1. effetti positivi/negativi https://www.manager.it/default.asp?page=A_stressracc.html&folder=f_imparare

2.  Introduction
 What is stress
 Reasons
 Symptoms
 Impact
 Managing Stress

3. Stress is part of our everyday life.
Living in a fast-paced, technological society with
innumerable demands upon our time, the majority
of people can state:
“I am stressed out.”
What is stress?
Where does stress come from?
How can I tell when I am under stress?
What are some of the ways stress affects my body, my mind, or my mood?
How can I better manage the stress in my life?

4. In his book Stress Without Distress, Hans Selye defines
stress as:
“… one’s reaction to life events … the
nonspecific response of the body to any demand
made upon it …”
“Our response to any situation we find
challenging, frightening, or difficult”

5. • Everyday fact of life
• Stress can be good
• Excessive stress can be harmful

6. Low High
Levelof
Performance
Low
(poor)
High
(excellent)
Too Little Stress Optimum Stress Excessive Stress
Stress

8. • Enables concentration
• Increases performance
• Energizes you into motion

9. • Loss of motivation
• Reduces effectiveness
• Physical, mental, and behavioural problems

10.  Money
 Traffic
 Health/Medical issues
 Lack of Free time
 Relationships
◦ family & friends
 Job related stress:
◦ work load
◦ overcrowding
◦ lack of support
◦ lack of on the job training