1. By
Lt Col (Retd) Malik Tahir Majid, TI(M)
Secy APSs&C Malir Garrison
(11 Aug 2015)

2. Sequence
 What is stress?
 Stressors
 Causes of stress
 Effects of stress
 Managing stress

3. What Is Stress?
...our body’s physical and emotional
reaction to circumstances or events that
frighten, irritate, confuse, endanger, or
excite us.
… a specific response by the body to a
stimulus, as fear or pain, that disturbs or
interferes with the normal physiological
equilibrium….physical, mental or
emotional strain or tension.

4. Stressors
 School
 Work
 Family
 Relationships
 Legal
 Finances
 Health / illness
 Environment
 Living situation
 and so on….
Eventually your
surroundings,
environment or
leading
circumstances
can become
source of stress

5. What Causes Stress?
People
– Expectations
– Impersonal barriers
– Conflicting desires
– False standards
– Illusions
Situations
– Demand
– Time
– Lack of resources
– Lack of vision & goals

6. Effects of Stress
Body
Headache
Frequent infections
Muscular twitches
Fatigue
Skin irritations
Breathlessness
Mind
Worrying
Impaired judgment
Nightmares
Negativity
Indecisiveness
Puzzled mind
Emotions
Loss of confidence
More fussy
Irritability
Depression
Apathy
Apprehensions
Behavior
Mistakes prone
Loss of appetite
Insomnia
Lack of
concentration

7. Effects of Stress

8. How Can We Manage Stress?

9. How Can We Manage Stress?

10. How Can We Manage Stress?

11. How Can We Manage Stress?

12. How Can We Manage Stress?

13. How Can We Manage Stress?

14. How Can We Manage Stress?
Iif Allah brings you to it, He will bring
you through it…

16. The one who manages the
stress around well has a strong
faith, belief and nerves…. & he
is equally a balanced & well
groomed personality

17. Thank You ….. any question