The slides shows the stress that we have in our daily life and how it can be managed and the example of stress management techniques in companies with reference to Google.

1. STRESS
MANAGEMENT
PRESENTED BY
NEETHU S JAYAN

2. • Stress: The human reaction to
events in our environment
• Han Selye defines stress as
wear and tear on the body

3. • Eustress: Good Stress
1. Getting into college
2. Getting engaged
3. Winning the lottery
• Distress: Stress from bad
sources
• Difficult work environment
• Overwhelming sights and
sounds
• Threat of personal injury

4. FOUR TYPES OF STRESS
1. General Stress
• Everyone has this kind of stress
• It resolves itself within a day or two
• No intervention is necessarily required
2. Cumulative Stress:
• Stress builds up in your body
• It becomes more difficult to alleviate your symptoms
• You may have more serious physical symptoms
• You may have more serious mental anguish

5. 3. Acute Traumatic Stress
• Critical Incident Stress
• Produces considerable psychological distress
• A normal reaction to abnormal events
4. Post Traumatic Stress
• Severe stress produced by severe psychological trauma
• Created by unresolved Critical Incident Stress
• Produces lasting changes

6. Short Term Physical Stress
Symptoms
• Dry mouth
• Cool skin
• Cold hands and feet
• Increased sweating
• Rapid breathing
• Faster heart rate
• Tense muscles
• Feelings of nausea
• Butterflies in your stomach
• Diarrhea
• A desire to urinate

7. Long Term Physical Stress Symptoms
• Insomnia
• Change in Appetite
• Sexual disorders
• Aches and pains
• Frequent colds
• Feelings of intense and long-term tiredness
• Prone to illness

8. BEHAVIORAL STRESS
SYMPTOMS
• Yawning
• Talking too fast
• Talking too loud
• Fiddling
• Twitching
• Nail biting
• Grinding teeth
• Drumming fingers
• Pacing
• Over reacting
• Emotional
• Defensive
• Irritable
• Irrational
• Defensive
• Hostile
• Critical
• Aggressive

9. HEALTHY LIVING
1. Rest
• Get a minimum of six hours of continuous rest
2. Exercise
• At least twenty minutes, five times a week
• break a sweat, to release endorphins

10. 3. Talk things out with someone you trust - a family member or a
good friend
4. Make an increased effort to organize your life
5. Ask for help
6. Delegate things when you need to

11. STRESS MANAGEMENT IN
GOOGLE
• Providing a fun to work environment.
• Flexible working environment.
• Provide sport facilities.
• Helping the employees to relax.
• Encouraging the employees to bring their hobbies and even
pets to the office.
• Corporate sponsored childcare.

12. THANK YOU