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Stress management for your physical and mental well being.
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- 2. The human reactionto events in our environment. Han Selye defines stress as wear and tear on the body WHAT IS STRESS ?
- 3. Getting into college Gettingmarried First day of the job. EUSTRESS
- 4. KNOW YOUR STRESS ▪General Stress ▪ Cumulative Stress ▪ Acute Traumatic Stress ▪ Post Traumatic Stress
- 5. Everyone has thiskind of Stress. It resolves itself within a day or two. No intervention is necessarily required. 1. GENERAL STRESS
- 6. Stress builds upin our body. It becomes more difficult to alleviate your symptoms You may have more serious symptoms. You may have ore serious mental anguish. Camel breakdown Story. 2. CUMULATIVE STRESS
- 7. Critical Incident Stress. Producesconsiderable psychological distress. 3. ACUTE TRAUMATIC STRESS
- 8. Severe stress producedby severe psychological trauma. Created by unresolved critical incident stress. Produces lasting changes. 4. POST TRAUMATIC STRESS
- 9. GENERAL ADAPTATION SYNDROME Stage1: Alarm Reaction Stage 2: Stage of Resistance Stage 3: Stage of Exhaustion
- 10. SHORT TERM PHYSICALSTRESS 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
- 11. LONG TERM PHYSICALSTRESS SYMPTOMS Insomnia Change in Appetite Aches and pains Frequent colds Feelings of intense and long term tiredness Prone to illness
- 12. BEHAVIORAL STRESS SYMPTOMS Talkingtoo fast Talking too loud Twitching Nail biting Grinding teeth Pacing Over reacting Emotional Irritable Irrational Defensive Hostile Aggressive
- 13. PERFORMANCE STRESS SYMPTOMS ▪You may not make good decisions ▪ Your fine motor skills are affected ▪ You may no longer enjoy your work ▪ Your attention span may be affected ▪ You may have more negative thoughts ▪ Your self confidence will suffer ▪ You may have difficultly concentrating ▪ All of your positive energy is consumed ▪ Your may have poor memory
- 14. HOW TO DEALWITH STRESS?
- 15. FOCUS ON YOURDIET Examine your diet ▪ Lower your salt intake ▪ Lower your intake of refined sugars and carbohydrates ▪ Lower your caffeine intake Add to your diet ▪ Vegetables ▪ Fruits ▪ Complex carbohydrates ▪ Vitamins ▪ Water
- 16. REST Get a minimumof 6 hours of continuous sleep
- 17. EXERCISE ▪ Exercise atleast twenty minutes, five times a week. ▪ Break a sweat to release endorphins. ▪ Practice Yoga, Meditation and breathing techniques.
- 18. SHARE Talk things outwith someone you trust – a family member or a good friend
- 19. BE ORGANIZED ▪ Makean increased effort to organize your life ▪ Ask for help ▪ Delegate things when you need to
- 20. CONTROL ANGER ▪ Learnto manage your anger ▪ Anger affects your health ▪ Anger causes you to over react to many situations
- 21. PLAY THERAPY ▪ Fillyour life with fun things to do ! ▪ Keep your sense of humor
- 22. HEALTHY LIVING TIPS ▪Act appropriately – don’t simply react to stressful situations. ▪ Find balance in all that you do. ▪ Don't consider Alcohol, Drugs, Medicines and pills as easy stress busters. ▪ Create a lengthy list of things that will help you relax.
- 23. HEALTHY LIVING TIPS ▪Relaxing needs to be part of your daily routine. ▪ Schedule “me” time. ▪Be Optimistic.
- 24. BENEFITS OF STRESSMANAGEMENT ▪ Physical health gets better - more energy and stamina ▪ Emotions stabilized - positive attitude - hopeful/happier ▪ Ability to focus improved - able to learn and achieve
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Editor's Notes
- #9 General adaptation syndrome, or GAS, is a term used to describe the body's short-term and long-term reactions to stress.