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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!
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• 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