This document discusses personal stress and its causes and effects. It notes that financial issues can be a significant source of stress. Stress can have physical, mental, behavioral, and emotional symptoms, such as loss of weight, confusion, bad temper, and mood swings. Work is a major cause of stress, with job interviews, long hours, and the risk of being fired all contributing factors. Managing stress requires changing one's mindset, talking through problems, accepting stress, exercising, and maintaining a healthy diet and lifestyle.

1. Personal Stress
 Personally I find financial issues to be the
most stressful. This could include budgeting
for travelling and rent and still having enough
for food at the end of the week. Equally as
stressful can be finding ways to obtain money

4. HEALTH AND SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT ACT 1992 (sect 6)
Every employer shall take all practicable steps to
ensure the safety of employees while at work
HEALTH AND SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT ACT 1992 (sect 7)
Every employer shall ensure that there are in
place effective methods for identifying existing
hazards, and (if possible before they arise) new
hazards to employees at work.

5. Stress in a
physiological
reaction within the
brain that causes
changes to the body
accordingly but
more realistically its
a build up of
pressure that cause
worry to the person
and can have some
pretty devastating

6. Stress feels different to
different people it all
depends on the type of
person and the level of
stress. Some people will
lash out causing physical
harm and intimidate
colleges while others
prefer to withdrawal from
everyone and everything.
This isnt to say stress
always feels bad
sometimes it can give you
a healthy sense of
pressure and help you

8. Negative stress is usually an overload of stress causing
you to function different a person will become far more
indecisive and restless causing them to procrastinate
and further cause stress effectively being trapped in a
self defeating cycle. When reaching the personal limit if
stress you will revert to your primitive brain causing the
“fight or flight” making you either lash out or totally
withdraw from the situation

9. Stress usually draws very negative connotations and is
rarely looked at as a positive factor this is far from the
truth however stress causes you to realise
consequences if something is not completed and drive
you to finish things through your bodys chemical
reactions and release of adrenaline. Also stress is a
great tool for keeping your motivation up and completing
goals, the key here is moderation

10.  Physical symptoms
 Mental symptoms
 Behavioural symptoms
 Emotional symptoms

11. 1. Loss of weight
2. Pimples
3. Hair loss
4. Increased heart
rate
5. Dark rings
around the eyes
6. Pale
7.

12. 1. Confusion
2. Overwhelmed
3. Self defeating
4. Mentally Distant
5. Anxiety
6. Indecisive

13. 1. Bad temper
2. Raising your voice
3. Compulsive
4. Self absorbed
5. Socially Distant
6. Violent

14. EMOTIONAL SYMPTOMS
1 Upset
2 Angry
3 Irrational
4 Mood swings
5 Depressed
6 Hopeless

15. Stress is not the same as ill-health, but has
been related to such illnesses as;
 - Heart Problems
 - Asthma
 - Eczema
 - Depression

16. We all see the immediate effects stress have on people
but easily forgotten is what it costs that person later this
includes
1. Mental health
issues
2. Physical health
issues
3. Loss of income
4. Damaged
credibility
5. Family problems

17. Part 2
Stress at Work

18. Work is perhaps one of the most stressing places whether
trying to get a job the job itself or being fired all have
numerous stress factors such as
1. Job interviews
2. Strict conducts
codes
3. Long hours
4. Deadlines
5. Contracts
6. Being Fired
7. Being harmed

19. Part 3
Stress Management

20. Causes of Stress
 Internal Stresses
 External Stresses

21.  Organisational  Deficit within
stress is any kind of company
stress that effects  Promotion
you from direct  Health and safety
result of what is violation
happening within
 Pay decrease
your organisation or
business Eg:  Policy change

22. External Stresses - Major Life Events
 Marriage
 Death of family
member
 Becoming
unemployed
 Promotion
 Birth of family
member
 New Job
 Moving

23.  Mental Health problems
 Self Consciousness
 Outlook on life
 Religious Ideals
 Expectations
 Perception

24. STRESS CONTROL
 Changing your mindset
 Talking yourself through problems
 Accepting stress
 Utalizing stress for motivation
 Deep breathing
 Meditation
 Regular Exercise
 Healthy Diet

25.  Change your Outlook
 Change your Mindset
 Change your Life

26. Summary
As we've seen stress can come
from almost any aspect of our life
and not only does it just effects
our mind and body but also those
around us. Stress has many side
effects which can cause great
harm even in small cases but
overlooked is the good stress can
do if you manage it right. Work on
techniques to manage stress and
you'll find yourself living a more
motivated and productive life