Stress Types of Stress symptoms of stress reducing stress

1. Presented By:
Henna Nasib
BS Psychology
( 1st Semester)

2.  Everyone experiences stress , ranging from
minor irritation to major traumas.
 Stress has both physiological and
psychological components.
 Physiological components when we are under
stress, (our palms sweat, our heart races, our
neck and shoulder muscles tense, our head
aches , and our stomach churns).

3.  All of us faces stress in our daily lives.
 Stress is anything that produces demands on us
to adjust our behavior.
 Stress may be defined as “the response to
events that threaten or challenge a person”.
 Psychological components are, We also have
difficulty concentrating , get angry on little
things, and tend to experience unpleasant
thoughts however we much try to push them
out of our minds.

4.  Whether it is a paper or exam deadline, a family
problem or even a series of small events , such as
faced on the job, life is full of circumstances and
events that produces threats to our well-being.
 Even pleasant events such as planning a party ,
beginning of a new job , first day at the college or
university can produce stress.
 It can result from physical damages or
psychological threats.

7.  Stress through physical prevention occurs
when one cannot get into a room because of
locked door or when one is prevented from
going some places by storm , flood or fire.
 People are under stress when they want to get
a job, and employment is unavoidable or they
do not possess the necessary experience or
training.
i. External sources of stress:

8.  The desire to get a university education may
be thwarted by a number of factors ---
admission requirements , economic status ,
financial problems or social circumstances.
 A young man wants to buy a car but cannot
afford it.
 These were some examples of external source
of stress.

9.  Some obstacles to performance that produce
stress may be physical characteristics of the
person.
 The short college athlete can be frustrated
when trying to engage in the tall man's sports,
basketball.
 The physically small person is prevented by
his stature from playing the big man's game,
football.

10.  Deficiencies in the form of physical handicaps
may be extremely frustrating to the affected
person.
 For example, the blind person who refuses to
accept the limitations of blindness is subject to
considerably more frustration than another
individual whose aspirations take the handicap
into account.
 The fat boy is prevented by his obesity from
gaining proficiency in running and jumping.

11.  Conflicts has been describes as one of the
means by which stress is produced.
 Just as frustration is a common and frequent
occurrence in everyday life, so also is conflict.
 For example, A student who has to take both
mathematics and physics finds the course
offered at the same hour.
 A employee may desires a raise in his salary
but be afraid of boss's reaction to the request.

12.  A young lady may be attracted to the
excitement of a career in a large metropolitan
area, but at the same, be drawn to marriage. In
addition to being attached to the excitement of
life in the big city , however she may be
apprehensive about certain aspects of life. And
conversely, while being attracted to marriage,
she may be repelled by the idea of living in a
small town.

13.  A child may be attracted by the water at the
beach but is afraid of being knocked down by
the big waves.
 A student want to avoid getting up on Monday
morning, and at the same time , want to avoid
getting late in class.

14. Getting married.
Receiving a big pay raise.
Going on vacations.
Graduating from school.
Going to a new job.
Much of our stress comes from changes in our
lives that tax our capacities to adjust our
behavior to new situations.
I. Life changes induced stress

15.  Richard Lazarus and his colleagues (1985)
argued that major life change events , much
stress is produced from daily hassles that
routinely annoy us.
 Lazarus defined hassles as petty routine
annoyances , aggravations, or frustrations,
such as driving in traffic , preparing meals ,
the pressure of time , financial problems ,
communication problems and making
decisions.

16.  External pressure results from the demands other
people make on us.
 We try to plead the people who are important in our
lives.
 For example, we try to lose weight to please or attract
loved one , get high grades to make our parents proud.
 External pressure helps us to adjust to a social
environment, but when others make too many demands
on us, or we find their demands too difficult to comply
with, the result is stress.

17.  Internal pressure results when we attempt to
maintain self esteem by forcing ourselves to
achieve higher standards.
 Inter pressure is important for self-
improvement, but when we try too hard
because of excessive pressure, the result is
unhealthy stress.

18.  Frustration occurs when we are prevented from
reaching a goal.
 When we experience frustration , we must either give
up the goal find another way to attain it. In either case
, stress is produced.
 We live in a society where time is important and we
get upset when we are delayed.
 People are frustrated when they must wait in line at a
store , when a telephone number is busy, or when
someone is late.

19.  Most people do not have enough money to purchase
everything they desire which produces frustration.
 When people loses something important, it frustrates
them because it means they are deprived of goals.
 Failures also frustrates people, sometimes they feel as
though they have failed, even when they do better
than expected, because they have such high
expectations for themselves. then their failure may
produce guilt.
 When people are unable to accomplish goals solely
because of their sex , race , religion or age, they
experience frustration.

21. i. Obtain help from god.
ii. Talking
iii. Humor
iv. Reflection
v. Obtaining help
vi. Adjustment
vii. Withdrawal
viii. Compromise
ix. Crying

22. i. Relaxation training
ii. Meditation
iii. Quieting
iv. Yoga
v. Biofeedback
vi. Breathing
vii. Do things which you love to do

23.  Do not be surprised by trouble.
 Search for solutions.
 Take control of your own future.
 Move away from negative though patterns.
 Rehearse success.
 Accept the unchangeable.
 Live each day well.
 Act on your capacity for growth.
 Allow for renewal.
 Tolerate mistakes.
 Overcome ego/jealousy.