specially ready for our Psychology Presentation... with #itsme, Hamza & Bilal

1. Presenters :
Hamza Zubair 13031519-062
Muhammad Abu Bakar 13031519-060
Bilal Hasan 13031519-016
STRESS & COPING

2. STRESS IS A
PERSON’S
PHYSICAL
AND
EMOTIONAL
RESPONSE
TO CHANGE.
What is
stress??????STRESS

3. TYPES OF STRESS
GENERAL STRESS
- Everyone has this stress
- Resolve in a day or two
- No intervention required
CUMULATIVE STRESS
- Builds up in your body
- Become more difficult to alleviate your symptoms
- More serious psychological problems

4. ACUTE TRAUMATIC STRESS
- Critical Incident stress.
- Produce Psychological Distress
- Abnormal reaction to normal situation
POST STRESS TRAUMATIC STRESS
- Severe stress produces severe psychological trauma
- Produces lasting change
TYPES OF STRESS

5. WHAT CAUSES STRESS ?
• DIVORCE OR SEPARATION
• DEATH OF A LOVED ONE
• MAJOR FINANCIAL SETBACK
• EMPLOYMENT CHANGES
• BECOMING THE VICTIM OF A CRIME OR NATURAL DISASTER
• TRAFFIC CONGESTION
• WORKING OVERTIME
• PERSONAL CONFLICTS
• JOB STRESS
• PHYSICAL INJURY
• LACK OF SLEEP

6. SYMPTOMS OF STRESS
• Behavioral symptoms
- Productivity
- Absenteeism
- Turn Over
• Physiological symptoms
- Headache
- Heart disease
- High BP
• Psychological symptoms
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Decrease in job satisfaction

7. FEW COMMON
REACTIONS IN STRESS

8. COPING

9. WHAT IS COPING?
• Coping is expending efforts to solve personal
and interpersonal problems, and seeking to
master, minimize or tolerate stress or
conflict.

10. TYPES OF COPING STRATEGIES
• Appraisal-focused
• Problem-focused
• Emotion-focused

11. APPRAISAL FOCUSED
• Appraisal-focused: Directed towards challenging one's own assumptions, adaptive
cognitive

12. PROBLEM FOCUSED
• Problem-focused: Directed towards reducing or eliminating a stressor, adaptive
behavioral

13. EMOTION FOCUSED
• Emotion-focused: Directed towards changing one's own emotional reaction

14. THE FIVE EMOTION-FOCUSED COPING
STRATEGIES IDENTIFIED BY FOLKMAN AND
LAZARUS
• Disclaiming
• Escape-avoidance
• Accepting responsibility or blame
• Exercising self-control
• Positive reappraisal

15. TECHNIQUES
(ADAPTIVE OR CONSTRUCTIVE COPING)
• Develop Right Views
• The way we see things and our attitude are very important in determining how prone we are
towards stress. Understand important things such as these : Nothing remains unchanged.
Nobody is perfect. Nothing is perfect. There will be always degrees of un-satisfactoriness,
conflict, problems and pain. We can’t always get the things we want; sometimes things we
don’t want do fall upon us.
Right Views certainly will help us face up with the stresses and pressures of modern life.

16. CONT. . .
• Don’t Set Unrealistic Goals
• Stop comparing with others
• Learn To Accept Inevitable Things
• Make Decisions When You Need To
• Think Problems Through
• Plan & Organize
• Take One Thing At A Time
• Avoid Procrastination

17. CONT. . .
• Don’t Bottle Up Feelings
• Rest Adequately
• Have Recreational Activities And Hobbies
• Have a sense of humor
• Think Good Thoughts
• Practice Relaxation Techniques

19. 19
May You Be
Free From
All Stress
When You
Realize What
Is Best!
#itsme
Hamza, Bilal