Home: Problems with parents, brothers, or other siblings
School: Subjects are to hard, problem understating material, teachers, administrators
Friends: Problems with your friends,
Work: To much work and it conflicts with other plans, Not enough work
Money: Not enough money, contribute to family
Dave:
Moodiness Lack of concentration and memory problems More use of alcohol Thoughts of suicide Racing of heart Nausea & diarrhea Excessive thinking about problems
Ashley:
Low energy.
Headaches.
Upset stomach, including diarrhea, constipation and nausea.
Aches, pains, and tense muscles.
Chest pain and rapid heartbeat.
Insomnia.
Frequent colds and infections.
Loss of sexual desire and/or ability
Richard:
Experience a sense of isolation.
Harbour resentments.
Suffer from loneliness.
Lash out at others.
Frequently nag others.
Reduced contact with friends.
Your family relationships are less than satisfactory.
Feel uncomfortable in interactions with others.
Often distrusting.
Tend to use people for personal gain.
Don’t know, or care, about your neighbors.
Clam up in group discussion.
Seldom take your family out.
Change of eating habits (overeat or under eat)
Wants to be alone
Sleep to much or to little
Aches and pains
Gets irritated very easily
Relationship problems
(why the video, because it’s a visual recap of everything we just said)
Pay close attention to the video and to what the doctor has to say about good vs bad stress…
Eustress: Good Stress that is helpful
Distress: Bad stress that can affect
!)Invite audience to share how they de stress, write down their thoughts and praise them
2) Do visualization exercise (5 mins) then more ideas write them down
3) Get up, Tai Chi (5 min)
What is Stress? Management?
Objectives:
Talk about Stress
Examples of Stress
How you manage stress
Provide tools for stress
