- Stress is defined as an organism's response to environmental stressors and can negatively impact mental and physical well-being. Moderate stress may improve performance while too much causes issues. - Major causes of stress include life changes like job losses, promotions, deaths, and relocations. Chronic stress over long periods is most harmful. - Symptoms of stress can be physical, mental, behavioral, and emotional like headaches, digestive issues, mood changes, and eating/sleeping problems. Stress is linked to illnesses like heart disease. - Managing stress involves time management, relaxation, cognitive techniques, asking for help from others, focusing on the present, self-care, and developing a stress control plan with

1. - IVINA ANDRADE

2. Are you Stressed?

4. Introduction
Major causes of Stress
Kinds of Stress
Symptoms of Stress
Stress Related Illnesses
How can you cope with Stress ?
Stress control
Benefits of Stress management

5. Stress is defined as an organism's total response to
an environmental condition or stimulus, also
known as a stressor.
Stressor – environmental conditions that
cause individuals to experience stress

6. Stress typically describes a negative condition that
can have an impact on an organism's mental and
physical well-being.
Stress is often termed as a twentieth century
syndrome, born out of man's race towards modern
progress and its ensuing complexities.
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

7. Is All Stress Bad?
 Moderate levels of stress may actually improve
performance and efficiency
 Too little stress may result in boredom
 Too much stress may cause an unproductive
anxiety level

8. MAJOR CAUSES OF STRESS
Some of these may include:
Being fired
Being Promoted or Demoted
Moving/Relocation
Death of family or friends
These are just examples of major life changes that
can have a serious impact on our lives and cause our
bodies to react with stress. Often times, the most
common and stressful things happen on a daily basis.

9. EUSTRESS-
POSITIVE
STRESS
DISTRESS-
NEGATIVE
STRESS

10. Positive Stress
Stress can also have a positive effect, motivation
and awareness, providing the stimulation to cope
with challenging situations.
Stress also provides the sense of urgency and
alertness needed for survival when confronting
threatening situations.

11. Positive stress
Results
Enables
Concentration
Increases
Performance
Energizes You
Into Motion

12. Negative Stress
It is a contributory factor in minor conditions,
such as headaches, digestive problems, skin
complaints, insomnia and ulcers.
Excessive, prolonged and unrelieved stress can
have a harmful effect on mental, physical and
spiritual health.

14. Acute Stress
Acute stress is usually for short time and may be due to work
pressure, meeting deadlines pressure or minor accident, over
exertion, increased physical activity, searching something but you
misplaced it, or similar things. Symptoms of this type of tension
are headaches, back pain, stomach problems, rapid heartbeat,
muscle aches or body pain.
Chronic Stress
This type of stress is the most serious of all the 3 stress types.
Chronic stress is a prolonged stress that exists for weeks, months,
or even years. This stress is due to poverty, stressed families,
chronic illness and successive failures in life. People suffering
from this type of stress get used to it and may even not realize
that they are under chronic stress. It is very harmful to their
health

16. Also known as Occupational Stress
"The adverse reaction people have due to
excessive pressures or other types of
demand placed on them at work.“
Stress is not an illness – it is a state. However,
if stress becomes too excessive and prolonged,
mental and physical illness may develop.

17. DEMANDS
RELATIONSHIPS
CHANGE
DESIGN OF TASK
MANAGEMENT STYLE
WORKING CONDITIONS

18. Two Models of Workplace Stress

19. Demand-control model
a model that suggests experienced stress is a function of
both job demands and job control. Stress is highest when
demands are high but individuals have little control over
the situation
Effort-reward imbalance model
a model that suggests experienced stress is a function of
both required effort and rewards obtained. Stress is
highest when required effort is high but rewards are low.

20. Recognize warning signs of excessive stress at work
Reduce job stress by taking care of yourself
Reduce job stress by prioritizing and organizing
Reduce job stress by improving emotional intelligence
Reduce job stress by breaking bad habits

21. Figure out where the stress is coming
from.
Consider what you can control—and work
on that.
Do what you love.
Manage your time well.

