Stress Management

1. STRESS
Shirley Bhaggien

2. • Stress is an unspecific reaction of an
organism to a challenge.

3. Understanding Stress
• Stress is not a situation: It is the way we
react to it.
• Example: Students

5. • Both cases requires tremendous physical
effort.

6. The term "fight or flight"
describes a mechanism in
the body that enables
humans and animals to
mobilize a lot of energy
rapidly in order to cope with
threats to survival.

7. Types of Stress
• Acute Stress
• Chronic Stress
• Traumatic or Post-Traumatic Stress
• Techno stress
• College Stress
• Occupational Stress

8. Acute stress is the most common form of
stress. It is inducted as a reaction to an
immediate threat, anticipated demands, or
pressures of the recent past or of the
near future. Acute Stress happens to
everyone and it is manageable. Examples
include rushing to meet a project deadline,
stressing over an exam ,etc.

9. Chronic Stress
Chronic stress involves situations that
are not short-lived. It is the perpetual
stress
that wears on people continuously. It
often develops when the individual
doesn’t see
a way out of a bad situation. Typically,
when the individual has no hope,
they stop
looking for a solution.

10. Traumatic or Post-Traumatic Stress
• It is a result of surviving a very traumatic
incident.(near death experience)

11. • It is a term used to define the results of a
fast paced life depended on various
means of technology, including computers,
cell phone etc.

13. College Stress
• It is associated with the transition from the
period of dependence to the period of
independence

14. Occupational Stress
• Stress associated with job and it
responsibility.

15. Prevention Is Always
Better Than Cure

16. How to Prevent Stress?
• Exercise(30 Minutes per day)
• Heavy Breakfast.
• Drink Enough Water (7 to 8 Glasses)
• Rest (8 to 9 hours)
• Avoid Smoking and Alcohol.
• Eat Balanced Diet.
• Plan your day ( to do list)

17. How To Relieve Stress?
• Listen to music
• Reading
• Walking
• Spend time with friends
• Prayer
• Playing with children
• Take a small nap
• Spend time for your hobbies.