  ACTIVITIES
• BEHAVIOURAL LEVEL RESPONDING WITH EQUANIMITY AND
  CALMNESS
• IF the distress crosses the threshold level
  medical problems like Depression, Anxiety
  disorders, Hypertension etc. sets in. seek
  medical help from a qualified medical practitioner

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STRESS RELATED DISORDERS

• Sleep disturbance
• Easy fatigability
• Loss of appetite
• Nervousness, tension, irritability, restlessness
• Depression
• Abdominal disturbances
• Migraine headache
• And many such conditions

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STRESS RELATED DISORDERS

• A high level of stress is accompanied by high
  blood pressure and high cholesterol and can
  result in heart diseases

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SUGGESTED COPING STRATEGIES

• Take life the way it comes
• Stop blaming others
• Develop your own inherent potential
• Live in the present Work for the future
• Maintain harmonious relation with others
• Learn to be happy cheerful

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SUGGESTED COPING STRATEGIES

• Respond to situations with equanimity,
  detachment, courage, determination
• Avoid negative emotional reactions like anger,
  grumbling, worrying and apprehensions.

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SUGGESTED COPING STRATEGIES

• Create a supportive climate
• Redesign and enrich the job content
• Reduce conflict clarify roles
• Seek professional counseling

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Meichenbaums approach to stress management

• Teaching individuals that negative
  self-evaluation increase stress
• Monitoring ones own self-defeating strategies
  teaching new cognitive strategies
• Teaching new skills like relaxation
• Providing real life homework assignment that
  become increasingly difficult to carry out

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CONCLUSION

• Stress is manageable -It needs efforts
• Engage truthful thinking
• Modulate your behavioural pattern

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CONCLUSION

• Lead a well balanced life of satisfaction.
• Assert control on self in terms of thinking
  action
• ADAPTABILITY IS THE MOTHER KEY TO CONVERT
  DISTRESS TO EUSTRESS
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