22. SYMPTOMS OF STRESS
• Physical symptoms
• Mental symptoms
• Behavioural symptoms
• Emotional symptoms

23. PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS
• Sleep pattern changes
• Fatigue
• Digestion changes
• Headaches
• Aches and pains
• Infections
• Indigestion

24. • Dizziness
• Fainting
• Sweating & trembling
• Tingling hands & feet
• Breathlessness
• Palpitations

25. MENTAL SYMPTOMS
• Lack of concentration
• Memory lapses
• Difficulty in making decisions
• Confusion
• Panic attacks

26. BEHAVIOURAL SYMPTOMS
• Appetite changes - too much or too little
• Eating disorders
• Increased intake of alcohol & other drugs
• Increased smoking
• Restlessness
• Fidgeting
• Nail biting

27. EMOTIONAL SYMPTOMS
• Depression
• Impatience
• Fits of rage
• Tearfulness
• Deterioration of personal hygiene and
appearance

28. STRESS RELATED ILLNESSES
Stress is not the same as ill-health, but has
been related to such illnesses as;
• Cardiovascular disease
• Immune system disease
• Asthma
• Diabetes

29. • Digestive disorders
• Ulcers
• Skin complaints
• Headaches and migraines
• Pre-menstrual syndrome
• Depression

30. How Can You Cope With Stress?

31. Time Management
• Make a list
What MUST be done
What SHOULD be done
What would you LIKE to do
• Cut out time wasting
• Learn to drop unimportant activities
• Say no or delegate

32. • Plan your day
• Set achievable goals
• Don’t waste time making excuses for not
doing something

33. Relaxation
• Breathing: practice deep breathing
• Progressive muscle relaxation
• Meditation
• soothing music

34. Cognitive (Thoughts)
• Pay attention to what you say to yourself
• Identify negative thinking and irrational
beliefs
• Negative thinking leads to stress and
anxiety
• Teach thought-stopping techniques
• Focus on the positives and the future that
you can still impact.

35. Speak up
Assertive communication can help you express
how you feel in a thoughtful, tactful way.
Ask for help
People who have a strong network of family
and friends manage stress better.

36. Focus on the present
Try meditation, exercises, or self-hypnosis.
Don’t keep thinking back to your mistakes and
reliving the negative things that happened.
There is nothing you can do about it. Let it go
and look ahead, not behind.

37. Laugh it up!
Try to look for the humor in life. Don’t take
yourself so seriously. Everything will pass
eventually and keeping a sense of humor will help
lighten the load. Laughter really can be the best
medicine!

38. Take good care of yourself.
Exercise, get plenty of rest, try to eat well,
don't smoke and limit how much alcohol you
drink.

39. Schedule
You may get more done with less stress if you
make a schedule. Think about which things
are most important, and put those at the top
of your schedule/list to do those things first.

40. More Ideas…
• Laugh Often
• Try a New Thing
• Cry
• Get Enough Sleep
• Exercise & Fresh Air
• Build a Support System – Friends, Family and
Co-Workers
• SAY “NO” OCCASSIONALY

41. Even More Ideas
• Learn to be flexible
• Relax your standards
• Focus less on pleasing others and more on
pleasing yourself
• Stay away from negative people
• Surround yourself with upbeat, flexible and
fun people.
• Go easy with criticism

42. Live with an Attitude of Gratitude
Be Grateful for what you have.

43. One negative thought
leads to another………..
then another………..
then another …..
Pretty soon you have ruined your entire life

44. STRESS CONTROL
A B C STRATEGY

45. A = AWARENESS
What causes you stress?
How do you react?

46. B = BALANCE
There is a fine line between positive / negative
stress
How much can you cope with before it becomes
negative ?

47. C = CONTROL
What can you do to help yourself combat the
negative effects of stress ?

48. BENEFITS OF STRESS
MANAGEMENT
 Physical health gets better
-more energy and stamina
 Emotions stabilized
-positive attitude
-hopeful/happier
 Ability to focus improved
-able to learn and achieve

49. So enjoy your life as it comes
………..and always be happy