STRESS MANAGEMENT

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STRESS MANAGEMENT

• Texas AM University At Galveston
• Office of Academic Enhancement
• Mariner Hall
• Norma Duran, Academic Advisor

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Why Should You Care About Stress?

• When you are college student to some degree low
  stress level is a motivator to accomplish a task
  turn in a term paper or study for an exam.
  However, there are instances where high stress
  level can hinder your abilities to work, succeed
  in school, or cause illness.

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What is Stress?

• A response in the body that produces
  physiological and mental reaction which may lead
  to sickness. Stress disrupts your homeostatic
  equilibrium by chaotic reactions and/or
  experiences either real or concocted.

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Symptoms of stress

• Feelings- Anxious, Scare, Irritable, Moody
• Behaviors- Overeating or no appetite, increase
  use of drugs, accident prone, grinding of teeth,
  impulsive

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Symptoms of Stress Continued

• Physiology- Increase heart beat, tire easily,
  nervous ticks, sleep issues, throat and mouth
  dryness, headaches, neck and low back tension,
  susceptible to illness
• Causes- Transfer to a new school, pregnancy,
  marriage, divorce, going to college, death in the
  family, financial problems

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How To Reduce Stress

• Turn worry into action
• Know your reaction to stress
• Deposit positive thoughts into your mental bank
• During study time take frequent breaks eat
  brain foods

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How To Reduce Stress Continued

• To avoid procrastination calculate free time
  schedule your study time
• Relaxation techniques biofeedback or breathing
  exercises
• Eat healthy daily exercise
• Find you a mentor, meet with your advisor or
  friend to talk about your worries
• Set goals prioritize on daily and/or weekly
  basis

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MYTHS ABOUT STRESS

• It can not be eliminated nor prevented
• We can attack the problem of stress and deal with
  it
• Stress is necessary for health life

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Coping Strategies Using the P.O.W.E.R
Principles

• Prepare- Become physically active
• Organize- Pinpoint the reason for your stress
• Work- Create utilize coping strategies
• Evaluate- Are your strategies working
• Rethink- Look at the big picture put your
  stress in perspective

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Case Study

• Louisa Denbys day began badly She slept through
  
• her alarm and had to skip breakfast to catch the
  bus to
• campus. Then, when she went to the library to
  catch up
• on the reading she had to do before taking a test
  the
• next day, the one article she needed was missing.
  
• The librarian told her that replacing it would
  take 24 hours.
• Feeling frustrated, she walked to the computer
  lab to print out the paper she had completed at
  home the night before.
• The computer wouldn't read her disk. She searched
  for someone to help her, but she was unable to
  find anyone who knew any more abut computers than
  she did. It was only 942 A.M., and Louisa had a
  wracking headache. Apart from that pain, she was
  conscious of only one feeling STRESS

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Using the P.O.W.E.R Principle

• What could have Louisa done differently?
• We want to continue to help you! Contact an
  advisor in the Office of Academic Enhancement to
  set up a one-to-one consultation. Please call
  [phone] to make an appointment.

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Works Cited

• Feldman, Robert. POWER Learning Strategies For
  Success In College and Life. New York
  McGraw-Hill, 2003.
• Stress! And How to Deal With It Effectively!
  2006,Febuary. Texas Womans University, Retrieved
  May 5,2007 from the World Wide Web
  http//www.twu.edu/o2Dsl/counseling/StressManPres
  II_files/FRAME.HTM