Stress Traumatic Stress

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• What is STRESS?

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Stressor a definition

• An agent, condition, or other stimulus that
  causes stress to an organism

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Stress a definition

• The body/minds response to the change or
  challenge
• (loss, threat, or opportunity)
• Stress isnt out there it is our
• reactions to whats out there

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Stress What It Is?

• Anything that requires us to think about what we
  do or to change the way we do things is likely
  to be stressful

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Stress What It Is

• Varies with each individual
• What is stressful to one person is not
  necessarily stressful to another

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Types of Stress

• Acute Stress
• Cumulative Stress
• Traumatic Stress
• Delayed Stress

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Acute Stress
Definition of Acute 6. Medicine

• Having a rapid onset and following a short but
  severe course
• Afflicted by a disease exhibiting a rapid onset
  followed by a short, severe course

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Acute Stress
Definition of Acute

• 3. Reacting readily to stimuli or impressions
  sensitive His hearing was unusually acute.

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Cumulative Stress

• Also known as Chronic Stress
• Occurs when multiple stressors pile up
• Can cause burnout

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When I woke up this morning I had one nerve
leftand now youre on it!
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Traumatic Stress

• Occurs when a person has been exposed to
  traumatic event that involved actual or
  threatened death or injury to self or others
• Responses will vary greatly from individual to
  individual
• Responses may involve intense fear, helplessness,
  or horror

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Traumatic Stress
Following the event, the person may exhibit

• Dissociative symptoms
• Repeated re-experiencing of the event
• Avoidance of any reminders of the trauma
• Ongoing anxiety
• Distress and impairment in social and
  occupational roles

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Delayed Stress

• Can occur
• When conditions do not allow or encourage
  expression of reactions
• when stress reduction mechanisms are not employed
• Is most often associated with PostTraumatic
  Stress Disorder (PTSD)

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Different Strokes
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BOREDOM EUSTRESS DISTRESS
The Stress Continuum
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BOREDOM
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Distress This term refers to the bad type of
stress (the opposite of Eustress) and occurs
when we have excessive adaptive demands placed
upon us.Distress may even cause dysfunction or
disease (meaning be pathogenic, or disease
producing), harming body and/or mind.
DEFINITION
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Eustress This is the good type of stress
(opposite of Distress) and refers to the optimal
amount of stress which helps promote health and
growth. Many times stressful events push us to
perform to higher levels and excelthis is
eustress.
DEFINITION
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Too Little Stress?

• Bored
• Tired
• Unhappy
• Restless
• Prone to illness

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Too Much Stress?

• Burned-out
• Exhausted
• Overwhelmed
• Irritable
• Prone to Illness

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The Right Balance

• With the right amount of stress we are
• Productive
• Energetic
• Happy
• Creative
• Healthy

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The Bodys Response to Stress
Time ?
S T R E S S O R ?
stress hormone output
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Gender and Stress Response

• Men
• Fight or Flight

(more Testosterone)
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Gender and Stress Response

• Women
• Tend and Befriend

(more Oxytocin)
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Stress Reactions can happen

• In
• Your Body
• Your Thinking
• Your Behavior
• Your Emotions
• Your Spirituality/Worldview

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How do you notice stress in yourself?

• In your mood?
• In your body?
• In your actions with others?
• In your parenting style?
• In your health?

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Stress Management

• What a concept!

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Stress Management
What works?

• Reducing stressors
• Relieving stress symptoms
• Increasing stress resistance

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1. Reducing Stressors
Goal to reducing frequency,
intensity, duration)

• What are some ways to do this?
• What has worked for you before?
• Can we ever totally eliminate stressors?
• Whats the best we can hope for?

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2. Relieving Stress Symptoms
What works?

• Catharsis
• (talking about it, journaling, word
  processing, etc.)
• Positive Self-Talk
• Exercise
• Diet
• Meditation/Prayer
• What else can you think of?

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Bouncing back
What works?

• Getting Perspective
• Creating Balance
• Regaining a sense of Control

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3. Increasing Stress Resistance
What works?

• Lower baseline stress level
• Self
• Family/Social Network
• Work World
• Increase physical health
• Increase support network

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5 Antidotes for Excess Stress

• Structure for Chaos
• Thinking for Excess Emotion
• Talking / Disclosure for Psychological Tension
• Understanding for Loss of Control
• Action for Helplessness

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Now that you recognize stress in yourself,
what can you do about it?
Stress Management

• What are you going to do about it?