stress Management

Stress management by staying alert

PUBLIC SPEAKER One who works through the night to put others to sleep during the day

Is V-day a stress buster or stress booster?

What is your stressor?
paisa
partner
parent
children
boss
stock market
all of the above
none of the above
Stress quiz

Answer: 1 cm long piece of your own brain Stress management is easy Just manage that 1 cm

Stress is not what happens to you Stress is how you react to whatever happens to you

Stress management: Manage your reaction Not the stressor

3 million dollar AMYGDALA HIJACK Tyson bites off Holyfield’s ear

EMOTIONAL STIMULUS EMOTIONAL RESPONSE SENSORY THALAMUS AMYGDALA SENSORY CORTEX Low road High road

Low road
high stress
High road
low stress

LEFT BRAIN Verbal Logical Analytical Mathematical

RIGHT BRAIN Emotional Diffuse Intuitional

Economic downturn Why stress?

Fear of the unknown What if? I lose my job I don’t have enough savings The stock market goes down further … .. ……

Living with uncertainty Butterflies in stomach Always due to low road

Use the high road to drive away butterflies:
Break uncertainty into parts
Certainty within uncertainty
e.g. no grand jobs / promotions
Uncertainty within uncertainty
e.g. job or no job?

Get ready for the worst case scenario

Plan A – if things go fairly okay Plan B – if everything goes wrong “ Viable option” What if….?

Pay as much attention to plan B as to plan A

Power of positive thinking Remember, this too shall pass

Multiple intelligences of Howard Gardner

Daniel Goleman

IQ E Q

KNOWING OWN EMOTIONS
MANAGING OWN EMOTIONS
SELF-MOTIVATION
RECOGNISING OTHERS’ EMOTIONS
HANDLING RELATIONSHIPS
EQ Daniel Goleman

ANGER ANXIETY DEPRESSION TOXIC EMOTIONS When the high road is blocked

EMOTIONAL EXHAUSTION When the high road is blocked

body immunity impaired high cortisol levels all body functions disturbed When the high road is blocked

Allergies Anxiety neurosis Angina pectoris Arthritis Aggression Asthma Behavior disorders Bereavement stress, Breathlessness Business stress, Chest pains Claustrophobia Cluster headaches, Compulsive eating, Cramps, Crohn's disease (intestinal inflammation) Crowd panic, Depression, Dizzy spells Dysmenorrhea Dyspnea, Marital stress, Menstrual disorders Migraine Money worries Nausea and vomiting Nervous stomach Nervous colitis Noises in ears Non-assertiveness Occupational stress, Overwork stress, Palpitations, Panic attacks, Perfectionism Photophobia Pins and needles Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) Pruritis, Recurrent cold attacks Recurrent infections Eczema Employment stress, Eye strain Exhaustion Fatigue Fear of the unknown Flatulence / gas pains Free-floating anxiety Gastritis Hypertension Impotence Incompatibility Insecurity Insomnia, Irritability, Irritable colon Irritable bowel syndrome Job stress, Low back pain, Low self esteem Shyness, Sciatica Situational Anxiety, ‘ Slipped disc’ pain Social phobias Spasms Stiff neck and shoulders Stress diabetes Stress headaches Tension headaches Thumping in chest Tremors Unexplained aches and pains Ulcerative colitis Unwellness Vascular headaches Vertigo Stress always comes in disguise

Ready-packages to combat stress Show you how to get away or turn off Yoga Meditation Pranayam ‘ Art-of-living’ Chanting Laughter & many more

Problem with ready-packages Re-entry into the real world of stress. That’s when the amygdala hijacks you all over again

Stress management by staying alert Let your high road block the low road

Thank you

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